AppsMonitor - monitoring for your Cloudron

[timconsidine]

Sounds like “CommunityAppChecker” "AppInspector" utility is needed. Put a CloudronVersions link in input box, utility checks whatever is needed/possible, generate alerts for sus content.
Conceptually best to come from Cloudron team but that drags Cloudron towards approving apps, which is probably a v.bad direction. Maybe I will give some thought to it.

I really understand and support the official stance - it is simply not viable otherwise.

Some other simple defences :

• have registered app packager scheme : no fees, basic metadata, probably already publicly known, enough to know legit packager and no more
• ca.cloudron.io only takes submissions from registered packagers (currently must have a Cloudron account)
• Cloudron will hate (understandably) any form of stars or likes on ca.cloudron.io, but maybe a simple more neutral voluntary “I installed this” counter

[timconsidine]

Could not resist it - AppInspector available :
https://forum.cloudron.io/post/129539

Needs more and deeper tests, and nothing will ever be a guarantee.
But it's a start.

[nichu42]

@timconsidine Fresh install fails with
An error occurred during the install operation: Nginx Error: Error reloading nginx: /usr/bin/sudo exited with code 1 signal null

[timconsidine]

@nichu42 just checking : is that AppsMonitor ? or AppInspector ?
(sequence of messages leaves me unclear)

EDIT : I did a fresh install of AppsMonitor and did not meet any errors.
Is that message from the app's Logs panel ? or where did it show up ?

[nichu42]

@timconsidine It is AppsMonitor and it appears during the installation after it failed.

[timconsidine]

@nichu42 strange : not showing in my live or test instances.
I've done 5 test installs of AppsMonitor today

So probably need to start some basic 'differences' test :
I'm running cloudron 9.2
Are you the same or are you upgraded to 10 ?

Any logs showing what was happening before the crash ?

[nichu42]

@timconsidine I am on 10.0.5
I didn't spot anything useful in the log. But I am on vacation and only have my mini screen Fairphone with me do I might have missed something.

[timconsidine]

@nichu42 no problem, enjoy the holiday, let me know if you get further information afterwards

[timconsidine]

AppsMonitor has been updated to support better disk usage reporting, free space monitoring, velocity detection/flagging and alerting. Probably best explained with screenshots.

Disk usage general :

Disk usage beakdown + growth / velocity checks :

Settings including alerting and disk usage report parameters :

Note : settings shown are for testing. Setting frequency too fast can impact system performance.

This is tested on my Cloudron, and I only have one. But there's such a wide usage of deployments, disk sizes, apps deployed and how are they used, it is impossible for me to test fully. Feedback welcome.

Alerts are email and Telegram. I can look at adding a webhook sender, so it can be received in other systems. I don't want to create excessive number of channels (more maintenance and breaking).

[timconsidine]

Sample Telegram message :

AppsMonitor [HIGH]

/ is filling up
Free space down 1.0% in 4 min
Usage: 63.0%
Projected to fill in ~3h

[robi]

Brilliant!

Looks mighty useful.

Well done.