A self-hosted ping monitoring script to check status of remote hosts/ip with a status page
I was looking for just a simple up/down ping monitor that tells me if it's up or down and some timestamps. Either they were too expensive, or too loaded with unnecessary features. I couldn't believe some companies are charging $50-$100 a month to just check the uptime of just a handfull of hosts. So I started writing this and now my company uses it as our daily ping monitor.
Simply, it pings (ICMP) a host IP or domain and displays the results in a Bootstrap styled status page. It tells you how long it's been either online, or offline, and also reports how long a host was down in a separate event page.
Use PIP, and the included requirements.txt file
pip install -r requirements.txt
Or manually install the required modules: pythonping and dicttoxml.
This script utilizes a SQLite3 database. Download a db browser of your choice and fill in each row for each host.
Simply run ping.py. It was developed to run as a service, so it does not have any output, you can use NSSM for setting this up.
It will output the results as an XML file to wherever it is determined in the INI.
The config.ini file included holds directory information as well as the ping interval. Change this to match your environment.
Everything in the www directory works on a web server. It will not work with the file:// protocol. It also requires a pinch of manual effort if you change the directory settings.