By Harley Frank
Is there a piece of software that I can install on a server to have it push events to my phone. Say Root account being accessed, server reboot initiated, server has pending updates, or HTTP service is down?
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I’d use Sensu with an E-mail handler for alerts, but that all depends on your level of comfort with Linux and writing custom JSON scripts.
Carriers have E-mail Gateways, that are usually phone-number@txt.provider or something like that. For example: 5551234567@txt.att.net
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