• Download and Unzip to  1) cpualert_setup.txt for threshold and SMS/Email alerts 2) cpualert_email.txt - Optional for alternative SMTP  3) cpualert


• SMS and Email alerts send out from our server and has option from alternative SMTP via Local/Gmail/Yahoo/Free SMTP (Gmail and Yahoo is using App Password instead of email password) or SendGrid SMTP relay service (API key for password, no security concern) to ensure you can receive alerts.


• Get alert when CPU/MEM usage continues high for a period of time - You can setup consecutive 1 or 2,3...50..200..xxx and usage yy% as threshold limit. Get alert only when CPU / Memory usage has consecutive xx times higher than yy%


• No alert for short high Spikes. No continue sending you alerts when utilization remains high - Alert you once only when normal -> consecutive abnormal high -> normal status changed. Let you know when it is abnormal and when it is back exactly.


• Write the higher record to log file with TOP1 program name, PID, timestamp and mail you log file everyday to let you check from email directly


• Run cpualert directly and you can run it in background with silent mode by running cpualert -s & when it has been tested OK.


• Has option to KILL TOP1 process when consecutive high than a KILLCOUNT number and alert text will tell you which PID & COMMAND has been killed. You can setup a SMALL threshold number and a BIG killcount number to get alert immediately and kill TOP1 process if CPU/MEM usage consecutive high for a log period of time


• I am Alive mail notification - Has option to setup mailing you log periodically to let you know monitoring program is up and running


• Register to get free SMS to test


• Alert message will tell you the CPU/MEM usage and TOP1 data including PID, USER, %CPU, %MEM, TIME, COMMAND. See below sample

Sample for SMS alert text

192.168.1.2 SuSe CPU now 100% higher than 75% for 10 times (TOP1- PID: 31118 USER: root %CPU: 99.6 %MEM: 0.1 TIME: 5:30.60 COMMAND: loopcpu

• TOP1 data is TOP command output sorted by %CPU/%MEM