🎮 PSN Monitoring Service 🚀

📌 Overview

This is a PlayStation Network (PSN) Monitoring Service that:

• Fetches live PSN outage data from the PlayStation API
• Detects service disruptions and affected devices
• Sends email alerts using SMTP when an outage is detected
• Runs as a background systemd service on Linux
• Stores logs for debugging and analysis

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🛠️ Installation & Setup

1️⃣ Clone the Repository

git clone https://github.com/sachdev27/psn-monitor.git
cd psn-monitor

2️⃣ Setup Virtual Environment & Install Dependencies

chmod +x setup_and_run.sh
./setup_and_run.sh

This script will:

• Create a Python Virtual Environment (venv/)
• Install dependencies from requirements.txt
• Setup and start the PSN monitoring service

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⚙️ Configuration

Edit the config.json file to update email credentials and API settings:

{
  "psn_api_url": "https://status.playstation.com/data/statuses/region/SCEE.json",
  "smtp_server": "smtp.gmail.com",
  "smtp_port": 587,
  "email_sender": "your_email@gmail.com",
  "email_password": "your_app_password",
  "email_receiver": "receiver_email@example.com",
  "retry_delay": 10,
  "max_retries": 5,
  "check_interval": 3600
}

🔹 email_password → Use a Google App Password 🔹 check_interval → Set time interval (in seconds) for checking PSN status

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🚀 Running the Service as a Background Process

This project runs as a systemd service on Linux.

1️⃣ Check Service Status

sudo systemctl status psn_monitor

2️⃣ Restart the Service

sudo systemctl restart psn_monitor

3️⃣ Stop the Service

sudo systemctl stop psn_monitor

4️⃣ Enable Service on Startup

sudo systemctl enable psn_monitor

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📧 Email Alerts

• Sends beautiful HTML email notifications when a PSN outage occurs.
• Uses a dark-themed PlayStation OG design.
• Includes affected regions, devices, and downtime details.

✅ Example Email Alert: Email Screenshot

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📜 Logging & Debugging

All logs are stored in psn_monitor.log.

View Logs in Real-Time:

tail -f psn_monitor.log

Example Log Output

2025-02-08 12:00:00 INFO ✅ Logging enabled: Writing to both file & console.
2025-02-08 12:01:10 WARNING 🚨 PSN Outage Detected! Sending email alert...
2025-02-08 12:02:00 INFO ✅ Email sent successfully.

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📢 Contributing

Contributions are welcome! To contribute:

1. Fork the repository
2. Create a new branch (git checkout -b feature-branch)
3. Commit changes (git commit -m "Added new feature")
4. Push to GitHub (git push origin feature-branch)
5. Open a Pull Request

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📄 License

This project is open-source and licensed under the MIT License.

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❤️ Support

If you find this project useful, star ⭐ the repo and spread the word! Have questions? Open an issue or reach out.

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