Link ping(1)
but for databases. On a fixed interval, a connection will be
opened to the database and a query will be executed. Each time a connection is
made, various data is recorded, such as timestamp, query result, and query
duration. This data is then rendered with a mustache(5) template and printed.
db-pinger ping --jdbci-uri "jdbc:postgresql://db-hostname.example.com/database?username=${USER}?password=hunter2"