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= Checkbar
This tool shows up/warn/down state of configured hosts or applications using i3bar input protocol.
image::checkbar.png[]
== Usage
You should create a configuration file `.checkbar.toml` in your home directory, e.g.
----
# Update interval in seconds. Default value if not set is 60 sec.
interval = 60
[[checks]]
name = "Host 1"
url = "https://host1.example.com"
[[checks]]
name = "Host 2"
url = "https://host2.example.com"
[[checks]]
name = "App 1"
url = "https://app.example.com/actuator/health"
check_type = "Actuator"
[[checks]]
name = "App 2"
url = "tcp://app.example.com:12345"
check_type = "Tcp"
----
Each host or application to be checked consists of `name` and `url`.
You can optionally specify `check_type`:
* `Html`: Default value, checks if a request is successful and returns HTTP OK - 200.
* `Actuator`: Like `Html`, but checks if _Actuator_ shows that the application is up and running.
** `Up`: Actuator response indicates, application is up and running.
** `Warn`: Got response, but it is not Actuator health `UP` response or redirect.
** `Down`: No response.
* `Tcp`: Checks if TCP connection to given host and port can be established
To use more than one configuration, pass the config file location as first argument to the application.
----
$ checkbar /etc/checkbar_example.toml
----
=== Colors
To change the colors, use the following configuration. As an example the colors of the default configuration are shown.
----
...
[colors]
up = "#00FF00"
warn = "#FFFF00"
down = "#FF0000"
...
----
The color configuration is optional. If used, all colors must be specified.
=== Execute commands
You can also specify a command to be executed when a mouse click occurs on a checked host.
Use `click_cmd` to specify the command to be executed, e.g.
----
...
[[checks]]
name = "Host 1"
url = "http://host1.example.com"
click_cmd = "xterm -e ssh admin@host1.example.com"
...
----