moonlight200 / mail-status

A simple script to mail the system status

mail-status

This script will send an email with a summary of the current system status. If sent frequently these status emails might help investigating in case of an error on the system.

Usage

./mail_status.sh <recipient>

Installation

1. Make sure the mailutils package is installed and your system is capable of sending emails.
2. Copy the script into a folder of your liking on your system. (In this example /root/scripts)
3. Add a new cronjob to execute the script every so often. Make sure to run the script as the root user.
   E.g. to run the script once a day:

0 0 * * * /root/scripts/mail_status.sh [e-mail] > /dev/null