DPoS Monitor

Current version 1.0.0

Currently the dpos-monitor can monitor nodes for the platforms listed in default_configs. It can:

• Ping your nodes from remote servers.
• Check if the block heights of your nodes are correct.
• Check if the versions of your nodes are up to date.
• Send Telegram messages when something is wrong with a node.

Block height and versions checks can also be used to check if your node is still running.

Prerequisites

sudo apt install python3-pip
pip3 install requests

When you get errors about an incorrect locale, it can help to use the following commands

export LANGUAGE=en_US.UTF-8
export LANG=en_US.UTF-8
export LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8

Installation

Clone the git

git clone https://github.com/dutchpool/dpos-monitor.git

Copy the config from the default_configs directory:

cd dpos-monitor
cp default_configs/config.json config.json

• Change settings inside config.json to match your needs.
• config.json will be loaded by default, but with the parameter -c you could load another config file.
• For more information about the config please check Configuration description

Dpos config change

Add the ip-addresses of the servers running dpos-monitor to the config.json of the nodes to monitor.

"api": {
        "enabled": true,
        "access": {
            "public": false,
            "whiteList": [
                "127.0.0.1", "1.2.3.4"
            ]
        },

Example crontab

Edit your crontab with the example below (command: crontab -e)

*/15 * * * * cd ~/dpos-monitor && python3 ~/dpos-monitor/src/monitor.py >> ~/dpos-monitor/logs/monitor.log 2>&1

Telegram bot

Dpos-monitor comes with Telegram functionality which will allow dpos-monitor to send you a message if anything requires your attention. It's very easy to set up:

• Open Telegram and start a conversation with: userinfobot
• Put your ID inside config variable "chat_id".

"chat_id": "12345678"

• Start a conversation with: botfather
• Say: /newbot
• Tell botfather your bot's name
• Tell botfather your bot's username
• Botfather will say "Congratulations!" and give you a token
• Put your token inside config variable "bot_key".

"bot_key": "1122334455:AAEhBOweik6ad9r_QXMENQjcrGbqCr4K-bs"

• Edit the telegram toggle "use_telegram" (true/false)
• Start a conversation with your bot (username) to enable communication between you two

Documentation

Read the documentation in the docs folder for more information on the config files and the monitoring dashboard

Roadmap

• Android App as monitoring dashboard
• Push messages in Android App
• Support for more DPoS networks