Kuma-Scout 🧭

Uptime Kuma's monitoring agent. Execute custom checks locally or remotely via SSH and report results to Uptime Kuma's push API.

Monitor anything that can be checked with a shell command: system health, backups, storage, ports, network devices, and custom scripts. Deploy via cron, systemd timer, or Docker.

Quick Start

# Install
pip install kuma-scout

# Single check via CLI
kuma-scout cmdcheck "systemctl is-active nginx" \
  --uptime-kuma-url http://uptime-kuma:3001/api/push \
  --token YOUR_TOKEN \

# Multiple checks via YAML config
kuma-scout run /etc/kuma-scout/config.yaml

# Remote execution via SSH
kuma-scout cmdcheck "systemctl is-active nginx" \
  --ssh user@remote-server \
  --uptime-kuma-url http://uptime-kuma:3001/api/push \
  --token YOUR_TOKEN \

Result: ✅ UP (all checks pass) or ⚠️ DOWN (any check fails) in Uptime Kuma dashboard.

Features

• Command Execution: Execute arbitrary shell commands and monitor results (cmdcheck plugin)
• SSH Remote Execution: Run checks remotely on any SSH-accessible system
• Port Scanning: Scan TCP ports across IP ranges using nmap (portscan plugin)
• Backup Monitoring: Monitor Kopia backup snapshot freshness (kopiasnapshotstatus plugin)
• Storage Monitoring: Monitor ZFS pool health and free space (zfspoolstatus plugin)
• Heartbeat Monitoring: Send periodic health signals during long operations with configurable URL and token
• Pattern Matching: Use regex patterns for flexible success/failure detection
• Multi-Check Support: Run multiple checks with per-check configuration and tokens
• Tag-Based Aggregation: Automatically aggregate check results by tag and report aggregated status to shared tokens
• Plugin Architecture: Extensible system with auto-discovery
• Flexible Configuration: YAML config files, environment variables, CLI arguments
• Security First: Commands executed safely without shell injection; SSH with host key verification

Installation

Via pip (PyPI)

pip install kuma-scout

From source

git clone https://go.hugobatista.com/gh/kuma-scout.git
cd kuma-scout
pip install -e .

Docker

See doc/DOCKER.md for Docker installation and usage.

Documentation

• Configuration Guide - Detailed configuration reference with all options and examples
• CLI Usage - Command-line interface documentation and examples
• Security - Security considerations and best practices
• Docker - Docker installation and containerized deployment
• Migration Guide - Upgrading between versions
• Development - Plugin development and contributing

Use Cases

Universal Monitoring

Monitor any condition using shell commands:

• Service health: systemctl is-active nginx
• Database connectivity: psql -c "SELECT 1"
• Health endpoints: curl -sf http://api:8080/health
• Custom scripts: /usr/local/bin/custom-check.sh

Remote Infrastructure Monitoring

Monitor systems remotely via SSH without installing agents:

CLI - Single remote check:

kuma-scout cmdcheck "systemctl is-active nginx" \
  --ssh admin@remote-server \
  --uptime-kuma-url http://uptime-kuma:3001/api/push \
  --token YOUR_TOKEN \

YAML - Multiple remote servers:

uptime_kuma:
  url: http://uptime-kuma:3001/api/push
  token: ${UPTIME_KUMA_TOKEN}

ssh:
  host: app-server.prod.example.com
  user: monitoring
  key_file: /root/.ssh/prod_key

checks:
  - name: app_service
    type: cmdcheck
    command: "systemctl is-active myapp"
    
  - name: db_health
    type: cmdcheck
    command: "systemctl is-active postgresql"
    ssh:
      host: db-server.prod.example.com

Backup Monitoring

Ensure backups are running on schedule with Kopia snapshot checks:

checks:
  - name: daily_backup
    type: kopiasnapshotstatus
    path: "/data"
    max_age_hours: 24

Storage Health

Monitor ZFS pools and ensure adequate free space:

checks:
  - name: tank_pool
    type: zfspoolstatus
    pool: "tank"
    min_free_percent: 10

Network Security

Monitor exposed ports on your infrastructure:

kuma-scout portscan 192.168.1.0/24 \
  --uptime-kuma-url http://uptime-kuma:3001/api/push \
  --token YOUR_TOKEN \

How It Works

1. Define checks in YAML config or via CLI
2. Run checks locally or remotely via SSH
3. Get results as UP/DOWN status in Uptime Kuma dashboard
4. Receive alerts when checks fail

Help

kuma-scout --help                      # Show available commands
kuma-scout cmdcheck --help             # Show command execution options
kuma-scout run --help                  # Show run command options

Requirements

• Python 3.10+
• nmap (for port scanning)
• Kopia (for backup monitoring)
• ZFS tools (for storage monitoring)

Quick Example

Configuration File

Create /etc/kuma-scout/config.yaml:

uptime_kuma:
  url: http://uptime-kuma:3001/api/push
  token: ${UPTIME_KUMA_TOKEN}

logging:
  level: INFO

# Heartbeat configuration - sends periodic pings during long operations
heartbeat:
  enabled: true
  interval: 300  # Send heartbeat every 5 minutes
  uptime_kuma:
    token: ${HEARTBEAT_TOKEN}
    # URL is optional - if not set, inherits from global uptime_kuma.url

