Is there a way to get notifications whenever something in my server crashes? (like apache2, mysql, ect' that cause the website not to work)

Asked Oct 13 '15 at 12:10

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I have a website on a server I created on Amazon AWS (Ubuntu).

A few days ago my "mysql" stopped working due to insufficient RAM. I got a call from my boss reguarding this problem and tried to fix it (by expanding the RAM on my.cnf file).

Then a few days later I got the same issue, and we decided to get a server with more RAM.

A few days later apache2 stopped working for some reason, and I don't remember what was the problem there, but it was solved.

The bottom line is:

I want to find a way to get notifications in situations like this via email/SMS text messages or in any other way, that will give me instant updates about "errors" on the server, so I won't get surprise calls from my boss and know immediately about issues on the website so there won't be situations that the website is down for too long (that cause us to loose sales ect').

asked Oct 13 '15 at 12:10

Rick Sanchez

Any monitoring system can do this. – Michael Hampton Oct 13 '15 at 12:13
Any special suggestion to a specific monitoring system? – Rick Sanchez Oct 13 '15 at 12:15
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No, picking a monitoring system is your job :) – Michael Hampton Oct 13 '15 at 12:15
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I'd suggest [Monit](https://mmonit.com/monit/) for this. Easy, lightweight and will do what you need. – ewwhite Oct 13 '15 at 12:17

Is there a way to get notifications whenever something in my server crashes? (like apache2, mysql, ect' that cause the website not to work)

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