Pinger
Service monitoring tool
Features
- Pluggable (See plugins section)
- Unobtrusive (independent request intervals, parallel requests)
Installation
$ pip install pinger
$ mkdir ~/pinger && curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pedrospdc/pinger/master/config/example.json >> ~/pinger/config.json
$ vim ~/pinger/config.json
$ echo "export PINGER_SETTINGS=~/pinger/config.json" >> ~/.bashrc
$ source ~/.bashrc
$ pinger
Config
Pinger supports some few configurations by default. Configurations in italic are required.
| Param | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|
| default_interval | Default interval between requests. | 10 |
| default_timeout | Default timeout for requests. | 30 |
| main_process_sleep | Main process sleep time. | 0.5 |
| plugins | Plugins list | ['save_on_db'] |
| websites | Websites list | Check config/example.json |
Timeout and interval can be overwritten by each website if needed.
| Param | Description |
|---|---|
| name | Website name |
| url | Website URL |
| expected_content | Expected response content |
| expected_status_code | Expected response status code |
| timeout | Overwrites global timetout |
| interval | Overwrites global interval |
Plugins
It's rather easy to create a plugin for Pinger. Check pinger/ext/__init__.py for some documentation and
I recommend taking a look at the existing plugins. Put your plugins in pinger/ext/plugins and add them to
the plugins section on your configuration.
Available Plugins
- stdout - Prints logs to stdout
- sqlite - Saves results into an sqlite database
- log - Logs results
