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Hi all!

i have a nice setup with some containers (podman rootless) and bare metal services (anything i can install bare metal, goes bare metal usually).

I used Monit, in the past, to keep an eye on my services and automatically restart something that for any reason goes down. I stopped using Monit because doesnt scale well on mobile browser and it's frankly clumsy to configure.

I could go back to Monit i guess, but i am wondering if there is anything better out there to try.

A few requirements (not necessarily mandatory, but preferable):

  • Open Source (ideally: true open source, not just commercial sulutions with dumbed down free verisons)
  • Not limited, or focuesd, on containers (no Watchtower and similar)
  • For containers, it can just support "works" or "restart"
  • For containers, if it goes above the minimum "works" and "restart" must support podman
  • Must support bare metal services (status, start, stop)
  • Must send email or other kind of notifications (ok IM notifications, but email preferred)
  • Should additionally monitor external machines (es other servers on the LAN), or generic IP addresses
  • Should detect if a web service is alive but blocked
  • No need for fancy GUIs or a Web GUI (it's a pro point, but not required)
  • No need for data reporting, graphics and such aminities. They are a plus, but 100% not required.

What do you guys use?

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[-] Strit@lemmy.linuxuserspace.show 4 points 2 years ago

I think Beszel fits most of those. Not sure if it can restart containers/services.

[-] Shimitar@feddit.it 1 points 2 years ago

Nice tool! Simple to setup and pretty lightweight. It seems it cannot restart services tough, not monitor them specifically...

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