totmannschalter

A simple Rust-based service that monitors multiple http(s) endpoints with different intervals and notifies administrators if the service goes down. Another notification is sent once it is back up again. Totmannschalter is German for dead man's switch – a contraption which is meant to halt operations or send a notice in the absence of a certain signal. In trains it is a switch that needs to be tapped periodically to make sure person operating the train is still awake and conscious.

Features

• per-endpoint configuration for values like interval and contact email
• toml based configuration
• sends you the error message and if the service is back up, information on how long it has been down

Installation

Using Rust cargo

1. Make sure you have Rust installed
2. Run cargo install totmannschalter

You should now be able to run totmannschalter directly from the CLI. If you want to run it as a service (e.g. on system startup) you have to either create something yourself (if you are not on a OS that uses systemd) or install the totmannschalter.service file present in the repository like this:

```bash

```

Using Debian package

Still being worked on