task-mon 0.2.0

CLI to execute commands and log results to healthchecks.io
task-mon-0.2.0 is not a library.

Task Monitoring with Healthchecks.io

task-mon is a small binary for notifying Healthchecks.io when a command runs.

This serves a similar purpose to the curl-based patterns described in the Healthchecks documentation but provides more flexibility and ergonomics. Especially for shell scripts and cron jobs, delegating health management to a separate binary allows you to focus on the task at hand.

It supports Healthchecks' advanced optional features such as reporting failures, attaching logs, and monitoring execution time.

Usage

To execute a task and ping Healthchecks.io when it completes simply invoke task-mon with the check's UUID and the command to run:

$ task-mon --uuid 1234-abcd -- some_command --to --monitor

$ crontab -e
# m h dom mon dow command
  8 6 * * * /usr/local/cargo/bin/task-mon --uuid 1234-abcd -- some_command --to --monitor

task-mon will run the command and ping Healthchecks.io when it completes, reporting the exit status and the last 10K of output from the process.

Customization

$ task-mon --help
task-mon 0.2.0
CLI to execute commands and log results to healthchecks.io

USAGE:
    task-mon [FLAGS] [OPTIONS] --uuid <UUID> [--] <command>...

FLAGS:
    -t, --time         Ping when the program starts as well as completes
        --head         POST the first 10k bytes instead of the last
        --ping_only    Don't POST any output from the command
        --detailed     Include execution details in the information POST-ed (by default just sends stdout/err)
        --env          Also POSTs the process environment; requires --detailed
        --verbose      Write debugging details to stderr
    -h, --help         Prints help information
    -V, --version      Prints version information

OPTIONS:
    -k, --uuid <UUID>                Healthchecks.io UUID to ping
        --user_agent <USER_AGENT>    Customize the user-agent string sent to the Healthchecks.io server
        --base_url <base_url>        Base URL of the Healthchecks.io server to ping [default: https://hc-ping.com]

ARGS:
    <command>...    The command to run

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