MONITOR DB OUTAGES WITH SHELL LANGUAGE

Monitor when database goes down in your Shell application

In the context of Shell applications, data persistence is a fundamental requirement. While simple data storage options like JSON, CSV, or plain text files suffice in some scenarios, more complex applications often demand a robust solution capable of managing vast datasets, handling numerous requests, and executing intricate queries.

This is where databases come into play, offering a structured approach to data storage and retrieval. Databases empower applications to perform complex queries and scale efficiently. However, delving into databases can be a challenging endeavor, involving intricate setup and maintenance.

One prevalent challenge associated with databases is the possibility of downtime, which can result from various factors. When a database becomes unavailable, it adversely impacts the functionality of your Shell application, hindering data retrieval and storage.

To mitigate such issues, it is crucial to establish a monitoring system for your database's activity. Proactive monitoring ensures that anomalies are promptly detected and brings them to your attention, allowing for immediate action to rectify problems before they escalate.

Fortunately, Palzin Track is an ideal solution for addressing this concern, simplifying the process of tracking events within your Shell application and monitoring database outages. With Palzin Track, real-time monitoring of database outages is made effortless, and it provides the capability to notify both you and your entire team whenever issues arise.

Connect Palzin Track to Shell

Setting up Palzin Track

1. Sign up for a free Palzin Track account.
2. Create your first project from the dashboard.
3. Head to settings and copy your API token.

Shell code snippets

Use the following code snippet to track your database outages with Palzin Track. Please don't forget to replace the YOUR_API_TOKEN with your API token and update the project and channel names.

Using Shell with Httpie

printf '{"project":"my-project","channel":"status","event":"Database is Down","description":"PostgresSQL is down in Oregon","icon":"🚨","notify":true}'| http --follow --timeout 3600 POST 'https://api.palzin.live/v1/log' \  


 Content-Type:'application/json' \  


 Authorization:'Bearer YOUR_API_TOKEN'

Using Shell with wget

wget --no-check-certificate --quiet \  


 --method POST \  


 --timeout=0 \  


 --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \  


 --header 'Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_TOKEN' \  


 --body-data '{"project":"my-project","channel":"status","event":"Database is Down","description":"PostgresSQL is down in Oregon","icon":"🚨","notify":true}' \  


 'https://api.palzin.live/v1/log'

Shell integration details

Palzin Track is a powerful real-time event tracking tool that works seamlessly with Shell applications. It provides a number of features such as real-time event tracking, cross-platform push notifications, event filtering, user and product journeys, charts and analytics, and much more.

By being a use-case agnostic event tracking tool, Palzin Track allows you to track any event in your Shell applications in any way you want. You can track your database outages, system status, and even user activity in real-time.

Other use-cases for Palzin Track

1. Monitor your CI/CD build status for your Shell application
2. Monitor your CPU usage in your Shell application
3. Monitor high disk usage in your Shell application
4. Monitor when a user changes their email address in your Shell application
5. Monitor failed logins in your Shell application
6. Monitor failed payments for your Shell application
7. Monitor memory usage in your Shell application
8. Monitor MySQL downtime in your Shell application
9. Monitor when a new feature is used in your Shell application
10. Monitor your Postgres downtime in your Shell application
11. Monitor Redis downtime in your Shell application
12. Monitor suspicious activity in your Shell application
13. Monitor when a user exceeds the usage limit for your Shell service
14. Monitor when a user is being rate limited in your Shell application
15. Get a notification when your Shell code is done executing
16. Send push notifications to your phone or desktop using Shell
17. Track canceled subscriptions in your Shell application
18. Track your Shell cron jobs
19. Track when a file is uploaded to your Shell application
20. Track when a form is submitted to your Shell application
21. Track payment events via Shell
22. Track user sign in events in Shell
23. Monitor user signup events via Shell
24. Track waitlist signup events via Shell