Monitoring and backup panel in Django

Versions: Python 2.7, Django 1.10, DjangoRestFramework > 3

Features

• CPU Usage
• Memory Usage
• Disk Usage
• Network Usage
• All processes
• Number of ssh login correct/incorrect attempts
• Url statistics
• Backup Database (with rotation) and media catalogs

Requirements

• Django REST Framework (http://www.django-rest-framework.org/)
• psutil (https://pypi.python.org/pypi/psutil)

Installation/Usage

pip install psutil
pip install djangorestframework

pip install git+https://github.com/dspichkin/djangodashpanel

...

INSTALLED_APPS = [
    ...
    'rest_framework',
    'djangodashpanel',
    ...
]

...

urlpatterns = [
    url(r'^admin/', admin.site.urls),
    ...
    url(r'^dash/', include('djangodashpanel.urls')),
    ...
]

If you want getting url statistics you need add the middleware to your MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES in your settings file.

MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES = (
  'djangodashpanel.middleware.urllogstat.URLLogStatMiddleware',

Turn on url statisctics in your settings file:

DJANGODASHPANEL_URLSTAT = True

add exclude urls:

DJANGODASHPANEL_URLSTAT_EXCLUDES = [
    "/admin/"
]

and/or add include urls:

DJANGODASHPANEL_URLSTAT_INCLUDES = [
    "/admin/"
]

add backup function add folder for backups in settings file

DJANGODASHPANEL_BACKUP_DIR = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, '..', 'backups')

python manage.py makemigrations djangodashpanel
python manage.py migrate

Make cron task

File example run_cron.sh with virtual envirement

#!/bin/bash

ROOT=`pwd`

/Home dir/.virtualenvs/name_virtual_envirement/bin/python /Home dir/Project dir/manage.py cron  > /dev/null

add task into cron

note: for runing script user has to have enough right usually it is root right

sudo crontab -e


*/5 * * * * /Home dir/Project dir/run_cron.sh

Login attempts to ssh

Data taking from btmp and wtmp files to access these files you need set files path in settings.py : values by default

PATH_LOGIN_ATTEMPT_CORRECT = '/var/log/btmp'
PATH_LOGIN_ATTEMPT_INCORRECT = '/var/log/wtmp'