Monero health

Monero health is supposed to provide information about the Monero daemon health.

There are 3 health checks at the moment:

• Checking the Monero daemon RPC status using the hard_fork_info RPC.
• Checking the Monero daemon P2P status (checks the given P2P port).
• Checking the age of the last block on the daemon using a pre-configured offset.

Note:

The Monero daemon RPC information are retrieved using the Monero daemon JSON RPC. The RPC connection is established using python-monerorpc.

Configuration

Monero daemon RPC connection

The connection to the Monero daemon RPC can be configured using environment variables:

Note:

The RPC connection is established using python-monerorpc.

Last block age

from monero_health.monero_health import daemon_last_block_check

The last block's timestamp is checked against a given pre-configured offset:

I.e that the last block is considered out-of-date as soon as it becomes older than - in the default case - 12 [minutes].

The Monero RPC method used is:

• get_last_block_header

Daemon RPC status

from monero_health.mmonero_health import daemon_rpc_status_check

No additional configuration needed.

The Monero RPC method used is:

• hard_fork_info

Daemon P2P status

from monero_health.mmonero_health import daemon_p2p_status_check

No additional configuration is needed.

A socket connection is established, which checks the connectivity to the P2P port.

Results

JSON response

This module is not really supposed to be run as a script, rather as a module.

However, it is possible to directly run it as a script. it will then output the complete information. The following only shows part of it, sepcifically the result of the method daemon_combined_status_check:

    MONEROD_URL=mainnet.community.xmr.to python -m monero_health.monero_health
    ...
    {
        "last_block": {
            "hash": "2931d04a73c4e286d1e568a0e61ba37fdf175ff6974d343ca136c62ecaaeeee4",
            "block_age": "0:01:57",
            "block_timestamp": "2020-09-23T19:40:02",
            "check_timestamp": "2020-09-23T19:41:59",
            "status": "OK",
            "block_recent": true,
            "block_recent_offset": 12,
            "block_recent_offset_unit": "minutes",
            "host": "mainnet.community.xmr.to:18081"
        },
        "monerod": {
            "rpc": {
                "status": "OK",
                "host": "mainnet.community.xmr.to:18081"
            },
            "p2p": {
                "status": "OK",
                "host": "mainnet.community.xmr.to:18080"
            },
            "status": "OK",
            "host": "mainnet.community.xmr.to",
            "version": 12
        },
        "status": "OK",
        "host": "mainnet.community.xmr.to"
    }

When imported as a module the functions can be imported/called separately, like this:

• Last block age:

    from monero_health.mmonero_health import (
        daemon_last_block_check,
    )
    ...
    result = daemon_last_block_check()
    ...

• Monero daemaon status:

    from monero_health.mmonero_health import (
        daemon_status_check,
    )
    ...
    result = daemon_status_check()
    ...

• Combined daemon status:

    from monero_health.mmonero_health import (
        daemon_combined_status_check,
    )
    ...
    result = daemon_combined_status_check()
    ...

Possible status values

The status returned can have the following values:

• OK
  • For a last block that is not considered old: (daemon_last_block_check)
  • For a daemon with status OK: (daemon_rpc_status_check, daemon_p2p_status_check, daemon_stati_check)
  • Every possible status is OK: (daemon_combined_status_check)
• ERROR
  • For a last block that is considered old: (daemon_last_block_check)
  • For a daemon with status ERROR: (daemon_rpc_status_check, daemon_p2p_status_check, daemon_stati_check)
  • At least one possible status is ERROR: (daemon_combined_status_check)
• UNKNOWN
  • In case of a connection error not initiated by the peer (mostly related to HTTP requests): (daemon_last_block_check, daemon_rpc_status_check, daemon_p2p_status_check, daemon_stati_check)
  • At least one possible status is UNKNOWN: (daemon_combined_status_check)

Errors

In case of an error, an error key is added to the responses of:

• daemon_last_block_check
• daemon_rpc_status_check, daemon_p2p_status_check, daemon_stati_check but not to daemon_combined_status_check.

This error key always contains the keys:

• error
• message

Example - No Monero daemon running at 127.0.0.1:18081:

{
    "hash": "---",
    "block_age": -1,
    "block_timestamp": "---",
    "check_timestamp": "2020-09-24T11:52:30",
    "status": "UNKNOWN",
    "block_recent": false,
    "block_recent_offset": 12,
    "block_recent_offset_unit": "minutes",
    "host": "mainnet.community.xmr:18081",
    "error": {
        "message": "Cannot determine status.",
        "error": "-341: Could not establish a connection, original error: 'HTTPConnectionPool(host='mainnet.community.xmr', port=18081): Max retries exceeded with url: /json_rpc (Caused by NewConnectionError('<urllib3.connection.HTTPConnection object at 0x7f0f3bb5b150>: Failed to establish a new connection: [Errno -5] No address associated with hostname'))'."
    }
}

Full example

When run as a script (against the XMR.to public node node.xmr.to):

MONEROD_URL=mainnet.community.xmr.to python -m monero_health.monero_health

All health and status checks are run one after another against mainnet.community.xmr.to:

• Last block (last block's timestamp).
• Daemon RPC status (port 18081, RPC method hard_fork_info).
• Daemon P2P status (port 18080).
• Both dameon stati (combined status key).
• Run all checks but do not consider the daemon P2P status in the resulting status key (dameon P2P result is still returned).
• Run all checks and consider the daemon P2P status in the resulting status key.