# Tag-based result aggregation tokens
# Each tag automatically aggregates results of all checks tagged with it
tags:
  web:
    uptime_kuma:
      token: ${WEB_AGGREGATION_TOKEN}
      # Optional: override URL for this tag (inherits global URL if not set)
    description: "Aggregated status for web services"
  storage:
    uptime_kuma:
      token: ${STORAGE_AGGREGATION_TOKEN}
    description: "Aggregated status for storage checks"
  backups:
    uptime_kuma:
      token: ${BACKUP_AGGREGATION_TOKEN}
      # Example: send this tag's results to a different Uptime Kuma instance
      # url: "http://secondary-uptimekuma:3001/api/push"
    description: "Aggregated status for backup checks"

checks:
  - name: nginx_health
    type: cmdcheck
    command: "systemctl is-active nginx"
    tags: [web]
    
  - name: disk_space
    type: cmdcheck
    command: "df -h / | grep -E '^/'"
    tags: [storage]
    timeout: 10
    
  - name: backup_check
    type: kopiasnapshotstatus
    path: "/data"
    max_age_hours: 24
    tags: [backups]
    # Optional: override Uptime Kuma token for this specific check
    uptime_kuma:
      token: ${BACKUP_SPECIFIC_TOKEN}
      # URL inherits from global if not overridden

Run

export UPTIME_KUMA_TOKEN=your-push-token
export WEB_AGGREGATION_TOKEN=your-web-aggregation-token
export STORAGE_AGGREGATION_TOKEN=your-storage-aggregation-token
export BACKUP_AGGREGATION_TOKEN=your-backup-aggregation-token

# Run all checks - results aggregate by tag automatically
kuma-scout run /etc/kuma-scout/config.yaml

What happens:

Each check sends two reports automatically:

1. Individual Result - to the check's Uptime Kuma token

   • Uses the check's uptime_kuma config if set, otherwise inherits global uptime_kuma
   • If check overrides token but not url, URL is inherited from global config
   • Examples:
     • nginx_health → ${UPTIME_KUMA_TOKEN} (uses global URL + global token)
     • backup_check → ${BACKUP_SPECIFIC_TOKEN} @ global URL (token overridden, URL inherited)

2. Aggregated Result - automatically combined by tag and sent to tag tokens

   • Tag uses its uptime_kuma config if set, otherwise inherits global uptime_kuma
   • If tag overrides token but not url, URL is inherited from global config
   • Examples:
     • web tag → ${WEB_AGGREGATION_TOKEN} @ global URL (aggregated nginx_health)
     • storage tag → ${STORAGE_AGGREGATION_TOKEN} @ global URL (aggregated disk_space)
     • backups tag → ${BACKUP_AGGREGATION_TOKEN} @ global URL (aggregated backup_check)

Example with all scenarios:

uptime_kuma:
  url: http://uptimekuma:3001/api/push
  token: DEFAULT_TOKEN

tags:
  web:
    uptime_kuma:
      token: WEB_TAG_TOKEN
  backup:
    uptime_kuma:
      url: "http://secondary:3001/api/push"  # Override URL only
      token: BACKUP_TAG_TOKEN

checks:
  - name: nginx
    type: cmdcheck
    command: "systemctl is-active nginx"
    tags: [web]
    # No uptime_kuma override - uses: DEFAULT_TOKEN @ http://uptimekuma:3001/api/push

  - name: mysql
    type: cmdcheck
    command: "systemctl is-active mysql"
    tags: [backup]
    uptime_kuma:
      token: MYSQL_CUSTOM_TOKEN
      # URL not overridden - inherits: http://uptimekuma:3001/api/push

Results sent:

• nginx individual: DEFAULT_TOKEN @ uptimekuma (no per-check override)
• nginx tag aggregation: WEB_TAG_TOKEN @ uptimekuma (web tag, global URL)
• mysql individual: MYSQL_CUSTOM_TOKEN @ uptimekuma (token overridden, URL inherited)
• mysql tag aggregation: BACKUP_TAG_TOKEN @ secondary (backup tag, URL overridden)
• Total: 4 API calls to Uptime Kuma (2 individual + 2 aggregated)

Or schedule with cron:

# Run every 5 minutes
*/5 * * * * kuma-scout run /etc/kuma-scout/config.yaml

Security

⚠️ Key Points:

• Configuration files contain authentication tokens - restrict permissions to 600
• Run as non-root user with minimal privileges when possible
• Commands executed without shell interpretation (injection-safe)
• SSH strict host key checking enabled by default

See doc/SECURITY.md for comprehensive security guidance.

Upgrading

For migration notes between versions, see doc/MIGRATION.md.

License

MIT License - See LICENSE file for details

Contributing

Contributions welcome! See doc/DEVELOPMENT.md for development setup.

1. Fork and create a feature branch
2. Make your changes with tests
3. Run hatch run check to validate
4. Submit a pull request

Issues

Report bugs on GitHub Issues

Related

• Uptime Kuma - Self-hosted monitoring tool