Re: www site monitor

[Michel Blankleder <michel.blankleder@gmail.com>]

On Friday 10 February 2012 19:29:02 pch0317 wrote:
> Hi list,
> 
> I must monitor remote site to check that it works. I refresh this site
> from time to time in web browser. Can I automate this process?
> I search for service which:
> - monitors *remote* WWW site (via http request)
> - when remote site doesn't respond for example 5 minutes it notify some
> person (via e-mail or SMS).
> 
> Is that service available in Debian repository? Or is there any
> commercial product which do that?
> 
> 
> Best regards

You can use Nagios.
It has a plugin that does what you want.
Hope it helps
Michel