Downtime Alerter

Monitors uptime of webpages and sends an SMS message if they are unavailable.

Requires a TextBelt instance for SMS messaging.

Setup Instructions

First, set up a TextBelt instance. Make sure Redis is installed, as per the TextBelt installation instructions.

Make sure you have the latest version of nodejs installed.

Download and install dependencies:

git clone https://github.com/zimmerry/downtime-alerter.git
cd downtime-alerter
npm install

Copy and rename example config files

cp examples/config.example.json config.json
cp examples/sites.example.json sites.json

Modify config.json and enter the URL of your TextBelt instance, and your phone number.

Start Downtime Alerter:

npm run start

You should now be able to access Downtime Alerter at port 8686.