Mithal Monitor
A Flask-based monitoring application that periodically collects website metrics and exposes them through REST APIs.
The application is containerized with Docker and deployed on Ghaymah Cloud.
Features
- Monitor website availability
- Measure DNS lookup time
- Measure HTTP latency
- Measure search latency
- Check SSL certificate expiration
- Store collected metrics
- REST API for health checks and metrics
- Dockerized deployment
- Deployed on Ghaymah
Tech Stack
- Python
- Flask
- SQLite
- Docker
- Gunicorn
- Ghaymah Cloud
API Endpoints
Health Check
GET /health
Example Response:
{
"status": "healthy"
}
Metrics
GET /api/metrics
Example Response:
[
{
"timestamp": "2026-07-28 12:11:50",
"uptime": true,
"status_code": 200,
"latency_ms": 34.03,
"dns_ms": 2.38,
"search_latency_ms": 108.42,
"ssl_days_left": 49,
"ssl_expiry": "2026-09-15"
}
]
Running Locally
Clone the repository:
git clone <repo-url>
cd Q5-Mithal-Monitor
Install dependencies:
pip install -r requirements.txt
Run the application:
python app.py
The application will be available on:
http://localhost:5000
Docker
Build the image:
docker build -t mithal-monitor .
Run the container:
docker run -p 80:80 mithal-monitor
Deployment
The application is deployed on Ghaymah Cloud.
Deployment URL:
https://mithal-monitor-74639f9fbe38.hosted.ghaymah.systems
Health Endpoint:
https://mithal-monitor-74639f9fbe38.hosted.ghaymah.systems/health
Metrics Endpoint:
https://mithal-monitor-74639f9fbe38.hosted.ghaymah.systems/api/metrics
Monitoring Dashboard
The deployed Mithal Monitor application provides a dashboard for monitoring website availability and performance metrics.
The dashboard displays:
- Current service status
- HTTP response latency
- DNS lookup time
- Search latency
- SSL certificate expiration status
- Historical monitoring data
- Recent monitoring records
Dashboard Preview
Project Structure
q5-mithal-monitor/
├── app.py
├── monitor.py
├── monitor-data.json
├── requirements.txt
├── Dockerfile
├── templates/
├── images/
│ └── mointor-dashboard.jpg
└── README.md
Author
Mohammed Hamdy