Tutorials / info for making custom server monitor

ginner159

Hi all

I'm wondering if anyone can point me in the direction of some great server monitoring tutorials. I'm not looking for the ones you just install as id like to learn how to do it and show it on a webpage

GoodHosting

Why is everyone and their dog making "server monitoring" scripts nowadays?

Your monitor is only as good as the uptime of the probing node(s) you know...

Mun

I'm not sure if you are pointing down at me with that comment...

@ginner159 said:
Hi all

I'm wondering if anyone can point me in the direction of some great server monitoring tutorials. I'm not looking for the ones you just install as id like to learn how to do it and show it on a webpage.

Google around for php and how to get load, disk, network etc.

Then create as you like.

If you want something to look for code to start picking though then try out:
https://github.com/mojeda/ServerStatus

Hope that helps. C=

GoodHosting

@Mun said:
I'm not sure if you are pointing down at me with that comment...

If you meant me, no. I'm just seeing loads of server monitoring scripts and service lately, NodePing, ServerStatus, and all the likes; as well as many scripts. It's like reinventing the wheel over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over again.

sleddog

GoodHosting said: I'm just seeing loads of server monitoring scripts and service lately

Not just lately, it's been a popular activity for years.

GoodHosting said: It's like reinventing the wheel over and over...

True, but by reinventing the wheel you learn a lot about how wheels work.

Microlinux

GoodHosting said: It's like reinventing the wheel over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over again.

Some people are just looking for an interesting project, not everyone requires enterprise-type monitoring, or maybe they have an existing system that needs to be integrated with.

techkken

I am also trying out a server monitoring script, not because something existing does not fit my need.. but because I wanted an interesting project to learn python.

mikho

GoodHosting said: It's like reinventing the wheel over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over again.

If that would be the case we would only have one brand of cars.

VPSRAIDSolutions

@MikHo

lol that was a nice statement I agree , but there is another point of view why not use your knowledge to improve an existing script ?? handcoding everything from the scratch is not always the only option left to try.

GoodHosting

@MikHo said:
If that would be the case we would only have one brand of cars.

It's called a fork.

mikho

@GoodHosting said:
It's called a fork.

Are you telling me I'm driving a fork ?
Same reason why people want to do something their own way. To adapt to their working environment.

GoodHosting

@MikHo said:

No, you're probably driving a Swiss Army Spork by now.

ginner159

@GoodHosting said:
It's called a fork.

Thought it was a spoon?! Lol

Just purely for personal gain as I'll be using my home raspberry pi as a monitoring station. Ooh the blinkey lights!