Monitor ZoneMinder With Pingdom
Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2012 3:56 am
How will you know if your ZoneMinder is down? Monitor it using a third-party service! I just started doing that and wanted to share it with you.
I am monitoring my ZM with pingdom-dot-com (I'm avoiding this forum's URL filter). I am using the free service which lets you monitor one website with email alerts and includes 20 SMS alerts. If ZM stops running for any reason I will get an email, and optionally, an SMS text message. There are several reasons why ZM might stop running:
The above is based on ZoneMinder Version 1.24.4. Using Pingdom will alert you if you lose your video monitoring capability. I hope you find this useful!
I am monitoring my ZM with pingdom-dot-com (I'm avoiding this forum's URL filter). I am using the free service which lets you monitor one website with email alerts and includes 20 SMS alerts. If ZM stops running for any reason I will get an email, and optionally, an SMS text message. There are several reasons why ZM might stop running:
- power outage
ISP provider outage
cable damage
someone turned the server off
server crash
etc.
- Check resolution: 1 minute (if someone restarts the computer, I want to know about it - set the boot loader timeout to 1 minute)
Include index.php at the end of the URL
- Check for string on page: Should contain Running
POST data: action=login&username=myname&password=mypassword
The above is based on ZoneMinder Version 1.24.4. Using Pingdom will alert you if you lose your video monitoring capability. I hope you find this useful!