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March 29, 2018 at 9:29 pm #101792

ScottMcNab
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Mentor Chat last night got me thinking that I should be using some kind of service that sends me sms alert if VPS goes down.

site24x7 has message saying coming to Australia in April but from web search there seems to be many

Anyone in Oz using such service with positive (or negative) experiences ?

April 2, 2018 at 2:30 pm #108542

Anonymous
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The hostwinds server shut down again yesterday. Apparently a critical kernel power issue…whatever that means, all I know is that i’m lucky i didn’t have the API running with a truckload of orders!

April 2, 2018 at 8:27 pm #108558

Nick Radge
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Seems things haven’t changed with HostWinds which is why I left some time ago.

They provide an inferior service to what we require.

Just not worth the risk.

April 3, 2018 at 10:55 am #108543

ScottMcNab
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Not being the most computer literature person on this forum, apologies in advance but trying to think way around problem…..

Is it possible to construct a simple DIY solution for monitoring VPS or TWS shutdowns ?

1. use free software (so far I am looking into Emco) that pings VPS from own laptop every 10-15 sec (short enough interval that server cannot restart between pings) or so overnight to check that VPS has not crashed (over home wifi cheap)…if it has crashed then laptop sounds loud audible alert or sends email (which can convert to sms if want) to wake us and check the VPS

2. place software (monitoring tool) on the VPS itself to also email (which then convert to sms to make audible ding on mobile beside bed) in case TWS closes down but server remains functioning (not looked into this software yet)

Again, apologies if missed something obvious

April 3, 2018 at 11:32 pm #108560

GlenPeake
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Hi Scott,

If you want to go down the monitoring of VPS path, then have a look at ServersAlive:

http://www.woodstone.nu/salive/editions.php
http://www.woodstone.nu/salive/features.php#

They have an unlimited time free trial period. The ‘free’ version restricts you to the number of devices (10 devices/entries) you can monitor, but that might be enough for what you want to achieve.

It performs email/SMS alerting, can restart services, run batch scripts/executable files after an alert etc.

So it might suit your needs.

Regards
Glen

April 4, 2018 at 7:09 am #108561

ScottMcNab
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Thanks Glen….will check them out tonight
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