Notif360

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A simple ⚡ and lightweight system monitoring and notification tool designed to provide comprehensive insight of critical system metrics website health, and malware scanning.

📚 Table of Contents

• Installation
• Usage
• Beneficiaries
• Rationale
• Features
• Future
• Support
• Contributing
• License
• Resources

📦 Installation

Requirements

There are a few requirements that may already be available on your current Unix-like operating system:

• OpenSSL: Mainly used for SMTP and SSL checks.
• cURL: Used for checking website availability and for Slack integration.
• crontab: Used as a scheduler mechanism.

These requirements are typically present in Unix-like systems such as Linux or macOS.

To check if you have these components installed, you can run a simple command in your command-line interface CLI:

openssl version
curl --version

🚀 Usage

Create project folder and download the updated copy

/opt directory requires root or sudoer superuser privileges. Optionally, you can replace the path /opt/datacareph according to your project folder.

sudo mkdir -p /opt/datacareph
cd /opt/datacareph
sudo git clone https://github.com/datacareph/notif360.git

Copy env.sample to .env and replace values accordingly

cd notif360/notif360/
sudo cp sample.env .env
sudo nano .env # use your preferred editor

To use the tool, you may need the following:

• Domains to check (for SSL validation)
• URLs to check and scan
• SMTP Credentials: You can either use your existing credentials or contact us for assistance
• SLACK: URL Endpoint.

Furthermore, to integrate with Slack, simply click the Add to Slack button below, allow this app to be added into your Workspace and specific Channel, and copy the Slack Url Endpoint and paste it to your project .env file SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL:

• VirusTotal API Key. You can obtain it here.

Once you have the necessary requirements, there are two methods to use the tool: directly on your Host Machine or within a Docker Container, and you can use either approach.

Method 1: Host Machine Installation

1. Edit your cronjob with your preferred editor (e.g., nano):

sudo crontab -e

2. Add the following code into your cronjob

You can copy and paste this code accordingly

# Notif360 - System monitoring and notification tool.
# Usage: ./run.sh <force_send_notif> <skip_system_check> <skip_virustotal_scan>

# Full scan with force notification: Run the script every 15 days at 9:00 AM
0 9 */15 * * /bin/bash /opt/datacareph/notif360/notif360/run.sh yes no no

# Website and Malware Scan and Disk check: Run the script every day at 10:00 AM
0 10 * * * /bin/bash /opt/datacareph/notif360/notif360/run.sh no no no

# Website and SSL Check Only: Run the script every 10 minutes
*/10 * * * * /bin/bash /opt/datacareph/notif360/notif360/run.sh no yes yes

Save.

Update /opt/datacareph/notif360/notif360 with your correct path.

Method 2: Docker Container Implementation

We are working to seamlessly integrate it with both new and existing Docker containers. Before proceeding, please review the docker-compose.yml file.

cd /opt/datacareph/notif360
docker compose up -d

Replace $WWW_PROJECT_DIR with your actual project folder.

This will automatically build a new Docker image of approximately 15MB and spawn the Docker container.

Check these cron schedules in the docker container.

Test it!

Make sure you have correct values in the .env file

cd /opt/datacareph/notif360/notif360
./run.sh yes no no

Tips

We will gradually update this readme file. Stay connected!

👪 Beneficiaries

• System Administrators
• DevOps Engineers managing Docker and Kubernetes deployments
• Backend Developers and Engineers
• Blue teams and Defensive Security Professionals
• Cybersecurity Analysts
• End-users who rely on secure and reliable websites while browsing the internet.

🤔 Rationale

Imagine managing tens or hundreds of servers, containers, apps, and websites. Manually checking and maintaining them on an hourly and daily basis is a heavy lift. To ease this burden, we have developed a solution. While there may be similar or existing tools available, they often consume considerable resources and can introduce vulnerabilities by exposing APIs.

🎆 Features

Here's the feature-rich functionality that this script can provide.

✅ System Monitoring

• RAM Usage Monitoring: Tracks memory usage to identify potential issues or bottlenecks.
• Disk Space Monitoring: Monitors available disk space to prevent storage capacity issues.
• CPU Performance Monitoring: Tracks CPU usage to ensure optimal system performance.

✅ Website Health Checks

• Virus Scan: Conducts regular scans to detect and mitigate any malware or malicious code on websites.
• SSL Certificate Check: Verifies SSL/TLS certificate validity and configuration to ensure secure connections.
• Website Uptime Monitoring: Monitors website availability and responsiveness to prevent downtime.

✅ Customizable Alerts and Notifications

• Alerts for System Metrics: Sends alerts when system metrics (RAM, disk, CPU) exceed predefined thresholds.
• Alerts for Website Health: Notifies users of website health issues, such as malware detection or SSL certificate expiry.
• Notification Customization: Allows users to customize alert settings, including recipients, notification methods, and threshold values.
• Integration with Email and Slack: Utilizes SMTP for email notifications and Slack webhooks for real-time communication.

✅ Easy Integration and Automation

• Simple Configuration: Provides an easy-to-use configuration interface for setting up monitoring parameters and alert settings.
• Automation: Supports automated scheduling for regular system checks and website scans.

👾 Future

TO-DO list and additional features:

• Discord notification integration
• Network monitoring

🛠️ Support

Please open an issue for support.

📝 Contributing

Contributing to this project is made simple, just follow these steps.

1. Fork the Repository under your GitHub account.
2. Clone your forked repo and go into that folder

git clone https://github.com/your-username/notif360.git
cd notif360

3. Create a separate branch and push your changes

You may do this once

git checkout -b my-amazing-contribution
# Add your amazing feature
# Get the token here https://github.com/settings/tokens
git remote set-url origin https://your-username:ghp_ReplaceWithYourFineGrainToken@github.com/your-username/notif360.git

Note: Keep your token safe.

This can be repetitive based how often you made the update

git fetch origin # optional. Get the latest update from the origin
git status # optional
git checkout my-amazing-contribution # optional
git add -A
git commit -m "This is my contribution: Additional feature 1."
git push origin my-amazing-contribution

4. Create Pull Request: Go to your forked repository on GitHub. You should now able to select the newly created branch called my-amazing-contribution. Click the Contribute and Open pull request button to create a pull request. Provide a descriptive title and description of your changes, then click Create pull request. See screenshot

Or alternatively click Compare & pull request see screenshot

📜 License

MIT © DataCarePh

🔖 Resources

• VirusTotal - Analyse suspicious files, domains, IPs and URLs to detect malware.
• Email Deliverability Tool - DKIM, SPF, DMARC, and other email integrity check.
• Flameshot App - A screenshot application used in this project.