[FX.php List] Server WPE monitoring... solved

[Bob Patin]

I got to thinking about SmartPill, and wrote a simple little solution  
for monitoring WPE and database servers.

Basically, it uses 2 components: a simple one-page FX query tries to  
edit a record in the database; if it succeeds, it simply sends the  
statement

print "Pass";

and if it fails, sends

print "Fail";

This gets sent back to the plugin and the database, where it's written  
to a field. If it fails, an email gets sent to me, so that I know  
which server's WPE isn't working (or which server is down).

Then, in FMSA 10, I trigger this script every 5 minutes; very easy to  
implement, works like a charm.

If anyone's interested, it's a simple little database, but requires  
SmartPill to be running on your FM server if you want to automate it.

Best,


Bob Patin



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