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Downloads:

1,656

Downloads of v 3.55:

107

Last Update:

13 Jul 2018

Package Maintainer(s):

Software Author(s):

  • Rick Strahl
  • West Wind Technologies

Tags:

web-monitoring url-monitoring system-administration

West Wind Web Monitor

Downloads:

1,656

Downloads of v 3.55:

107

Maintainer(s):

Software Author(s):

  • Rick Strahl
  • West Wind Technologies

West Wind Web Monitor

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This package was rejected on 05 Jan 2019. The reviewer chocolatey-ops has listed the following reason(s):

rstrahl (maintainer) on 13 Jul 2018 01:26:33 +00:00:

User 'rstrahl' (maintainer) submitted package.

rstrahl (maintainer) on 13 Jul 2018 01:27:58 +00:00:

User 'rstrahl' (maintainer) submitted package.

rstrahl (maintainer) on 13 Jul 2018 01:29:00 +00:00:

User 'rstrahl' (maintainer) submitted package.

chocolatey-ops (reviewer) on 13 Jul 2018 02:02:42 +00:00:

WestwindWebMonitor has failed automated testing.
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Please visit https://gist.github.com/85e729a90ab38ec35535e5eecad93762 for details.
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chocolatey-ops (reviewer) on 13 Jul 2018 02:03:07 +00:00:

WestwindWebMonitor has failed automated validation.

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chocolatey-ops (reviewer) on 21 Dec 2018 11:41:02 +00:00:

We've found WestwindWebMonitor v3.55 in a submitted status and waiting for your next actions. It has had no updates for 20 or more days since a reviewer has asked for corrections. Please note that if there is no response or fix of the package within 15 days of this message, this package version will automatically be closed (rejected) due to being stale.

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chocolatey-ops (reviewer) on 05 Jan 2019 11:45:33 +00:00:

Unfortunately there has not been progress to move WestwindWebMonitor v3.55 towards an approved status within 15 days after the last review message, so we need to close (reject) the package version at this time. If you want to pick this version up and move it towards approval in the future, use the contact site admins link on the package page and we can move it back into a submitted status so you can submit updates.

Status Change - Changed status of package from 'submitted' to 'rejected'.

Description

Web Monitor lets you monitor any number of Web URLs, check them for specific HTTP responses and timeouts,
and lets you take action when a failure occurs. You can email a site down notic and also receive site back
up notices if and when the failure subsides. You can also launch an application or URL from the monitoring
machine to perform task like restarts or custom notifications, logging etc.

The application can run as a Desktop Application or Windows Service.


tools\chocolateyInstall.ps1
#NOTE: Please remove any commented lines to tidy up prior to releasing the package, including this one

$packageName = 'WestwindWebMonitor' # arbitrary name for the package, used in messages
$installerType = 'EXE' #only one of these: exe, msi, msu
$url = 'https://west-wind.com/files/WestWindWebMonitorSetup.exe' # download url
#$url64 = 'URL_x64_HERE' # 64bit URL here or remove - if installer decides, then use $url
$silentArgs = '/q' # "/s /S /q /Q /quiet /silent /SILENT /VERYSILENT" # try any of these to get the silent installer #msi is always /quiet
$validExitCodes = @(0) #please insert other valid exit codes here, exit codes for ms http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa368542(VS.85).aspx

# main helpers - these have error handling tucked into them already
# installer, will assert administrative rights

# if removing $url64, please remove from here
Install-ChocolateyPackage "$packageName" "$installerType" "$silentArgs" "$url"  -validExitCodes $validExitCodes

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