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Building a Network Monitoring Tool with Python and Linode
Have you ever wanted to monitor your application, get notified when it goes down, and automatically restart it—without breaking a sweat? Well, that’s exactly what we’re doing today! In this guide, we’ll set up a Linode server, deploy NGINX as a Docker container, and use a Python script to monitor the application endpoint. If something goes wrong, our script will send an email alert and attempt to restart the container or even the server! Step 1: Setting Up a Linode Server
Have you ever wanted to monitor your application, get notified when it goes down, and automatically restart it—without breaking a sweat? Well, that’s exactly what we’re doing today! In this guide, we’ll set up a Linode server, deploy NGINX as a Docker container, and use a Python script to monitor the application endpoint. If something goes wrong, our script will send an email alert and attempt to restart the container or even the server!
