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Emergency notification methods
This is what you get immediately after somebody declared an emergency and selected a notification group you are a member of:
How to use Rails SMTP configuration parameters from database
Usually the Rails SMTP configuration takes place in config/environment.rb like this:
ActionMailer::Base.smtp_settings = {
:address => "smtp.gmail.com",
:port => 587,
:domain => "domain.com",
:user_name =>
I can’t believe it’s a remote monitoring system: Emergencies with chat
Lennart just commited (1, 2, 3) the new emergency system. In the ScopePort settings defined people will be notified about the emergency if you declare one. You can then coordinate countermeasures with your co-workers in the emergency detail view. There are the common comments (like in the service monitoring module) and even a real time [...]
New ScopePort feature: Notification method debugging
ScopePort can now help you find out why a XMPP or SMTP notification did not reach you. You can enable a debug mode in the settings of the specific notification method:
All logged conversations can be investigated in the “Notification
How ScopePort helps you find your own programming errors
I followed a strange behaviour of the latest HEAD version of ScopePort a few minutes ago: The services failed one after another with the SERVICE_INTERR status. This means that there has been an internal ScopePort error while checking the service. I took a look at the “Vitals” section in the ScopePort web interface and found [...]
How to add sound/audio to a video on Linux
I am planning to create a ScopePort screencast soon. I had no experience with screencasts when I started to work on that topic. This is why I encountered two main problems:
How do I create the video?
How do I add sound to that video?
The first problem was solved easily. I tried a few screen recorders and [...]
First ScopePort sighting in the wild
Sven Kinne – who has been involved in a lot of alpha testing – just sent me an account for his ScopePort installation. He monitors around 50 services on different hosts. Here is a screenshot:
We are always happy about screnshots of your ScopePort installations! Send them to lennart@scopeport.org.