HostMeow: Host availability checker

Periodically checks hosts if they are available and sends alerts to email & Slack channels when goes offline or comes back online.

Installation

• Slack
  • Create App & deploy
  • Create channels
• Application
  • Clone repository file to /my/hostmeow/path on your server
    • Command git clone https://github.com/SKJoy/HostMeow.git /my/hostmeow/path
  • Rename /my/hostmeow/path/sample.configuration.php file to configuration.php (or use the install.sh script) and modify as needed
    • Set MailFrom address as needed; domain should match the SMTP domain
    • Set SMTP configuration for mail send out
    • Set HostAlertSlackAuthorizationToken for Slack channel message
  • Rename script/test/sample.http.csv file to http.csv (or use the install.sh script) and modify the host list
  • CronJob: Per minute cron job to execute /my/hostmeow/path/test-http.php script
    • Command: php /my/hostmeow/path/test-http.php > /dev/null &
    • Full command: * * * * * php /my/hostmeow/path/test-http.php > /dev/null &
  • Note
    • Shell command execution permission is required for PHP
    • /my/hostmeow/path/temp path must remain WRITEable for PHP

How to

• install.sh is not working: Use chmod +x install.sh && ./install.sh command
• Check for error: An error log /my/hostmeow/path/error.php.log file will be created upon any PHP error
• No host scan happenning
  • Check the script/test/http.csv file is exists with host list
  • Ensure the CronJob is set correctly
• Emails are not sent out
  • Check SMTP configuration
  • Ensure SMTP & MailFrom belongs to same domain