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Cron job monitoring: your job pings a URL, and you get an alert when a ping is late. · Healthchecks.io · Observability

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Overview

Healthchecks.io is open source and can also be self-hosted.

Good fit

Use to know when a scheduled job stops running.

  • cron jobs
  • backups

Not a fit

Avoid for website uptime; use an uptime monitor.

  • uptime checks
Quickstart · 3 steps
  1. Sign up at healthchecks.io.
  2. Create a check and copy its ping URL.
  3. Add curl <ping URL> at the end of your job.

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