• XeriomAlertService

Xeriom Alert Service

We're building a service which will let you run checks on your host and alert you in various ways if certain conditions (specified by you) are met.

Get alerts by Twitter / SMS

At the moment we've got a simple base which checks if your host is listening for ICMP ECHO requests and, if that state changes - for instance if the host is turned off or unexpectedly reboots - will inform you using your Twitter account. It's a little excitable just now so you may receive the odd notification that the VM is down when it's not. We're working on making it more accurate.

To get this notification visit Xit, edit your account details and add your Twitter username. You'll also have to follow xeriom_networks on Twitter.

I'm not sure exactly what to do if you want alerts by SMS from Twitter, but it you register your mobile number with Twitter and ask for device updates from xeriom_networks you should get a text whenever anything happens to your VM. More complete instructions would be groovy.

Get alerts by Jabber

This system assumes that your email address (as set in the control panel) is a Jabber ID and tries to subscribe to that. You can use Google Apps for your domain to get an account like this.

Once you're all registered you can send the following commands. Anything else is likely to result in a reply which points you towards the Wiki. If you attempt to communicate from a Jabber ID that isn't registered in the control panel you'll get the same message about the Wiki.

Availability alerts

Please consider allowing monitor.xeriom.net to ping your host.

sudo iptables -I INPUT 4 -p icmp --icmp-type 8 -s monitor.xeriom.net -j ACCEPT