pony-monitor is a small tool to monitor a http server. It fetches the specified urls, checks that a valid code is returned and warns to specified email when it fails.
installing
Download code:
$ python setup.py install
You have to install importlib:
$ sudo pip install importlib
configuration
pony-monitor uses the same configuration philosophy as django, it uses a settings.py file, so you have to create a settings.py file on a folder:
#settings.py
URLS_TO_CHECK = (
#(URL, expected_code),
('http://localhost:8000/', 200),
('http://localhost:8000/path', 404),
)
# timeout in sec
TIMEOUT = 20
# secs
CHECK_INTERVAL = 20
# backend.console.ConsoleAlert is alse available
# you can create you own backends, look inside pony_monitor.backend package
ALERT_BACKENDS = ('backend.mail.MailAlert',)
# email backend conf
EMAIL_HOST = 'smtp.gmail.com'
EMAIL_PORT = 587
EMAIL_HOST_USER = 'YOURBOTMAIL@wtelecom.es'
DEFAULT_FROM_EMAIL=EMAIL_HOST_USER
EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD = 'pass'
EMAIL_USE_TLS = True
# emails to be warned
RECIPIENTS = ['YOU@mail.com', 'johnrambot@mail.com']
usage
$ vim settings.py
$ ponymonitor.py
production usage
In production environment a tool like supervisord is recommended although you can use nohup:
$ nohup ponymonitor.py &