witness health check

Barebones basic Python script to check basic witness health

This python3 script monitors basic vitality of system/tasks for (Steem/Golos) witnesses and uses Telegram to notify when problems arise.:

• Last updated price feed
• Time outs on public seednode

Add a telegram token + id and you get notifications as soon as either your pricefeed_updatetreshold is surpassed or your given seednode times out or has another error.

This script depends on

• Piston.steem library
• Telegram API

usage:

1. Copy witnesshealthcheck.py over to a server with interwebs and Piston.steem
2. Fill out the telegram_token and telegram_id variables as well as your witness and seed_node info.
3. chmod +x witnesshealthcheck.py
4. Test the script for example with a very low value for pricefeed_updatetreshold (it should notify immediately if you put it to 0)
5. Put the script inside a regular called (e.g. every 2/4 hours) cronjob.