The result will look like this:

----Last block check----:
INFO:DaemonHealth:Checking 'mainnet.community.xmr.to:18081'.
{"hash": "441380be4c9f10e6ceaec1daeab716cfffab22a8c2adbf765d00fc8d34effe23", "block_age": "0:01:13", "block_timestamp": "2020-09-23T19:50:11", "check_timestamp": "2020-09-23T19:51:24", "status": "OK", "block_recent": true, "block_recent_offset": 12, "block_recent_offset_unit": "minutes", "host": "mainnet.community.xmr.to:18081"}
----Daemon rpc check----
INFO:DaemonHealth:Checking 'mainnet.community.xmr.to:18081'.
{"status": "OK", "version": 12, "host": "mainnet.community.xmr.to:18081"}
----Daemon p2p check----
INFO:DaemonHealth:Checking 'mainnet.community.xmr.to:18080'.
INFO:monero_scripts.connect_to_node:Trying to connect to 'mainnet.community.xmr.to:18080'.
INFO:monero_scripts.connect_to_node:Successfully connected to 'mainnet.community.xmr.to:18080'.
{"status": "OK", "host": "mainnet.community.xmr.to:18080"}
----Daemon stati check, not considering P2P status----
INFO:DaemonHealth:Checking 'mainnet.community.xmr.to:18081'.
INFO:DaemonHealth:{"message": "Combined daemon status (RPC, P2P) is 'OK'."}
{"rpc": {"status": "OK", "host": "mainnet.community.xmr.to:18081"}, "status": "OK", "host": "mainnet.community.xmr.to", "version": 12}
----Daemon stati check, also considering P2P status----
INFO:DaemonHealth:Checking 'mainnet.community.xmr.to:18081'.
INFO:DaemonHealth:Checking 'mainnet.community.xmr.to:18080'.
INFO:monero_scripts.connect_to_node:Trying to connect to 'mainnet.community.xmr.to:18080'.
INFO:monero_scripts.connect_to_node:Successfully connected to 'mainnet.community.xmr.to:18080'.
INFO:DaemonHealth:{"message": "Combined daemon status (RPC, P2P) is 'OK'."}
{"rpc": {"status": "OK", "host": "mainnet.community.xmr.to:18081"}, "p2p": {"status": "OK", "host": "mainnet.community.xmr.to:18080"}, "status": "OK", "host": "mainnet.community.xmr.to", "version": 12}
----Overall check, not considering P2P status----
INFO:DaemonHealth:Checking 'mainnet.community.xmr.to:18081'.
INFO:DaemonHealth:Checking 'mainnet.community.xmr.to:18081'.
INFO:DaemonHealth:{"message": "Combined daemon status (RPC, P2P) is 'OK'."}
INFO:DaemonHealth:{"message": "Combined status is 'OK'."}
{"last_block": {"hash": "441380be4c9f10e6ceaec1daeab716cfffab22a8c2adbf765d00fc8d34effe23", "block_age": "0:01:20", "block_timestamp": "2020-09-23T19:50:11", "check_timestamp": "2020-09-23T19:51:31", "status": "OK", "block_recent": true, "block_recent_offset": 12, "block_recent_offset_unit": "minutes", "host": "mainnet.community.xmr.to:18081"}, "monerod": {"rpc": {"status": "OK", "host": "mainnet.community.xmr.to:18081"}, "status": "OK", "host": "mainnet.community.xmr.to", "version": 12}, "status": "OK", "host": "mainnet.community.xmr.to"}
----Overall check, also considering P2P status----
INFO:DaemonHealth:Checking 'mainnet.community.xmr.to:18081'.
INFO:DaemonHealth:Checking 'mainnet.community.xmr.to:18081'.
INFO:DaemonHealth:Checking 'mainnet.community.xmr.to:18080'.
INFO:monero_scripts.connect_to_node:Trying to connect to 'mainnet.community.xmr.to:18080'.
INFO:monero_scripts.connect_to_node:Successfully connected to 'mainnet.community.xmr.to:18080'.
INFO:DaemonHealth:{"message": "Combined daemon status (RPC, P2P) is 'OK'."}
INFO:DaemonHealth:{"message": "Combined status is 'OK'."}
{"last_block": {"hash": "441380be4c9f10e6ceaec1daeab716cfffab22a8c2adbf765d00fc8d34effe23", "block_age": "0:01:21", "block_timestamp": "2020-09-23T19:50:11", "check_timestamp": "2020-09-23T19:51:32", "status": "OK", "block_recent": true, "block_recent_offset": 12, "block_recent_offset_unit": "minutes", "host": "mainnet.community.xmr.to:18081"}, "monerod": {"rpc": {"status": "OK", "host": "mainnet.community.xmr.to:18081"}, "p2p": {"status": "OK", "host": "mainnet.community.xmr.to:18080"}, "status": "OK", "host": "mainnet.community.xmr.to", "version": 12}, "status": "OK", "host": "mainnet.community.xmr.to"}

Tests and development

# Create and activate a virtual environment.
python -m venv venv
. venv/bin/activate

# Install the dependencies.
pip install --upgrade pip-tools
pip-sync requirements.txt

# Run tests.
pytest