Network Status And Schedule Maintenance

[WebHostCentral UK - Dean]

Hello Guys,

 

I was wondering what you are all using to inform your customers of Scheduled Maintenance etc?

 

Any good installable scripts or php software?

[Michael]

Hello Guys,

 

I was wondering what you are all using to inform your customers of Scheduled Maintenance etc?

 

Any good installable scripts or php software?

 

You could use the Announcement plugin, we just do that, facebook / twitter.

[WebHostCentral UK - Dean]

Im looking for something like statuspage.io but cheaper as i think their prices are a little to high

[Michael]

Im looking for something like statuspage.io but cheaper as i think their prices are a little to high

 

Would this be something good for you mate: https://cachethq.io/

[WebHostCentral UK - Dean]

I was looking at that but it doesnt have a scheduled maintenance part only recent incidents I think I may have to get someone to right a small script lol

[Paul]

I've seen support teams use Tumblr for status updates on outages that are being worked on. It's manual, but hosted by Tumblr and easy to update.

[jbrooksuk]

Hey all,

 

My name is James Brooks, I'm the developer behind Cachet.

 

Im looking for something like statuspage.io but cheaper as i think their prices are a little to high

 

This is exactly why I started writing Cachet.

 

Would this be something good for you mate: https://cachethq.io/

 

Thanks for sharing the link!

 

I was looking at that but it doesnt have a scheduled maintenance part only recent incidents I think I may have to get someone to right a small script lol

 

Scheduled maintenance is coming soon: https://github.com/cachethq/Cachet/pull/404 the feature should be merged in shortly. We're working really hard to get V1 out, so it definitely won't be long.

 

Cheers,

 

James

[Michael]

Hey all,

 

My name is James Brooks, I'm the developer behind Cachet.

 

 

This is exactly why I started writing Cachet.

 

 

Thanks for sharing the link!

 

 

Scheduled maintenance is coming soon: https://github.com/cachethq/Cachet/pull/404 the feature should be merged in shortly. We're working really hard to get V1 out, so it definitely won't be long.

 

Cheers,

 

James

 

Awesome, welcome to the community and great news, do you think you could add a plugin for Blesta to push out notices via Cachet mate?

[jbrooksuk]

Awesome, welcome to the community and great news, do you think you could add a plugin for Blesta to push out notices via Cachet mate?

 

Thanks Licensecart.

 

I don't see why not. Cachet has a fairly friendly API (although still in progress for V1). We're trying more for people to send data back to Cachet. Is this something Blesta could do?

[Michael]

Thanks Licensecart.

 

I don't see why not. Cachet has a fairly friendly API (although still in progress for V1). We're trying more for people to send data back to Cachet. Is this something Blesta could do?

 

Welcome mate, good news I'm not sure if Blesta could make a plugin if you mean that, as their features is on a priority basis at the moment .

[jbrooksuk]

Welcome mate, good news I'm not sure if Blesta could make a plugin if you mean that, as their features is on a priority basis at the moment .

Thanks!

 

Ok, well if there is a way we can integrate to Blesta - not now, but perhaps in the future - I'd be interested.

[ModulesBakery]

Thanks!

 

Ok, well if there is a way we can integrate to Blesta - not now, but perhaps in the future - I'd be interested.

 

Thats great, hopefully in the near future.

[Michael]

Thanks!

 

Ok, well if there is a way we can integrate to Blesta - not now, but perhaps in the future - I'd be interested.

 

Awesome thanks mate will end up using it if it happens as it makes life easier haha  

[WebHostCentral UK - Dean]

Hello and welcome..

 

I have looked at cachetHQ but didnt see a way to install via web browser only SSH

 

I am not a big fan of installing software this way.. Still interested in the software.. especially if there is a way to plug in via blesta

 

Regards

[serge]

ssh is the best method to use, just less issue, more easy, more robust, strange to say but just true, so do not be afraid.

 

anything wrong with ssh will give you understandable error message

[jbrooksuk]

First of all, we merged in Scheduled Maintenance yesterday. You can see a demo of it at https://status.cachethq.io

 

Hello and welcome..

 

I have looked at cachetHQ but didnt see a way to install via web browser only SSH

 

I am not a big fan of installing software this way.. Still interested in the software.. especially if there is a way to plug in via blesta

 

Regards

 

Thanks Dean!

 

You need to get it setup over SSH unless you can deploy to Heroku - after that it's all browser-based configuration.

 

Cheers,

 

James

[Michael]

First of all, we merged in Scheduled Maintenance yesterday. You can see a demo of it at https://status.cachethq.io

 

 

Thanks Dean!

 

You need to get it setup over SSH unless you can deploy to Heroku - after that it's all browser-based configuration.

 

Cheers,

 

James

 

Would it be cool to have it like the big line at the bottom with a clock icon?

[jbrooksuk]

Would it be cool to have it like the big line at the bottom with a clock icon?

Oh, the "timeline" view? I was thinking about that, but it'd be hard to distinguish.

[Michael]

Oh, the "timeline" view? I was thinking about that, but it'd be hard to distinguish.

 

Highlight it yellow

 

[WebHostCentral UK - Dean]

First of all, we merged in Scheduled Maintenance yesterday. You can see a demo of it at https://status.cachethq.io

 

 

Thanks Dean!

 

You need to get it setup over SSH unless you can deploy to Heroku - after that it's all browser-based configuration.

 

Cheers,

 

James

 

I will take a look at it again a little later and report back

[jbrooksuk]

Highlight it yellow

You're crazy

[jbrooksuk]

I will take a look at it again a little later and report back

Let me know if you need any assistance.

[Michael]

You're crazy

 

Crazy is my middle name haha.

[jbrooksuk]

Hi all,

 

I know that some people are wary of installing beta software in a production environment, so let me give you a quick rundown of what's going to be changing before the release of V1.

1. We'll be introducing an update system, which will sort out everything for you; migrations, updating/installation of packages etc.
2. The API will be polished off. There are a few loose ends and differences between a couple of the endpoints.
3. General code clean up. There are a few things that have been left in the code from the start - these will be stripped back and tidied up.
4. Notification support; Twitter, emails, IRC, Slack etc. And as an added bonus, customers will be able to subscribe to email updates.
5. More translations.

Except for perhaps the API, nothing should be incompatible with the current master codebase.

 

What's next for Cachet?

1. A rewrite using Laravel 5. This gives us a lot of added power and makes maintaining much easier.
2. oAuth support for third-party applications.
3. Displaying component groups on the status page.
4. Support for multiple applications.
5. SAML & LDAP authentication support.
6. Team invitation system.
7. Complete integration to the component tags feature.
8. Status page templates.
9. Incident Templates, templating system (variables etc, to be used by the API).

On top of that, I have a lot more news that I'm preparing for the beginning of V2.

 

Hope that helps,

 

James

[jbrooksuk]

Today I'm really excited to announce our new blog; https://blog.cachethq.io

 

As extra news, we've moved the demo instance of Cachet to https://demo.cachethq.io so that we can use https://status.cachethq.io ourselves