Down Detector

A Monitoring Application that pings a remote IP and notifies the user via email if the site cannot be reached.

Table of Contents

• Down Detector
  • Table of Contents
  • About
  • Installation
    • Device must have Python3 installed.
  • Usage
    • How to start and stop your Down Detector
  • Contributing

About

Down Detector is used to monitor a remote site via its public IP address. Its an easy to use and install monitoring tool. Simply clone the repo, edit the config file and run start.sh. Works on Windows & Linux.

Installation

Device must have Python3 installed.

For Windows: Download

For Linux: Most Distros have Python3 by default. If yours doesnt. Please use your package manage apt, dnf, yum etc. To install it.

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/lilrebel17/down-detector.git

# Edit Config File to suit your needs see config section for more info
cd down-detector
nano ./config.cfg

Usage

How to start and stop your Down Detector

#Run the program with start script
#For Linux:
bash start.sh

#For Windows:
./start.bat

#If you need to stop the program. Run the stop script
#For Linux:
bash stop.sh

#For Windows:
Exit the terminal window, or CTRL + C inside the terminal

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Here's how you can contribute:

• Report bugs by opening issues.
• Suggest new features or enhancements through issues.
• Submit pull requests