Health check section

Crontab:
Modify the crontab to execute the resource check script, this can be done by executing ‘sudo crontab -e’ & by entering the following in it: */15 * * * * cd ~/git/Scripting && ./healthcheck.sh >/dev/null 2>&1

This will execute the health check script every 15 minutes. E-mails can be configured within the settings file of the health check script, be aware that this does require ssmtp (or postfix) & mailutils to be installed & configured. Add recipient e-mail addresses in the email config file(s).

Setting up mailutils & ssmtp:

Install mailutils & ssmtp with: ‘sudo apt(-get) install mailutils ssmtp’ after that configure ssmtp, execute ‘sudo nano /etc/ssmtp/ssmtp.conf’ , this is an example configuration:

root=<username>@gmail.com
mailhub=smtp.gmail.com:587
AuthUser=<username>
AuthPass=<password>
UseSTARTTLS=YES

Test it by executing ‘echo “test message” | mail -s “test subject” “recipient@mail.com”’.