Michael Wood

I couldn’t find a good and simple http monitoring script so I made one in Perl.

• Makes a HTTP GET request to a list of URLS or just one
• Sends an email if a URL can not be accessed with the error details in the email
• Outputs status of URL to terminal
• 4 lines to configure it
• Doesn’t use any weird Perl modules

I don’t usually write stuff in Perl so go easy.

Download/View it. httpcheck.txt

I have mine installed:

# m h dom mon dow command
30 * * * * /home/michael/alivecheck.pl >> /home/michael/alivecheck.log

checking every 30 mins of every day

enjoy.