Let's Install Healthchecks - Cron Job Monitoring Service - On Linux

#Healthchecks #Cron #Linux

Full steps can be found at https://i12bretro.github.io/tutorials/0781.html

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What is Healthchecks?
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Healthchecks is a cron job monitoring service. It listens for HTTP requests and email messages ("pings") from your cron jobs and scheduled tasks ("checks"). When a ping does not arrive on time, Healthchecks sends out alerts.
Healthchecks comes with a web dashboard, API, 25+ integrations for delivering notifications, monthly email reports, WebAuthn 2FA support, team management features: projects, team members, read-only access. - https://github.com/healthchecks/healthchecks
 
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Installing HeathChecks
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   01. Log into the Linux device
   02. Run the following commands in the terminal
         # update software repositories
         sudo apt update
         # install available software updates
         sudo apt upgrade -y
         # install prerequisites
         sudo apt install git gcc python3-dev python3-venv libpq-dev -y
         # create a working directory
         mkdir healthchecks
         # change directory to the working directory
         cd healthchecks
         # prepare the working directory
         python3 -m venv hc-venv
         source hc-venv/bin/activate
         # install wheel
         pip3 install wheel
         # clone healthchecks from github
         git clone https://github.com/healthchecks/healthchecks.git
         # install healthchecks
         pip install -r healthchecks/requirements.txt
         # cd into ./healthchecks
         cd healthchecks
         # initialize database
         ./manage.py migrate
         # create an admin user
         ./manage.py createsuperuser
         # enter an email address
         # enter and confirm a password
         # run healthchecks server
         ./manage.py runserver
   03. Open a web browser and navigate to http://DNSorIP:8000
   04. Login with the admin account created earlier
   05. Welcome to HealthChecks
 
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Running Healthchecks as a Service
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   01. Go back to the open terminal and press CTRL+C to kill the running Healthchecks process
   02. Continue with the following commands
         # change directories back to home
         cd ~
         # move the healthchecks folder to opt
         sudo mv ./healthchecks /opt/
         # create healthchecks service file
         sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/healthchecks.service
   03. Paste the following configuration into healthchecks.service
         [Unit]
         Description=Healthchecks
         After=multi-user.target
         [Service]
         ExecStart=/opt/healthchecks/hc-venv/bin/python /opt/healthchecks/healthchecks/manage.py runserver
         Restart=always
         WorkingDirectory=/opt/healthchecks/healthchecks
         [Install]
         WantedBy=multi-user.target
   04. Press CTRL+O, Enter, CTRL+X to write the changes
   05. Continue with the following commands
         # reload systemd services
         sudo systemctl daemon-reload
         # start and enable the healthchecks service
         sudo systemctl enable healthchecks --now
   06. Back in the web browser refresh the Healthchecks page
 
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