Pigeon checker. Pingdom replacement for Agencies.

Installation

bin/build to fetch and install all dependencies. bin/console to launch console, then type in console:

Pigeon.Http.check_all_hosts

What checks are done by default?

• DNS "A record" resolve for each defined domain.
• SSL certificate validity for each defined domain.
• Expectations (content checks) for each defined page.
• Availability checks for each defined page.

Project requirements

• Elixir 1.5+
• OTP 19+
• Libressl 2.7+ (openssl available in PATH)
• Curl 7+ (curl available in PATH) for Slack notifications

Configuration files

1. config/config.exs

2. config/globals.json. Example:

{
    "alert_channel":"#critical-channel",
    "alert_webhook":"https://hooks.slack.com/services/MyShinyWebURL"
}

3. config/checks.json. Example:

[
  {
    "client": "myfavplace",
    "domains": ["myfavplace.com", "www.myfavplace.com"],
    "pages": ["https://www.myfavplace.com/"],
    "expected": ["title", "content", "footer"],
    "alert_channel": "#my-private-alert-channel",
    "alert_webhook": "https://hooks.slack.com/services/MyOwnShinyWebhookURL"
  },
  {
    "client": "youtfavplace",
    "domains": ["youtfavplace.se", "www.youtfavplace.se"],
    "pages": ["https://www.youtfavplace.se/"],
    "expected": ["title", "content", "footer"],
    "alert_channel": "#some-channel",
    "alert_webhook": "https://hooks.slack.com/services/MyOwnShinyWebhookURL"
  },
  // ...
]

Additional stuff

Pigeon has ability to generate csv document file from current Agencies list:

bin/console
Pigeon.ExportServers.export_csv()

will generate agencies-servers-list.csv in project directory.

License

MIT/BSD