PHP Simple Informer 1.3 review

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PHP Simple Informer is a very simple network services monitoring application written in PHP

License: GPL (GNU General Public License)
File size: 14K
Developer: Pablo Godel
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PHP Simple Informer is a very simple network services monitoring application written in PHP. PHP Simple Informer can be run as a command line application (PHP compiled as cgi is required) or as a web php file.

Although is very simple, it does its function very well. Is very easy to configure with a single file and a couple of simple lines.

I don't know if this is going to be useful for anybody, but it's for me. I have been testing several applications, and all of them are more complex that what I need or they don't perform so simple tasks.

Here are some key features of "PHP Simple Informer":
Very simple installation and configuration: one single config file and done.
Multiple hosts configuration
Support for special features for services: mysql, http, https.
Multiple contacts configuration
Alerts are sent by email or with an executed external command.
Logs issues to log file.
Report / status web page.

Requirements:
PHP 4.0.0

Installation:

- Unpack the file psi-1.3.tgz in your desired final location:
$ gunzip -c psi-1.3.tar.gz | tar xf -
$ cd psi

- Configure psi.conf (Read the info and examples inside the file)
$ vi psi.conf

- And run psi.php (php compiled as a cgi or CLI and placed in /usr/local/bin/php is required)
$ ./psi.php

- Place it in crontab to run it periodically,
i.e.: */1 * * * * root /usr/local/psi-1.3/psi.php > /dev/null 2>&1

- link www to your web root directory to be able to access the web reports.

What's New in This Release:
SSupport for PHP 5.x
Added support for CPU load, process count, and web page change.

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