mcinquin / OVH-Server-Availability

Perl script for email alerting when Kimsufi servers become available for purchase.

OVH-Server-Availability

Review

This PERL script check Kimsufi/SYS servers availibility for purchase. You can choose between sending an email or just showing in standard output as notification.

Version

1.5

Requirements

• LWP::UserAgent
• URI
• JSON
• Email::Send::SMTP::Gmail
• Config::General

Installation

• Clone the repository (git clone https://github.com/Shini31/OVH-Server-Availability.git) or download and unpack the archives
• Install the PERL modules: sudo cpan LWP::UserAgent URI JSON Email::Send::SMTP::Gmail Config::General
• Take config.ini.example as a template, create a file config.ini and correct configuration according to your preferences
• Create a cron job to send you a mail periodically

Configuration

Take config.ini.example as a template, create a file config.ini in same PERL script directory and correct configuration according to your preferences:

• server: Type of OVH/Kimsufi server (eg: KS-1, SYS-IP-6, GAME-3, E3-SAT-1, ...)
• mail: active or not sending an email (0 or 1)
  • smtp-host: SMTP host (eg: smtp.example.org)
  • from: sender email address (eg: [e-mail])
  • to: receiver email address (eg: [e-mail])
  • timeout: connection timeout (eg: 60)
  • smtp-auth: activate or not SMTP authentication (none or LOGIN)
    • smtp-user: SMTP username (eg: `` or [e-mail])
    • smtp-password: SMTP password (eg: `` or password)
  • smtp-layer: Security layer (none, tls, ssl)
  • smtp-port: SMTP port according to layer (``, 25, `465`)
  • debug: active or not SMTP debug (0 or 1)

Output example

KS-2
=====
Roubaix : Available

Cron configuration

If you want receive email, you must create a cron job.

*/10 * * * * ovh-server-availability.pl