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FranckH
FranckH

Reputation: 155

Azure: get notifiy when webrole down

We have built our first azure web application. On february 29th the whole cloud went down (and can't be pinged) and it got us to think: is there a way for us to know when our web app is down and what made it go down?

If so, is there a way to get notified (email) of this, so we can put our web app back up?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 237

Answers (5)

BentOnCoding
BentOnCoding

Reputation: 28218

There is a service currently in beta that performs cloud based monitoring for azure called Cloudish. I just started using the service and everything was easy to setup and use. They take care of all the notifications you just specify when, why, and how you wish to be notified.

I think you can be notified by sms, email, http post, or service bus but i've only tested email and http post.

Upvotes: 0

Neil Thompson
Neil Thompson

Reputation: 6425

Pingdom has a free version (one website). I've used it in the past and found it to be reliable.

Upvotes: 2

David Peden
David Peden

Reputation: 18464

I've used Copper Egg and like it. They also have a free version.

Upvotes: 0

PaddyS
PaddyS

Reputation: 11

Thanks Tom !

Peter, You can use a 3rd party service for literally free like ours. The service performs routine health check, sends you role health information, tracks and aggregates performance data across multiple roles and instances and is your eyes and ears on Azure. Give it a spin at http://www.opstera.com/products/

Upvotes: 1

Tom
Tom

Reputation: 1611

You can subscribe to the service dashboard RSS feed for your data center from:

http://www.windowsazure.com/en-us/support/service-dashboard/

That will let you know when Azure is having a problem.

For your application, one method would be to use Gomez:

http://www.gomeznetworks.com/

Another would be to use AzureOps:

http://www.opstera.com/products/product-tour

Upvotes: 2

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