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[script] added 30 minute timeout retry when connection is unsuccessful
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‎README.md‎

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- Network
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- Hard Drives
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- System OS
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- Current UTC Timestamp
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- System Uptime
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- UTC Timestamp
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The script will produce a JSON output at 5 second intervals for use with any software or server accepting a JSON input.
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Example:
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Install Python.
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If any library is missing do `pip install` *library*.
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If any library is missing do `pip3 install` *library*.
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To test the script output run with `python3 monitor.py`.
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### Linux Autostart
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### **Linux Autostart**
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Create a cron job to run the script on every boot.
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Edit cron with `crontab -e`.
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Add the script at the bottom of the cron list as `@reboot python3 /path/to/script/monitor.py &`.
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Add the script at the bottom of the cron list as `@reboot /usr/bin/python3 /path/to/script/monitor.py &`.
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### Windows Autostart
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### **Windows Autostart**
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`Windows/monitor.bat` and `Windows/monitor.vbs` scripts are included.
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`monitor.bat` will call python to launch `monitor.py`.
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`monitor.vbs` silently calls `monitor.bat` to run in the background.
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To create an autostart for Windows open the startup folder with keyboard `Windows + R`, enter `shell:startup` and create a shortcut here to `monitor.vbs`.
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To create an autostart for Windows open start menu and search for `Task Scheduler`.
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This will run the script in the background on every boot.
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Select `Create Task`.
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Enter a name e.g. monitor.
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Add new trigger at login.
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Add a new action and select the `Windows/monitor.vbs` script.
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**Unselect** Stop task if it runs longer than 3 days.
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Select Okay.
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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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## Author
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‎monitor.py‎

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print("System Uptime:")
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print(uptime)
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## Set Machine Info
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# Set Machine Info
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machine = {
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"hostname" : hostname,
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"system" : system,
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def send_data(data):
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try:
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endpoint = "http://monitor.localhost.local/api/"
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response = requests.get(url = endpoint, params = {"data" : data})
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print("\nGET:")
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print("Response:", response.status_code)
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print("Headers:")
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pprint.pprint(response.headers)
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print("Content:", response.content)
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# Attempt to send data up to 30 times
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for attempt in range(30):
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try:
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print("JSON Content:")
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pprint.pprint(response.json())
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except:
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print("No JSON content")
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except requests.exceptions.RequestException as e:
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print("\nGET Error:\n",e)
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# endpoint = monitoring server
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endpoint = "http://monitor.localhost.local/api/"
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response = requests.get(url = endpoint, params = {"data" : data})
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print("\nGET:")
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print("Response:", response.status_code)
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print("Headers:")
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pprint.pprint(response.headers)
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print("Content:", response.content)
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# Attempt printing response in JSON if possible
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try:
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print("JSON Content:")
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pprint.pprint(response.json())
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except:
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print("No JSON content")
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break
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except requests.exceptions.RequestException as e:
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print("\nGET Error:\n",e)
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# Sleep 1 minute before retrying
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time.sleep(60)
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else:
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# If no connection established for half an hour, kill script
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exit(0)
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while True:

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