Simple Bash script to generate a static status page. Displays the status of websites, services (HTTP, SAP, MySQL...), and ping. Everything is easy to customize. 🤓

You can also easily check more complicated things with this script. For example, if a text is present on a web page or if a host appears in the route path (traceroute). Checking the route path is useful, for instance, if you have a backup mobile internet connection in addition to your cable connection.

In addition to the status web page, there is also a JSON version and an SVG icon. With the script alert.sh, you can be alerted by email, SMS or Pushover in case of a downtime.

By default, it's a good practice to create a status directory within your home directory and place everything in it :

mkdir ~/status
cd ~/status

Download Bash script status.sh:

curl -O "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Cyclenerd/static_status/master/status.sh"

💡 Tip: Update works exactly the same way as the installation. Simply download the latest version of status.sh.

Download configuration file status_hostname_list.txt:

curl -O "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Cyclenerd/static_status/master/status_hostname_list.txt"

Customize the status_hostname_list.txt configuration file and define what you want to monitor:

vi status_hostname_list.txt

Edit the script status.sh, or better add more configuration to the configuration file config.

Download the example configuration file:

curl \
  -f "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Cyclenerd/static_status/master/config-example" \
  -o "config"

Customize the configuration file:

vi config

bash status.sh

Usage: status.sh [OPTION]:
	OPTION is one of the following:
		 silent  no output from faulty connections to stout (default: no)
		 loud    output from successful and faulty connections to stout (default: no)
		 debug   displays all variables
		 help    displays help (this message)

Example:

bash status.sh loud

Execute a cron job every minute:

crontab -e

Add:

*/1 * * * * bash "/path/to/status.sh" silent >> /dev/null

Only bash, ping, traceroute, curl, nc, grep and sed. In many *NIX distributions (Ubuntu, macOS) the commands are already included. If not, the missing packages can be installed quickly.

On a debian-based system (Ubuntu), just run:

sudo apt install curl iputils-ping traceroute netcat-openbsd grep sed

💡 Tip: You can disable the traceroute dependency. Add MY_TRACEROUTE_HOST='' to your config.

This demo page is generated with GitHub Action: https://cyclenerd.github.io/static_status/

You can display a custom text instead of the HOSTNAME/IP/URL (see example below).

status_hostname_list.txt:

ping;8.8.8.8|Google DNS
nc;8.8.8.8|DNS @ Google;53
curl;http://www.heise.de/ping|www.heise.de
traceroute;192.168.211.1|DSL Internet;3
script;/bin/true|always up

You can also create a JSON status page. Configure the variable MY_STATUS_JSON with the location where the JSON file should be stored.

Example JSON:

[
  {
    "site": "https://www.nkn-it.de/gibtesnicht",
    "command": "curl",
    "status": "Fail",
    "time_sec": "282",
    "updated": "2023-04-19 14:01:23 UTC"
  },
  {
    "site": "https://www.heise.de/ping",
    "command": "curl",
    "status": "OK",
    "time_sec": "0",
    "updated": "2023-04-19 14:01:23 UTC"
  }
]

If you want to signal directly if everything is fine or if something is wrong in the infrastructure, you can insert the SVG icon into your website.

Please remember to include the image with a cache breaker URL (eg. an appended timestamp:

<a href="status.html">Status <img src="status.svg?{{ timestamp }}"></a>

Static websites need to fallback to render the icon with javascript, eg with:

document.write('<img src="status.svg?' + Date.now() + '">')

You can extend the checks of status.sh with your own custom shell scripts.

If the shell script outputs a return code 0 it is evaluated as available. With the special return code 80, it is not classified as down but as degraded. With all other return codes, it is a failure (outage, down).

Add your script to the status_hostname_list.txt configuration file. Example:

script;script.sh
script;/path/to/your/script.sh|Custom Text
script;/path/to/your/script.sh parameterA parameterB|Custom Text

The script check-websites.sh is an example.

1. Bug Fixes and Enhancements: Address any reported issues and consider adding new features to improve the script's functionality.

2. Comprehensive Documentation: Create detailed documentation covering script configuration, customization, and advanced usage.

3. Code Cleanup: Enhance code readability and performance for better maintainability.

4. Security: Review and enhance security measures to protect against vulnerabilities.

GNU Public License version 3. Please feel free to fork and modify this on GitHub (https://github.com/Cyclenerd/static_status).