l-chege / monitor-logs

Python Script that monitors local system resources and logs every hour

System Resource Monitoring Script

• This project objective is to develop a Python Script that monitors local system resources (CPU usage, memory usage and disk usage) and logs the info to a file every hour. It aims to provide real-time insights into system performance and resource utilization.
• It automates the exection of the script using 'cron' on Unix-based system.
• Decided to impelement dockerization for simplified deployment.

Prerequisites

• Have Python 3.9 or higher installed
• Have Docker installed

Installation

1. Clone this repo to your local machine

git clone https://github.com/your-username/your-repo.git

Usage

1. Run python script:

python system_monitor.py

2. Verify logs, check the 'system_monitor.log' file. It should contain logged data about CPU, memory and disk usage every hour.

3. Automate Script Execution

• Using 'cron expression' on Unix-based systems.

4. Build Docker image:

docker build -t system-monitor .

5. Run the Docker container:

docker run -d --name system-monitor system-monitor

To be Continued/Future Implementations:

• Grafana Integration to leverage on features such as visualizing system resource metrics.
• Configure Prometheus to scrape metrics from the Python application.

Enjoy!