web site uptime alert and email report samples

The following are samples of the alert and report emails generated by the server uptime monitoring and alert service. New users can register for a free account here.

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      53     341     981    1494    1644
2006-08-01     99.37      78     766    1143    1587    1765
2006-07-31    100.00      51     654     876    1144    1488
2006-07-30    100.00     122     893    1252    1360    1673   
2006-07-29    100.00      76     782    1046    1314    1660   
2006-07-28    100.00      47     459     995    1213    1513   
2006-07-27    100.00      44     521     848    1044    1412   

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minimum        99.37      44     341     876    1044    1412
maximum       100.00     122     893    1252    1587    1765
average        99.91      67     631    1020    1308    1594
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note: all times in milliseconds

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http://basicstate.com/
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The columns are: date in GMT, percentage uptime, and in milliseconds, elapsed time 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.

source: basicstate.com