The Python script is designed to be run as a cronjob on every boot to run in the background. The script will gather information:
- UUID (Unique for each system to avoid overlapping hostname for multi-network monitoring)
- Hostname
- CPU
- Memory
- Network Usage
- Network Cards
- Hard Drives
- System OS
- System Uptime
- UTC Timestamp
The script will produce a JSON output at intervals for use with any software or server accepting a JSON input. Example:
{
"hostname": "HOME-LAPTOP1",
"system": {
"name": "Windows",
"version": "10"
},
"uptime" : 231199,
"cpu_count": 4,
"cpu_usage": 17.9,
"memory_total": 8440942592,
"memory_used": 6244225024,
"memory_used_percent": 74.0,
"drives": [
{
"name": "C:\\",
"mount_point": "C:\\",
"type": "NTFS",
"total_size": 536224985088,
"used_size": 167306108928,
"percent_used": 31.2
},
{
"name": "D:\\",
"mount_point": "D:\\",
"type": "NTFS",
"total_size": 463332921344,
"used_size": 49498419200,
"percent_used": 10.7
}
],
"network_up": 54,
"network_down": 4150,
"network_cards": [
{
"address": "127.0.0.1",
"address6": "::1",
"mac": "",
"name": "Loopback Pseudo-Interface 1",
"netmask": "255.0.0.0"
},
{
"address": "10.15.62.112",
"address6": "fe80::844d:a87:54ea:2100",
"mac": "1C-39-47-A6-4C-5E",
"name": "Ethernet",
"netmask": "255.255.0.0"
}
],
"timestamp" : "2018-10-10T01:41:21+00:00",
"uuid" : 180331603484325
}The script includes a function to POST JSON to a remote server.
This script can be installed on several machines that report to a central monitoring server.
The destination, checking interval, sending attempts after failure and timeout between resending attempts can be set through arguments, use python3 monitor.py -h for more.
Clone the script with git clone.
Install Python.
If any library is missing do pip3 install library.
To test the script output run with python3 monitor.py.
Create a cron job to run the script on every boot.
Edit cron with crontab -e.
Add the script at the bottom of the cron list as @reboot /usr/bin/python3 /path/to/script/monitor.py &.
Windows/monitor.bat and Windows/monitor.vbs scripts are included.
monitor.bat will call python to launch monitor.py.
monitor.vbs silently calls monitor.bat to run in the background.
To create an autostart for Windows open start menu and search for Task Scheduler.
Select Create Task.
Enter a name e.g. monitor.
Add new trigger at login.
Add a new action and select the Windows/monitor.vbs script.
Unselect Stop task if it runs longer than 3 days.
Select Okay.
A new task will be created that runs the python monitoring script in the background every time a user starts the system and logs in.
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