Pingbot - Backend

This application "pings" websites every few minutes (to be set in config). It can be used to keep the application alive on e.g. glitch.me or repl.it.

⚡ Install Pre-Compile binary

• 💻 Linux amd64
  • Download latest version
  • Unpack file tar xf pingbot_*_linux_amd64.tar.xz
  • Done your binary is pingbot.out

👨‍💻 Compile from Source Code

‼️ Not recommended because automatic updates don't work

🖥️ Requirements

• Go (recommended latest version)

⭐ Compile

Method 1:

• go install github.com/medzikuser/go-pingbot@latest
• Output binary path
  • Check GOPATH go env GOPATH
  • Go to GOPATH and binary name is pingbot

Method 2:

• Download source code git clone https://github.com/medzikuser/go-pingbot.git --depth 1
• Go to folder with source code cd go-pingbot
• Build make or go build -o pingbot.out
• Done your compiled binary name is pingbot.out

⭐ Cross Compile

Check supported OS and ARCH

• Download source code git clone https://github.com/medzikuser/go-pingbot.git --depth 1
• Go to folder with source code cd go-pingbot
• Build make GOOS=os GOARCH=arch
  • e.g. make GOOS=openbsd GOARCH=arm64
• Done your cross compiled binary name is pingbot.out

⚙️ Configurate

• Complete .env according to schema.env
• And fill in config.toml according to config.schema.toml

🔧 Run

• ./pingbot.out or ./start.sh (auto restart e.g. if exit on update is enabled)