PSWebsiteMonitor

PowerShell module for website monitoring.

Get alerts via email and sms.

Installation

Step 1

Download zip or clone repo (https://github.com/tysimo/PSWebsiteMonitor.git).

Step 2

Create SQL database by running .\sql\create-database.sql on desired SQL instance.

Add Group records to database. Use .\sql\insert-group-records.sql as a template.

Add URLs records to database. Use .\sql\insert-url-records.sql as a template.

Step 3

Configure database-instance, mail-server, and mail-from-address values in .\environment.xml.

<environment>
	<database-instance></database-instance>
	<database-name>PSWebsiteMonitor</database-name> 
	<mail-server></mail-server>  
	<mail-from-address></mail-from-address>
</environment>

Step 4

Create Windows scheduled task.

Open a new PowerShell session as an administrator and cd to the PSWebsiteMonitor folder. Run the below command to create the Windows scheduled task.

.\CreateScheduledTask.ps1

By default the task will run every minute to check URLs.