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What are my options for getting alerts on my android phone if services on my VPS becoming unresponsive?

My first thought is a simple app that periodically pings domains and gives a notification if any fail. Is there an open source app for that?

Or something else?

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[–] Schlemmy@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 months ago

Ntfy is a good lightweight option indeed.