uptime checker

AWS Lambda function to verify that a website is up and running

Prequisites

This package uses node-lambda to deploy to AWS Lambda. If you haven't already installed it, you can do so using the following command

npm install -g node-lambda

Setup

Create a .env file, and populate with your appropriate configuration settings.

An example file is provided

cp example.env .env

Once you have configured the function you are now good to deploy

Deployment to AWS Lambda

The function can be deployed to Lambda using the following command

node-lambda deploy

you must set environment variable PING_URL as the URL of the website to upcheck

CREDIT GOES TO

http://marcelog.github.io/articles/aws_lambda_check_website_http_online.html