Online Server Watcher

The Online Server Watcher monitors server availability at Online.net provider and sends an alert if the monitored servers are available.

The alert can be sent using either:

• E-mail

• Text message API provided by the French mobile provider Free (https://mobile.free.fr)

Cloning:

$ git clone https://github.com/trebuh/online-server-watcher.git
$ cd online-server-watcher

Configuration:

Copy the configuration file example and edit it to suit your needs

$ cp online_watcher/config-example.py online_watcher/config.py

• Set the list of servers you want to watch by modifying parameter watcher_params.watched_servers

E-mail alerts

• Set watcher_params.alert_via_text to False

• Edit email_params.smtp_address for your provider SMTP address

• Add your email in email_params.from and email_params.to

• If your SMTP server requires authentication, fill in email_params.login and email_params.password

Text alerts

Warning

This option will only work if you are a client of Free mobile (https://mobile.free.fr) and have activated the service. A documentation on how to activate it is available in French here.

• Set watcher_params.alert_via_text to True

• Set your personal user info in sms_params.user

• Set your personal password in sms_params.pass

Installation:

$ python3 setup.py install
$ rehash  # to reload your path

Run it:

• From your terminal

$ online-watcher