[SOLVED] Cronjob & Script to sending Heartbeat (by url / IP) to external (for example StatusCake) server

[Sergei_Shablovsky]

Hi, pfSense Gurus!

Could You be so please to suggest me .sh script to making “heartbeat” to external server outside pfSense?

For example, so-called “Push URL “ for StatusCake service:

https://push.statuscake.com/?PK=abc123&TestID=123456&time=0.

Parsing the answer not needed, only checking by ping and sending heartbeat if ping are ok. And write appropriate string with timestamp into syslog (or separate log) file.

Thank You so much!

[Sergei_Shablovsky]

Creating cronjob successfully, but curl cannot working as needed:

from shell CLI
curl ‘https://push.statuscake.com/?PK=123456789&TestID=987654321&time=0’
return ‘success’

BUT when the same string put in .sh file
the same command
curl ‘https://push.statuscake.com/?PK=123456789&TestID=987654321&time=0’
lead to error in log
‘curl: (3) URL rejected: Port number was not a decimal number between 0 and 65535’

What I am doing wrong?

[elvisimprsntr]

@Sergei_Shablovsky

1. Need to specify the entire path for curl

/usr/local/bin/curl

2. Make sure the .sh file has execute permissions

chmod a+x {filename}

3. Include the shebang in the .sh file

#!/bin/sh

[Sergei_Shablovsky]

@elvisimprsntr said in Cronjob & Script to sending Heartbeat (by url / IP) to external StatusCake server:

@Sergei_Shablovsky

1. Need to specify the entire path for curl

/usr/local/bin/curl

Done.

2. Make sure the .sh file has execute permissions

chmod a+x {filename}

Already done.

3. Include the shebang in the .sh file

#!/bin/sh

Already done.

But result are the same:
(In initial question I forgot to write that this is arpwatch message)
—-

pf.local.lan
pf.local.lan - Arpwatch Notification : Cron <root@pf> /usr/local/bin/pingtest_statuscake.sh - 


X-Cron-Env: <SHELL=/bin/sh>
X-Cron-Env: <PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin>
X-Cron-Env: <LOGNAME=root>
X-Cron-Env: <USER=root>

curl: (3) URL rejected: Port number was not a decimal number between 0 and 65535

——

[Sergei_Shablovsky]

[SOLVED] need to put URL between “ and #!/bin/sh:

#!/bin/sh
curl “https://push.statuscake.com/?PK=123456789&TestID=987654321&time=0”

Thank You all here!

[Sergei_Shablovsky]

Little update for this shell script in case You have MULTIPLE WAN (and need testing each uplink connection):

THIS SCRIPT SENDS HEARTBEAT ON ONE (1) CERTAIN TEST ID.

So, if You need really monitoring all WANS and receiving SEPARATE ALERT on EACH WAN,- You may create several Tests on StatusCake and USING V.2 OF THIS SCRIPT

#!/bin/sh

# HEARTBEAT to StatusCake external monitoring and alerting service

# Examples and additional information 
# https://www.statuscake.com/kb/knowledge-base/what-is-push-monitoring/

# Successfully working on pfSense CE 2.7.X

# List of network interfaces
INTERFACES="igb10 igb11 igb12 igb13"

# StatusCake URL
URL="https://push.statuscake.com/?PK=123456764226&TestID=7347942&time=0""

# Loop through each interface and send a curl request
for INTERFACE in $INTERFACES
do
    echo "Sending request through interface $INTERFACE"
    /usr/local/bin/curl --interface "$INTERFACE" "$URL"
    echo "" # Print a newline for better readability
done

YOU MAY TEST exactly script from Diagnostic / Command Shell TO ENSURE THAT ALL ARE WORKING as expected!

The result MUST be looks like this:

Sending request through interface igb0
  % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed   Time    Time     Time  Current
                                 Dload  Upload   Total   Spent    Left  Speed

  0     0    0     0    0     0      0      0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:--     0
100     7  100     7    0     0     12      0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:--    12
success
Sending request through interface igb1
  % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed   Time    Time     Time  Current
                                 Dload  Upload   Total   Spent    Left  Speed

  0     0    0     0    0     0      0      0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:--     0
  0     0    0     0    0     0      0      0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:--     0
100     7  100     7    0     0     13      0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:--    13
success
Sending request through interface igb2
  % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed   Time    Time     Time  Current
                                 Dload  Upload   Total   Spent    Left  Speed

  0     0    0     0    0     0      0      0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:--     0
100     7  100     7    0     0     13      0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:--    13
success
Sending request through interface igb3
  % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed   Time    Time     Time  Current
                                 Dload  Upload   Total   Spent    Left  Speed

  0     0    0     0    0     0      0      0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:--     0
  0     0    0     0    0     0      0      0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:--     0
100     7  100     7    0     0     13      0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:--    13
success

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