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===Bash Script to Check Site Code Status with Email Alert===

Ever want a low cost way to check and make sure your site is loading correctly?

Here is a bash script that will send you an email alert when your site does not return a 200 status code

 #!/bin/bash 
 #######################################################################################
 #Script Name    :alertsitedown.sh
 #Description    :send alert email when 200 is not returned
 #Author         :Brian Nelson
 #Email          :brian[at]briansnelson.com
 #######################################################################################
 #Check the Status of a site
 SC=$(curl --silent -IL $1 -A "Website Checker - https://briansnelson.com/Bash_Script_to_Check_Site_Code_Status_with_Email_Alert" | grep ^HTTP | awk '{print $2}'); 
 ##Now lets check if it gives a 200
 if [ "$SC" != "200" ]; then 
 #echo 'Site Error!!!!'
 echo "Alert for $1 - Error Code $SC" | /usr/bin/mail -s "Alert for $1"  555555555[at]vzwpix.com
         else
 #echo 'Site Working'
 fi

After creating your script make sure to make it executable 
 chmod +x alertsitedown.sh

===Usage===

Very simple usage, set it up as a cronjob

 crontab -e

Run every minute for best results

 * * * * * /bin/bash /<location of script>/alertsitedown.sh https://briansnelson.com/

Replace our domain with the domain you wish to check, and there you go, a site down script checker.

===Download script to your Server===

It has come to my attention that you can not copy and paste the above code without an error to get around this you can download the script

 wget https://briansnelson.com/stuff/alertsitedown.txt -O alertsitedown.sh ; chmod +x alertsitedown.sh

Just make sure to change the email in the script or it will not send, I like to get the alerts to my cell phone via a text message