App: ServerEyes
Developer: Tomoyuki Okawa
Genres: Developer Tools, Utilities

- What ServerEyes is for -

If you have a shared remote server, you probably know how unreliable it is.  We want to believe that it's running around the clock even while you are sleeping.  Back in September, 2020, my shared remote server went down two days in a row.  And it happened again yesterday (October 8th, 2020).  I'm not going to open a web browser to find out if the server is running every 10 minutes.  Besides, I'm not a 24-hour robot.  So I never know if it's running while I'm sleep.  So what can I do about it?  And that's why I've developed ServerEyes.

ServerEyes is a desktop application that lets you monitor the status of one or more remote servers. Using ServerEyes, you can tell the application how often (every 10 minutes, 20 minutes, 30 minutes, …, 90 minutes) you want to access your remote servers to see their conditions. If something goes wrong with your remote servers, let ServerEyes post a user notification or send you an e-mail address.  


- Features -

1. Check the status of one or more remote servers at a time.
2. Set the timeout value in seconds for inaccesible servers.
3. Count down the number of minutes until the application performs another cycle of checking the server status.
4. Set the cycle value in minutes.
5. Choose or not choose to let the application post a user notification in time of a bad server status.
6. Choose or not choose to let the application send you an e-mail message in time of a bad server status.
7. The application supports the fullScreen mode.
8. The application supports the retina screen. (tested with 2014 2.6 GHz 13″ MacBook Pro)
9. Languages: English only.
10.Application file size: 21.8 MB.
11.Click on the push button in the Home screen titled ‘User’s guide for ServerEyes’ to learn how to use the application.


- System requirements -

1. 10.14 (untested), 10.15 (tested with 10.15.1, 10.15.4 Beta)
2. 64-bit system


- Limitations -

1. The application can e-mail the user in time time of a bad server status if the user requests. However, sending e-mail messages requires a PHP script running around the clock on our remote server, and it’s possible that our remote server goes offline.

Release notes:
1. When the user tested a remote server URL, the application has counted numbers down further to negative values.