Web Server Monitoring Automation

Target Audience

• System Administrators: Those responsible for maintaining server uptime and reliability.
• DevOps Engineers: Professionals looking to automate server monitoring and notifications.
• IT Managers: Individuals overseeing IT infrastructure who need to ensure service availability.
• Small Business Owners: Owners who manage their own web servers and want to ensure consistent uptime without manual checks.

Problem Solved

• Automated Server Monitoring: This workflow automates the process of checking server availability every minute, significantly reducing the need for manual checks.
• Immediate Notifications: In case of server downtime, the workflow sends immediate alerts via Gmail, ensuring that issues are addressed promptly to prevent service disruptions.
• Uptime Logging: It logs both successful and failed server checks into Google Sheets, providing a historical record that can be used for uptime reporting and audits.

Workflow Steps

1. Schedule Trigger: The workflow starts automatically every minute, ensuring regular checks on server status.
2. Fetch Server List: It retrieves a list of server hostnames or IP addresses from Google Sheets, allowing for easy management of multiple servers.
3. HTTP Request: For each server, it sends an HTTP GET request to check if the server is alive.
4. Log Alive Status: If the server responds successfully, it logs the status as 'Alive' in another Google Sheet with a timestamp.
5. Error Handling: If the server does not respond, it triggers an error path to handle the failure.
6. Send Notification: An email alert is sent via Gmail to notify the team of the server downtime, including the server address and timestamp.
7. Log Down Status: The failed server check is logged in a separate Google Sheet for tracking and auditing purposes.