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Moodle Uptime Monitor Plugin

A Moodle admin tool plugin that integrates with the UptimeRobot monitoring service, free or paid, to monitor your Moodle site’s availability, cron health, and maintenance mode status. If anything goes wrong, you are notified by email, SMS, push, or any of UptimeRobot’s 20+ other integrations.

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Free plugin

Supports Moodle 4.5-5.2

Poll and heartbeat monitoring

Cron and maintenance mode checks

✦ Overview

Monitoring for key Moodle health checks

Moodle Uptime Monitor is an administration tool plugin maintained by Frederick Harju. It helps monitor whether a Moodle site is available, whether cron has not run for a configurable period, and whether maintenance mode has remained enabled longer than expected.

The plugin supports both heartbeat (push), and polling (pull), monitoring approaches and is configured through the Moodle administration panel.

✦ Features

What the plugin includes

Site availability monitoring

Track your Moodle site’s up time using UptimeRobot’s monitoring service.

Cron health checks

Check whether Moodle’s cron has not run for a configurable period.

Maintenance mode detection

Check whether the site remains in maintenance mode longer than expected.

Flexible monitoring methods

Support for both heartbeat (push), and polling (pull), monitoring approaches.

Customizable notifications

Configure notifications through UptimeRobot, including email, SMS, webhooks, mobile app push notifications, and 20+ other integrations, depending on your UptimeRobot plan and configuration.
✦ Requirements

What you need to use the plugin

  • Moodle 4.5 or higher
  • UptimeRobot API key, free or paid

Plugin type

Administration tools

Frankenstyle name

tool_upmon

Price

Free

✦ Configuration

Key setup options

After installing the plugin, it requires a free or paid UptimeRobot API key to function. Configuration is available in Moodle at Site administration > Plugins > Admin tools > Uptime Monitor.

Monitor types

Keyword (Poll) monitoring checks the site’s /admin/tool/upmon/check.php endpoint for the keyword "upmon PASSES". Heartbeat (Push) monitoring uses the plugin’s scheduled task to send periodic pings to UptimeRobot and requires a paid UptimeRobot plan.

Cron monitoring

Cron alerts can be enabled so the health check fails if cron has not run within a configured number of minutes. The default threshold is 60 minutes.

Maintenance mode monitoring

Maintenance mode alerts can be enabled so the health check fails if the site remains in maintenance mode for longer than a configured threshold. The default threshold is 60 minutes.

Security token

The health check endpoint can optionally be protected with a security token.
✦ Installation

Basic installation flow

  • Download the release for your Moodle version from the GitHub releases page
  • Extract the contents to {moodle}/admin/tool/upmon
  • In Moodle, as admin, go to Site administration > Notifications to complete the installation
  • Configure the plugin in Site administration > Plugins > Admin tools > Uptime Monitor

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For the latest release, version details, and installation information, view the plugin on Moodle Marketplace.

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