The following are samples of the alert and report emails generated by the server uptime monitoring and alert service.
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Example Email Alert
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SYSTEM ALERT
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2007-01-31 08:21 GMT
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http://example.com/
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status code 0
bytes 0
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diagnostics
+ dns
- connect
- request
- response
- ssl certificate
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source: http://basicstate.com/
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The alert starts with the date and time that the failure was first detected.
Then the site is named.
The next section contains the http status code and the number of bytes returned.
The diagnostics section has a [+] or [-] beside each stage of the test.
A [+] sign indicates that the particular step was successful.
Example Email Uptime and Performance Report
Emails are formatted as plain text, 76 characters wide, no html or attachments.
Subscribers receive one combined email per day containing all reports for all sites.
Each site section contains 7 calendar days of data, rolling forward on each day.
DAILY UPTIME AND PERFORMANCE SUMMARY
example.com
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date uptime dns connect request ttfb ttlb
2006-08-02 100.00 0.053 0.341 0.981 1.494 1.644
2006-08-01 99.37 0.078 0.766 1.143 1.587 1.765
2006-07-31 100.00 0.051 0.654 0.876 1.144 1.488
2006-07-30 100.00 0.122 0.893 1.252 1.360 1.673
2006-07-29 100.00 0.076 0.782 1.046 1.314 1.660
2006-07-28 100.00 0.047 0.459 0.995 1.213 1.513
2006-07-27 100.00 0.044 0.521 0.848 1.044 1.412
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minimum 99.37 0.044 0.341 0.876 1.044 1.412
maximum 100.00 0.122 0.893 1.252 1.587 1.765
average 99.91 0.067 0.631 1.020 1.308 1.594
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note: all times are in seconds
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http://basicstate.com/
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The columns are: date in GMT, percentage uptime, and then elapsed time in seconds from the start of the test to:
a) resolve dns
b) connect to server
c) send request
d) receive first byte
e) receive last byte
each is the average for the observed values in the 24 hour period.
The columns are further summarised as the minimum, maximum, and average values for the column data during the period covered by the report.
Example Trouble Ticket
The details of every failed test can be reviewed by examining the associated trouble ticket.
Each trouble ticket includes space for free form notes that can be saved for future reference.
Trouble tickets are accessed from the trouble tickets summary.
failure details
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example.com
2009-06-23 15:10:00 - 2009-06-23 15:11:00 (UTC)
duration 1 minutes
test type http
failure type bad status code
bytes received 0
status code 0
time offset to dns resolution 1 ms
time offset to connection 1 ms
time offset to request 2 ms
time offset to first byte 314 ms
time offset to last byte 314 ms
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* failure type is a best approximation based upon available
information
user notes:
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source:
basicstate.com
