Tips and metrics for application monitoring

Photo by Geralt from pixabay.com Want to make sure your daily backups are running? Take a look at PushMon, the easiest way to monitor your cron and scheduled tasks. Introduction There is a digital revolution happening in all sectors of society, driven by consumers who are increasingly eager for innovation. In a market driven by the maxim “time is money”, … Read More

Updates on Windows Batch and Bash Script Sample Code

We have updated the PushMon sample code for Windows Batch File and Bash Script: Use cURL as preferred method to ping PushMon URLs. In case errors occur, ping command will not be executed. For other code samples, visit the sample code page.

Release 1.20 – Minor Release

This is a minor release to change some of the wordings in PushMon notifications: Alert Notifications “Schedule URL” in notifications was modified to “Schedule ID” to make it more accurate. PushMon URLs look like http://pshmn.com/<Schedule ID>. Example: http://pshmn.com/WgxnYk0 Phone and SMS multiple numbers support: You can now include multiple phone or mobile numbers using comma as a separator.

Release 1.19 – New Schedules, Multiple Phone Numbers

New features for PushMon 1.19 release: New Schedules every 5 minutes (Paid Plan) every firstSunOfMonth, every firstMonOfMonth, … , every firstFriOfMonth every lastSunOfMonth, every lastMonOfMonth, … , every lastFriOfMonth every X within N days (e.g. every 1st within 3 days) Already supported are “every X hours within N hours” and “every X minutes within N minutes” Multiple phone numbers Users … Read More

Release 1.18 – IFTTT Service

New feature for this release: * IFTTT Service support PushMon users who have IFTTT accounts can now be alerted by any available IFTTT notification services by providing their IFTTT Webhooks Service Key. For more details, here’s how to use IFTTT on PushMon. * YM removal PushMon will no longer support Yahoo Messenger alerts. * Bug fixes

How to use IFTTT on PushMon

1) Create PushMon applets Sign in to your IFTTT account. Go to your IFTTT applets page and create a new applet. Follow through the guide provided by IFTTT in creating a new applet. Choose a service by clicking the “this” icon. Search and select the Webhooks service. Create a trigger by clicking the Receive a web request box. Enter “pushmon_alert” … Read More

Missing Pings on 9/28/2017

Please ignore any alerts caused by any missing pings today, September 28, 2017, from 12:05 AM to 8:57 AM EST. We had a database issue that caused us to lose pings during this time period. We apologize for any inconvenience caused. Should there be any more issues or concerns, you may always contact us at . Thank you for using … Read More

Release 1.17 – Paid Plans

Finally! We introduce to you the new and improved Plans for PushMon: Free Plan Professional Plan Business Plan Corporate Plan From now on, you can subscribe to either a Monthly or Yearly subscription of the paid plans. Please visit our Plans and Pricing page for more information on the rates and the features that these plans offer.

Understanding your PushMon URL’s schedule

This post will provide a more detailed explanation about setting up the schedule of your PushMon URL and when a ping is valid or not to keep the PushMon URL be in UP state. We will not go over all possible schedules but this will at least give you an idea when to do a ping. –Comprehensive schedule– Schedule: “every … Read More

PushMon service were down for 20 minutes

Please disregard any missed pings from 2:30 PM to 2:50 PM (EST). Our hosting provider had experience an issue. We apologize for the inconvenience. Thank you for using PushMon.