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Looking for App that can remind me for Domain and Hosting Renewals (alien.top)
submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Hello there!

I'm looking for an App or Software or any service that can help me in remembering the domain renewal and hosting for my client? Is there any?

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Would be great if it is free to use initially?

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[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Cron job that shutsdown your hosted system and sends you an email to help prompt you to do it, and it's free to use forever.

0 0 15 12 * /bin/bash -c 'echo "System will shutdown in solidarity with Domain X needing to be renewed." | mail -s "Renew your domain asshole" [email protected] && /sbin/shutdown -h +15'

Update 15 for day, 12 for month (this goes off on Dec 15th)

I hope this wasn't too cheeky, an app seems overkill here.

Edit: if you prefer a paid service,

0 0 15 12 * /bin/bash -c 'echo "System will shutdown in solidarity with Domain X needing to be renewed. You have 2 more uses before you lose your free status and are billed 10.95 monthly for our monitoring service." | mail -s "Renew your domain asshole" [email protected] && /sbin/shutdown -h +15'