Healthchecks.ioRunning One-man SaaS, 9 Years InHealthchecks.io launched in July 2015, which means this year we turn 9. Time flies!Jul 29Jul 29
Healthchecks.ioHow Healthchecks Sends Signal NotificationsWhen a cron job does not run on time, Healthchecks can notify you using various methods. One of the supported methods is Signal messages…Jan 13, 2023Jan 13, 2023
Healthchecks.ioSchedule Cronjob for the First Monday of Every Month, the Funky WayThe crontab man page (“man 5 crontab” or read online) contains this bit:Sep 22, 2022Sep 22, 2022
Healthchecks.ioHow to Send Email From Cron JobsLet’s say you are writing a shell script for a systems housekeeping task. Perhaps the script is uploading backups to a remote server, or it…Nov 21, 2021Nov 21, 2021
Healthchecks.ioNew Feature: Slug URLsHealthchecks.io pinging API has always been based on UUIDs. Each Check in the system has its own unique and immutable UUID. To send a…Sep 29, 2021Sep 29, 2021
Healthchecks.ioHealthchecks Turns 6, Status UpdateTime flies and Healthchecks.io is already 6 years old. Here’s a quick review of notable recent events and the project’s current state.Jul 15, 2021Jul 15, 2021
Healthchecks.ioFighting Packet Loss with CurlWith enough brute force, curl can get a request through fairly reliably even at 80% packet loss levels.Jan 3, 2020Jan 3, 2020
Healthchecks.ioA Look at Healthchecks.io Hosting Setup, Summer 2019For a monitoring service, uptime and reliability is of course a critical feature: customers are placing trust in the service to detect…Aug 25, 20191Aug 25, 20191
Healthchecks.ioHow I monitor the Ingress Sojourner Medal using Healthchecks.ioThe primary intended use, in the case of Healthchecks.io, is to monitor the regularly running tasks on servers, such as cron jobs. However…Apr 4, 2019Apr 4, 2019
Healthchecks.ioIntroducing Projects on Healthchecks.ioIf your Healthchecks account is growing and is getting a little hard to manage, Healthchecks.io has a new feature for you: Projects. Use…Feb 4, 2019Feb 4, 2019