The article demonstrates how to monitor SystemD services by integrating with a self-hosted Healthchecks.io instance. It uses OnSuccess and OnFailure hooks in SystemD unit files to trigger curl-based pings to Healthchecks.io whenever a service succeeds or fails, enabling alerts for scheduled jobs and backup tasks.
Background
Healthchecks.io is an open-source ping server for cron jobs and scheduled tasks, which users can self-host. This article applies it to SystemD service monitoring as a lightweight alternative to heavy monitoring stacks.
- Source
- Lobsters
- Published
- Aug 16, 2026 at 07:54 PM
- Score
- 5.0 / 10