Monitor HA availability, send text message if unavailable

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Hi all,

I recently had the case that my Pi/HA became unavailable at like 11pm for no apparent reason. It would just not respond anymore to ping, no Web interface etc, so I removed the usb power from the Pi, put it back in, five minutes later everything back to normal.

This is a minor inconvenience and not that bad in my situation, but I would still like to fix this or at least get a message from a second device that the HA is not available anymore. I know there are things like nagios, but I think it’s a bit overpowered(?). I’d simply like a second device that continously monitors if the HA-pi is still available (ping once every ten seconds or something?), and if it is not, wait if it is the case for 60 seconds, then send me a message via my lte router (I already have a working python script that can send me a message).

Is there some software / application that suits my use case, or should I get a Pi, program a minor script and do it all manually? It will take some considerable time and something prebuilt always suits my short free time better :heart:

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There is an integration for Healthchecks.io which will email you if HA appears to be down.

Basically, HA pings the service at intervals and if they don’t hear from it for a preset period, you get a message. You have to register for the service, but it’s free for “hobbyist” users.

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I thought about this too, but that would require a second HA instance as I would be monitoring the main HA instance.

Update: ah wait, now I understand! OK that might be an option! Thanks :blush::sunglasses: