Service Status Watcher Using Nodejs & SocketIO

A real-time service status monitoring tool for Linux, built with Node.js and Socket.IO. This application enables users to check the status of system services remotely via WebSockets.

🚀 Features

• Real-time status monitoring for system services.
• Asynchronous processing for efficient status retrieval.
• WebSocket-based communication using Socket.IO.

🛠️ Installation

1. Install dependencies:

   npm install

2. Start the Socket.IO server:

   node servicewatcher.js

3. Run the test client:

   node test.js

Adding More Services

To monitor additional services, update the services.json file in the following format:

[
  {
    "name": "Redis",
    "service": "redis"
  },
  {
    "name": "Apache Server",
    "service": "apache2"
  }
]

• name: A human-readable name for the service.
• service: The actual service name used in the systemctl command.

Save the file and restart the script.

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Done