###Technologies used

Synpse for hosting and running applications anywhere
Node-RED for instrumenting our monitoring

###NodeRED

We will use NodeRED as instrumentation tool to “write code without writing any code” and monitor our web pages availability. If downtime is detected, we will notify administrators via slack or discord message.

First lets deploy NodeRED into Synpse enable IoT device we own:

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name: NodeRed
description: Low-code programming for event-driven applications
type: container
scheduling:
  type: Selector
  # More on selectors https://docs.synpse.net/synpse-core/applications/scheduling
  selectors:
    nodered: master
spec:
  containers:
  - name: nodered
    image: nodered/node-red:latest-minimal
    user: root
    ports:
      - "1880:1880"
    volumes:
      - /data/nodered:/data
      - /etc/localtime:/etc/localtime
      - /root/.ssh:/root/.ssh

Access the remote device via Synpse proxy CLI command to configure it

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synpse device proxy <device_name> --port 1880

Open the browser page http://localhost:1880. You should be able to see NodeRed running.

###Downtime flow

We use Discord webhook integration to send a messages and alert our developers once page is down. Discord webhook documentation can be found here

Flow we created is very simple:

Each 5s call cloud.synpse.net health url
If response is not 200, go to next phase, else drop
Rate limit to send only 1 message each 5 min
Create a Webhook payload
Send POST request to webhook URL

Flow itself looks like this (we have left if 200 branch too, in case you want to re-use it for other purposes). Full json flow can be found bellow for you to reuse.

Press “deploy” and you are done :)

./wrap_up.sh

This is very simple way to monitor your applications or construct any other automation flows. In addition you cab deploy same application to different agents, across the globe, and you have free Region based downtime monitoring!

If you have any questions or suggestions, feel free to start a new discussion in our forum or drop us a line on Discord

Full flow

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    {
        "id": "90902c5d92f08930",
        "type": "tab",
        "label": "NodeRed on Synpse",
        "disabled": false,
        "info": ""
    },
    {
        "id": "ef34b5db67c67385",
        "type": "http request",
        "z": "90902c5d92f08930",
        "name": "<PAGE_TO_CHECK_NAME>",
        "method": "GET",
        "ret": "txt",
        "paytoqs": "ignore",
        "url": "<PAGE_TO_CHECK_URL>",
        "tls": "",
        "persist": false,
        "proxy": "",
        "authType": "",
        "x": 370,
        "y": 260,
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        "type": "inject",
        "z": "90902c5d92f08930",
        "name": "ticker 5s",
        "props": [
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                "p": "payload"
            },
            {
                "p": "topic",
                "vt": "str"
            }
        ],
        "repeat": "5",
        "crontab": "",
        "once": true,
        "onceDelay": "1",
        "topic": "",
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        "type": "switch",
        "z": "90902c5d92f08930",
        "name": "if not 200",
        "property": "statusCode",
        "propertyType": "msg",
        "rules": [
            {
                "t": "neq",
                "v": "200",
                "vt": "str"
            }
        ],
        "checkall": "true",
        "repair": false,
        "outputs": 1,
        "x": 580,
        "y": 200,
        "wires": [
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            ]
        ]
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        "id": "1aae7673af94fb6c",
        "type": "switch",
        "z": "90902c5d92f08930",
        "name": "if  200",
        "property": "statusCode",
        "propertyType": "msg",
        "rules": [
            {
                "t": "eq",
                "v": "200",
                "vt": "str"
            }
        ],
        "checkall": "true",
        "repair": false,
        "outputs": 1,
        "x": 570,
        "y": 300,
        "wires": [
            []
        ]
    },
    {
        "id": "758156729b55665f",
        "type": "delay",
        "z": "90902c5d92f08930",
        "name": "",
        "pauseType": "rate",
        "timeout": "5",
        "timeoutUnits": "seconds",
        "rate": "1",
        "nbRateUnits": "5",
        "rateUnits": "minute",
        "randomFirst": "1",
        "randomLast": "5",
        "randomUnits": "seconds",
        "drop": true,
        "allowrate": false,
        "x": 740,
        "y": 260,
        "wires": [
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    },
    {
        "id": "2452ffaa52e6333f",
        "type": "http request",
        "z": "90902c5d92f08930",
        "name": "discord webhook",
        "method": "POST",
        "ret": "txt",
        "paytoqs": "ignore",
        "url": "<DISCORD_WEBHOOK_URL>",
        "tls": "",
        "persist": false,
        "proxy": "",
        "authType": "",
        "x": 1110,
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        "wires": [
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        "type": "function",
        "z": "90902c5d92f08930",
        "name": "payload",
        "func": "var payload = {\n  \"username\": \"Downtime BOT\",\n  \"avatar_url\": \"https://i.imgur.com/zEGYUVs.jpeg\",\n  \"content\": \"cloud.synpse.net Downtime detected. Next check in 5 min\",\n}\n\nmsg.payload = payload\nreturn msg",
        "outputs": 1,
        "noerr": 0,
        "initialize": "",
        "finalize": "",
        "libs": [],
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        "y": 260,
        "wires": [
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]