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Originally Posted by Raistlin
1. I think (more for the sake of vanity than for any other reason) that I would like to be able to upload a sort of "Server Status Page" to the web (have web space so that's not an issue). The idea being that I could then browse to the page from anywhere and see if the server is up, how long it's been running without falling over, get some basic information from it etc.
Is this actually possible? What sort of software/setup would I need? Is it fairly easy to accomplish or am I trying to run before I can walk?
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I used to use a program called Servers Alive for this. The nice thing about SA is its freeware (if you don't use it in a commercial environment), but it can query various kinds of servers in different ways. So, for instance, to test a web server, it can periodically call up a web page. For a Database (Oracle anyway, not sure off hand if it supports MySql, but I think it does), it can run a query against it.
It can also output to a server status page (using it's own predefined templates, or your own), as well as email you or text you if something dies.
The program (and tutorials) is at
http://www.brentozar.com/salive/default.php
The program itself is at
http://www.woodstone.nu/salive/download.asp
Not as much fun as writing something yourself, but a lot quicker..