The 5-Minute Server Health Check Toolkit

Catch problems before they page you at 3am. $9, one-time, you own it forever.

The 5-Minute Server Health Check Toolkit

A complete weekly server health check system for Linux sysadmins. Three production-ready bash scripts that catch the most common server problems before they page you at 3am.

Every Monday morning, run quick-health-check.sh and you’ll know in 5 seconds whether anything’s wrong with your servers. The script checks disk, memory, CPU, recent errors, network connectivity, uptime, and failed systemd units. Color-coded output, JSON mode for monitoring integration, proper exit codes for alerting.

When disk is filling up, disk-analyzer.sh finds the top 10 culprits in seconds. When error patterns spike, log-watcher.sh alerts via webhook or email. Plus a printable one-page weekly checklist and a decision tree for every warning those scripts can throw at you.

This is the “do everything” toolkit — the free scripts above are great for one-off tasks, but this one is your Monday morning ritual.

What’s in the box

  • ✅ quick-health-check.sh — main script, runs in 5 seconds with color-coded output, JSON mode for monitoring integration, exit codes for alerting
  • ✅ disk-analyzer.sh — finds the top 10 things eating your disk when it fills up
  • ✅ log-watcher.sh — alerts when error patterns spike (webhook to Slack/Discord/Teams or email)
  • ✅ weekly-checklist.md — printable one-page checklist for Monday morning ritual
  • ✅ what-to-do-when-red.md — decision tree for every warning those scripts can throw

Requirements

  • Linux (Ubuntu 20.04+, Debian 11+, RHEL 8+, Amazon Linux 2)
  • Bash 4.0+
  • Standard tools: df, free, ps, ss, ping, find, grep, awk (pre-installed on any Linux)

What it’s not

  • Windows servers (Linux only)
  • macOS (use the bash script manually)
  • Anyone wanting a SaaS dashboard (this is plain scripts you own)

How to get it

Price: $9 USD, one-time.

You’ll get:

  • Instant download of the toolkit (12 KB zip)
  • Free updates for life (same link)
  • A 60-day no-questions refund if it doesn’t help

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License & support

MIT licensed — use, modify, redistribute.

Bug reports or questions: pragmatic@pragmaticsysadmin.help

Part of the Pragmatic Sysadmin tool library — built to make sysadmins sleep better at night.