Short answer: Use a Google Apps Script that checks your websites every hour from our server and emails you when one goes down or its SSL certificate has less than 14 days left. It runs in your Google account and sends what it works on to our server, which does the work. Setup takes 5 steps: List your sites; Add the script; Add your key; Run it; Turn on hourly checks.
How to set it up
- List your sites. Open a Google Sheet and put one website address per row in column A, from row 2.
- Add the script. Open Extensions, then Apps Script. Add two script files and paste in the two files from our email:
Pushbuild.gsanduptime-monitor.gs. Save, then reload the sheet. A Pushbuild menu appears. - Add your key. Choose Pushbuild, then Set key, and paste the key from your signup email. The first time a script runs, Google asks for permission because it works in your own account. Review it and allow it.
- Run it. Choose Pushbuild, then Check sites now. Status, response code, response time and SSL days left fill columns B to E.
- Turn on hourly checks. Choose Pushbuild, then Start hourly checks. Each hourly check counts as one run.
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We'll email you the script (Pushbuild.gs and uptime-monitor.gs) and your key. It runs in your Google account and sends what it works on to our server, which does the work.
Free for your first 10 runs. After that it's $9 a month for this snippet, or $19 a month for every Pushbuild snippet.
Have us install it for you
We set it up in your Google account in a short Connect session, connect it to your sheet and check that it runs.
$49 one-time.
Questions
What does this script do?
It is a Google Apps Script that checks your websites every hour from our server and emails you when one goes down or its SSL certificate has less than 14 days left.
How do I set it up?
In 5 steps: 1. List your sites; 2. Add the script; 3. Add your key; 4. Run it; 5. Turn on hourly checks. The full steps are on this page.
Does it send my data anywhere?
Yes. It runs in your Google account and sends what it works on to our server, which does the work. We email you the script (Pushbuild.gs and uptime-monitor.gs) and your key.
Can you install it for me?
Yes. We set it up in your Google account in a short Connect session, connect it to your sheet and check that it runs.
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