[CentOS] server rebooted email

Thu Nov 19 19:35:28 UTC 2020
Tony Schreiner <anthony.schreiner at bc.edu>

On Thu, Nov 19, 2020 at 11:32 AM Oleg Cherkasov <o1e9.cherkasov at yandex.com>
wrote:

> On 19.11.2020 12:07, Kenneth Porter wrote:
> > I used to put a line in rc.local to email root that my server rebooted.
> > Does anyone have a nice systemd unit file to do the same?
> >
> > Also useful would be a shutdown email with the output of uptime. (I
> > usually do that manually when rebooting for a kernel update.)
> >
>
> I would recommend to install logcheck and spend sometime to customize it
> for your needs.  It would report if your server rebooted with dmesg
> inlined.
>
>
crontab has a @reboot pattern
as an alternative