knockNOC

knockNOC is a network monitoring application that pings endpoints (IP addresses or URLs) at regular intervals to check their availability. It tracks the response time and status of each endpoint and provides a web interface to view the monitoring results.

Features

• Ping IP addresses and URLs to check their availability
• Track response time and status of each endpoint
• Web interface to view monitoring results
• Alerting via PagerDuty, OpsGenie, Slack, Telegram, and Discord
• Configuration through YAML file

Installation

To install and run KnockNOC locally, follow these steps:

Prereq:

• Install Python
• Install Pip

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/n-erickson/knocknoc.git
   cd knocknoc
   

2. (optional)Create a virtual environment:

   python3 -m venv venv
   source venv/bin/activate
   

3. Install the required dependencies:

   pip install -r requirements.txt
   

4. Configure the application:

Open the config.yaml file and customize the configuration according to your needs. Add the endpoints you want to monitor and configure alerting options if desired.

5. Run the application

   python app.py
   

6. The application will start running on http://localhost:5000.