System Alerts to Mobile

L.Jenkins

I'm searching for my own solution, so don't worry about that. What I want to set up is a method of alerting me if a process/system goes down. I want like to send this alert to my phone. I have tried to use my number as an email, but found that Vodafone seems to have discontinued the service. So what I am asking is, is there another method I could use to send a message or alert to my phone if something goes down on the Production Server I'm working with.

deconduo

Itzy wrote: »

I'm searching for my own solution, so don't worry about that. What I want to set up is a method of alerting me if a process/system goes down. I want like to send this alert to my phone. I have tried to use my number as an email, but found that Vodafone seems to have discontinued the service. So what I am asking is, is there another method I could use to send a message or alert to my phone if something goes down on the Production Server I'm working with.

You could hook a GSM modem and use that?

croo

or perhaps use a script utilising curl to send a text via vodafone's websites webtext facility.

Tom Dunne

deconduo wrote: »

You could hook a GSM modem and use that?

I did something like this a long while back. Arguably, you could use a regular mobile phone connected to a computer.

You can actually send text messages using the modem AT commands, full details here.

So you would have some kind of central machine/server, to which a mobile phone/modem is connected, with a script running to detect errors (either locally or remotely) generate an alert text message and send it as an SMS.

Simple. :pac:

ressem

There's email to sms services like
http://www.esendex.ie/services/send-sms-via-email
or neonsms

If you need to warn even when internet or power are down, and want to implement deconduo's option, you can get a GSM modem like the Siemens TC35 as an arduino shield, or standalone rs232 / rs422 device with external antenna connection that can be routed outside the server room.
http://www.ebay.ie/sch/i.html?_odkw=siemens+m20+gsm&_from=R40|R40&_osacat=0&_from=R40&_trksid=p2045573.m570.l1313&_nkw=siemens+tc35+gsm&_sacat=0


http://www.cellular.co.za/hayesat.htm
as a guide to the AT commands (is a bit more comprehensive than Tom's link).

Or a 3G stick modem on a Pi, or linux tablet with 3G, whatever floats your interest.


As a quick hack, and internet connectivity is somebody elses problem...

You could use selenium to create a script that automates the process of sending a web text through the vodafone website.
(Use the selenium IDE + firefox to record the process as a script, then replay it when needs be, or use python to fill in the variables)

azzeretti

Itzy wrote: »

I'm searching for my own solution, so don't worry about that. What I want to set up is a method of alerting me if a process/system goes down. I want like to send this alert to my phone. I have tried to use my number as an email, but found that Vodafone seems to have discontinued the service. So what I am asking is, is there another method I could use to send a message or alert to my phone if something goes down on the Production Server I'm working with.

I have nagios setup to send me SMS alerts. However, I have a subscribtions to a bulk SMS gateway service which has an API. I do also use Notify my Andoid (NMA) to have nagios send me push alerts. This was free but it looks like the site isn't taking any new users - although it still works fine. I did come across this https://pushover.net/ recently which appears to do the same thing but for all device (IOS etc). I will look at this if NWA ever stops but it seems very similar.

L.Jenkins

Thanks for all the advice. It's something to look into.