Uptime Monitoring Tool

A Laravel-based web application for monitoring website uptime and sending webhook notifications.

Author

Sathish Kumar M

• LinkedIn: pplcallmesatz
• Role: Design Team Lead
• Location: Karur, India

Prerequisites

• PHP >= 8.1
• Composer
• Node.js & NPM
• MySQL/MariaDB

Installation

1. Clone the repositorybash git clone https://github.com/yourusername/uptime-monitoring-tool.git cd uptime-monitoring-tool

2. Install PHP dependencies

composer install

3. Install NPM packages

npm install

4. Environment Setup

# Copy the example env file
cp .env.example .env

# Generate application key
php artisan key:generate

5. Configure Database Update your .env file with your database credentials:

DB_HOST=127.0.0.1
DB_DATABASE=monitoring_tool
DB_USERNAME=root
DB_PASSWORD=

6. Run Migrations

php artisan migrate

Running the Application

1. Start the Development Server

php artisan serve --port=4000

2. Compile Assets

npm run dev

3. Start the Scheduler (in a separate terminal)

php artisan schedule:work

Your application will be available at: http://127.0.0.1:4000

Features

• Website uptime monitoring
• Configurable check intervals
• Webhook notifications for downtime
• Response time tracking
• Status code monitoring
• Detailed logging system

Configuration

Site Monitoring Settings

• Check Interval: Set how often to check each site (in minutes)
• Cooling Time: Set delay between webhook notifications (in seconds)
• Webhook URL: URL to receive downtime notifications
• Retry Count: Number of retries before marking site as down

Logging

• Enable/disable logging per site
• Configure logs retention period
• Set logs per page for pagination

Troubleshooting

If you encounter any issues:

1. Check Laravel logs:

tail -f storage/logs/laravel.log

2. Verify database connectivity:

php artisan db:monitor

3. Clear application cache:

php artisan config:clear
php artisan cache:clear

License

MIT License

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request.