I am looking for a way to monitor my hub so I know it's connected to the internet. Right now if my hub drops off ( i.e. someone unplugs it ) I have no way of knowing. The goal is to make sure I am aware if my hub was tampered with.
You can use https://healthchecks.io to receive a webhook from the hub on a schedule (e.g. with rule machine). If the hub doesn’t check in, you receive a notification that the health check is down.
That’s all it can tell you though, that the hub didn’t check in. That could occur for a variety of reasons.
If you’re concerned about someone deliberately cutting your internet connection, or disconnecting your Hubitat hub specifically, there are probably other steps needed to mitigate that risk.
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Just planning for a sneaky teen, LOL. I know as a youth, I liked to take late night strolls when my parents were asleep. I am just preparing for sneakiness. 
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Ha, yeah that can be a tough one to work around. I have a few years to go before I’ll have to do the same…
If you want something local this can be easily installed with Docker: GitHub - louislam/uptime-kuma: A fancy self-hosted monitoring tool Uptime Kuma
You can have it ping the hub, try the http URL, or send it ping from RM using an endpoint.
I use it on all my local services so I am not surprised by something going offline for whatever reason.
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