🖥️ Automated Website Uptime Monitor with Email Alerts & GitHub Status Page Update
🖥️ Automated Website Uptime Monitor with Email Alerts & GitHub Status Page Update This n8n workflow continuously monitors your website’s availability, sends email alerts when the server goes down, and automatically updates a status page (index.html) in your GitHub repository to reflect the live status. 📌 Good to Know The workflow checks your website every 2 minutes (interval configurable). If the website is down (503, bad response, or error) → it sends an email alert and updates the GitHub-hosted status page to show Down. If the website is up (200) → it updates the GitHub-hosted status page to show Up. The email notification includes an HTML-formatted alert page. You can use GitHub Pages to host the status page publicly. ℹ️ What is GitHub Pages? GitHub Pages is a free hosting service provided by GitHub that lets you publish static websites (HTML, CSS, JS) directly from a GitHub repository. You can use it to make your index.html status page publicly accessible with a URL like: ⚡ How to Set Up GitHub Pages for Your Status Page Create a new repository on GitHub (recommended name: status). Add a blank index.html file (n8n workflow will later update this file). Go to your repository → Settings → Pages. Under Source, select the branch (main or master) and folder (/root). Save changes. Your status page will now be live at: https://<USERNAME>.github.io/status ✅ Prerequisites An n8n instance (self-hosted or cloud). A GitHub account & repository (to host the status page). A Gmail account (or any email service supported by n8n – example uses Gmail). Access to the target website URL you want to monitor. ⚙️ How it Works Schedule Trigger → Runs every 2 minutes. HTTP Request → Pings your website URL. Switch Node → Evaluates the response status (200 OK vs error/503). Code Node → Generates a dynamic HTML status page (Up/Down). GitHub Repo & File → Github Repo Name Should be https://github.com/<OWNER_NAME>/status (recommended) & Must have(required) a blank file named as index.html before triggering this flow. GitHub Node → Updates/commits the index.html file in your repository. Gmail Node → Sends an email alert if the site is down. 🚀 How to Use Import the workflow JSON into your n8n instance. Configure credentials for: GitHub (Personal Access Token with repo permissions). Gmail (or your preferred email service). Replace the following: https://app.yourdomain.com/health → with your own website URL. example@gmail.com → with your email address (or distribution list). GitHub repo details → with your repository where index.html will live. Deploy the workflow. (Optional) Enable GitHub Pages on your repo to serve index.html as a live status page. 🛠 Requirements n8n v1.0+ GitHub personal access token Gmail API credentials (or SMTP/email service of your choice) 🎨 Customising this Workflow Interval** → Change schedule from 2 minutes to any desired frequency. Email Content** → Modify HTML alert template in the Gmail node. Status Page Styling** → Edit the HTML/CSS in the Code node to match your branding. Error Handling** → Extend Switch node for other status codes (e.g., 404, 500). Multiple Websites** → Duplicate HTTP Request + Switch nodes for multiple URLs. 👤 Who Can Use It? DevOps & SRE Engineers** → For automated uptime monitoring. Freelancers/Developers** → To monitor client websites. Startups & SMEs** → For a free, lightweight status page without paid tools. Educators/Students** → As a hands-on learning project with n8n. 🌟 Key Features 🔄 Automated uptime checks (configurable interval). 📧 Email notifications on downtime. 📝 Dynamic HTML status page generation. 🌍 GitHub Pages integration for public visibility. ⚡ Lightweight & cost-effective (no paid monitoring tool needed). 🔗 Tools Integration n8n** – Orchestration & automation. GitHub** – Version control + hosting of status page. Gmail** – Email notifications. HTTP Request** – Website availability check. 📈 Example Use Cases Personal website monitoring with public status page. Monitoring SaaS apps & notifying support teams. Internal company services uptime dashboard. An n8n automation workflow template by Linearloop Team.
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