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Lightweight monitoring adapter bridging Glances metrics with Uptime Kuma

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GlanceWatch 🎯

Python 3.8+ FastAPI License: MIT PyPI version Tests Coverage

GlanceWatch is a lightweight monitoring adapter that bridges Glances system metrics with Uptime Kuma and other monitoring tools. It exposes simple HTTP endpoints with configurable thresholds that answer: "Is my system healthy?"

✨ Features

  • 🚀 One-Command Install: pip install glancewatch - everything included
  • 🔄 Auto-Glances Management: Automatically installs and starts Glances for you
  • 🎯 HTTP Status Alerting: Returns HTTP 200 (OK) or 503 (unhealthy) based on thresholds
  • 🎨 Router-Style Web UI: Clean admin interface at / (root)
  • ⚙️ Configurable Thresholds: Set custom limits for RAM, CPU, and disk usage
  • 💾 Persistent Configuration: Changes saved to config.yaml automatically
  • 📊 Multiple Disk Monitoring: Monitor all or specific mount points
  • 🏥 Health Checks: Built-in health endpoint for service monitoring
  • 📝 OpenAPI Docs: Auto-generated API documentation at /api
  • 📈 Real-Time Metrics: Auto-refreshing dashboard shows live system status

🚀 Quick Start

# Install GlanceWatch (automatically installs Glances dependency)
pip install glancewatch

# Run GlanceWatch (auto-starts Glances if needed)
glancewatch

# Access the web UI
open http://localhost:8000

That's it! 🎉 GlanceWatch automatically handles Glances installation and startup.

🎯 Usage

# Start GlanceWatch (auto-starts Glances)
glancewatch

# Start without auto-starting Glances
glancewatch --ignore-glances

# Custom port
glancewatch --port 9000

# Custom host
glancewatch --host 0.0.0.0

📡 API Endpoints

  • GET / - Web UI (root endpoint)
  • GET /status - Combined status (HTTP 503 on threshold violation)
  • GET /ram - RAM usage check
  • GET /cpu - CPU usage check
  • GET /disk - Disk usage check
  • GET /health - Service health check
  • GET /config - Get configuration
  • PUT /config - Update thresholds
  • GET /api - Interactive API documentation

🔔 Uptime Kuma Integration

  1. In Uptime Kuma, create a new HTTP(s) monitor
  2. Set URL to: http://your-server:8000/status
  3. Set "Accepted Status Codes" to: 200

When any metric exceeds its threshold, GlanceWatch returns HTTP 503, triggering an alert.

⚙️ Configuration

GlanceWatch creates ~/.config/glancewatch/config.yaml:

glances_base_url: "http://localhost:61208/api/4"
host: "0.0.0.0"
port: 8000
log_level: "INFO"
return_http_on_failure: 503

thresholds:
  ram_percent: 80
  cpu_percent: 80
  disk_percent: 85

disk:
  mounts:
    - "/"

Adjust thresholds via the Web UI at / or edit the config file.

🧪 Testing & Development

GlanceWatch has comprehensive test coverage to ensure reliability:

Running Tests

# Install development dependencies
pip install -e ".[dev]"

# Run all tests
pytest tests/ -v

# Run with coverage report
pytest tests/ --cov=app --cov-report=html

# Run specific test file
pytest tests/test_api.py -v

# Run and stop on first failure
pytest tests/ -x

Test Coverage

  • 78%+ code coverage with 63+ test cases
  • All endpoints tested (including new /thresholds endpoints)
  • CLI functionality tests
  • Error handling and edge cases
  • Integration workflow tests

CI/CD

Every push and pull request automatically runs:

  • ✅ Tests on Python 3.8, 3.9, 3.10, 3.11, 3.12
  • ✅ Code linting
  • ✅ Coverage checks (minimum 75%)
  • ✅ Package build verification

See TEST_SUMMARY.md for detailed test documentation.

🆕 What's New in v1.0.2

  • Fixed critical bug: DateTime serialization in error responses
  • New endpoint: /thresholds for easier threshold management
  • Comprehensive tests: 63+ test cases covering all functionality
  • CI/CD pipeline: Automated testing on every commit
  • 78% code coverage: Major quality improvement
  • ✅ Bug fixes from v1.0.1 (missing import uvicorn)

🆕 What's New in v1.0.1

  • Auto-Glances Management: Glances is now auto-installed and auto-started
  • New CLI Flag: --ignore-glances to skip automatic Glances management
  • Route Reorganization: API docs moved from /docs to /api, UI now at root /
  • UI Redesign: Clean router-style admin interface with plain colors
  • Improved UX: Single command to install and run everything

📄 License

MIT License - see LICENSE file for details.

📧 Support


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