--- /dev/null
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Pass one command-line argument: the URL to try retrieving to see if Apache is working
+
+if wget -q -t 1 -O /dev/null -T 5 $1; then
+ echo "No problem" >/dev/null
+else
+ /etc/init.d/apache2 restart
+ echo "It seemed to be down at `date`." | mail -s "Apache restarted on `hostname`" admins@hcoop.net
+fi