Telegram Server Monitor

Monitoring service writen in Python3 to be hosted on your own server.

Installation

Talk to @BotFather on Telegram

• Type /start to start a conversation with the bot father.
• Type /newbot and follow the instructions to create our own bot.
• Remember the access token - you will need it later.
• You may configure your bot by setting a name or picture.

Configure your linux server

# Create a special user for the bot
sudo adduser telegram --gecos "" --disabled-password

# Install required packages with the package manager
sudo apt install python3-psutil python3-requests python3-netifaces

# OR install Python 3 and dependecies with pip
# use this only if you have problems with the commandline above...
#sudo apt install python3 python3-pip
#sudo python3 -m pip install requests psutil netifaces --upgrade

Download and install Telegram Server Monitor

# Change to the created user
su telegram
cd ~

git clone https://github.com/syxolk/telegram-server-monitor.git
cd telegram-server-monitor
cp config.template.py config.py

# Edit the config file with your favorite editor
vim config.py

Usage

Start the program with

python3 daemon.py

To keep your new telegram bot running when you logout you might want to checkout tmux, which is probably shipped with your favorite distribution.

Improve network-ports info

To get process details on the open ports please copy the file 50-netstat to /etc/sudoers.d/50-netstat