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Get server statistics using 🚀StatsLite:

#ruby #monitoring #rails #devops

StatsLite

Here is the link to the tool

Simple way to get server information as json. Easy to extend with a config.rb file.
Embeddable in Rails

Standalone usage

Requirements ruby, min version 2

sudo apt-get install -y ruby build-essential ruby-dev
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Usage standalone, you might need to run some commands as sudo.

gem install stats_lite --no-ri --no-rdoc stats-lite curl http://localhost:9111
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Add to startup, crontab

crontab -e # then add @reboot /usr/local/bin/stats-lite
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demo

create a config.rb then stats-lite

# example config.rb # basic usage StatsLite.configure do |s| s.password "1234" # password protection s.port 9111 # listening port end
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# now it's protected by passowrd curl http://localhost:9111?password=1234
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Rails usage

gem "stats_lite"

# routes.rb mount StatsLite::App => "/server-stats"
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Advanced configuration 

 StatsLite.configure do |s, h| s.password ENV["STATS_LITE_PASS"] # defaults to nil, unprotected s.port ENV["STATS_LITE_PORT"] # defaults to 9111 s.data -> (data) do # add more data data[:ruby_current_time] = Time.now # simple value data[:linux_time] = h.command("date") # bash command, supports {cache: true, expires_in: 60}  data[:slow_command] = h.fetch :slow_command, -> { sleep 1 "slow command" }, expires_in: 5 # cached ruby value end s.app do |sinatra| # extend the app, add multiple routes, which are protected by the password sinatra.get("/another_route") do content_type :json { cpus: h.command("nproc", { cache: true }) }.to_json end end end
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