HealthCheck for Sites and Services - Monitoring Script:
## Introduction
This is a shell script with wget, curl and awk commands to monitor and notify the health of WebServices & Websites. It can be scheduled to run as a cronjob and it monitors whether servers/services are UP, DOWN or SLOW and notifies via email whenever there is change in state.
Sites and services of WSO2 servers are used in configurations to demonstrate use with WSO2.
## Basic feature list:
Monitors any HTTP or HTTPS URL, checking for “200” status returned
Monitors Web-services based on codes in xml response (for checking Admin service of WSO2 server, it checks for RUNNING code in xml response)
Can be applied to monitor multiple sites/services
Checks request fulfillment time for slow responses, not just UP/DOWN
Sends email notification on state change (UP, SLOW, or DOWN)
Customizable To/From notification settings
Customizable SLOW latency threshold
Tracks previous state change and last update to avoid multiple notifications
Uses single text file for data storage, no DB necessary (configurable to have separate status files for Services and Sites)
No agents or special software to install
## Monitoring categories
1. Sites : Monitor carbon consoles or any http/https sites, checking for “200” status returned
2. Services : Monitor Admin service for WSO2 server status, checking for xml response codes
