Live Server Monitor

A tiny self-hosted server status dashboard that runs on a live IP or behind Nginx. It shows CPU, memory, disk, uptime, process count, network traffic, and basic host details in a mobile-friendly web UI.

The app is free for everyone under the MIT License.

• Single Python file
• No Python package dependencies
• Auto-refreshing dashboard
• JSON status endpoint at /api/status
• Works directly on a port or behind Nginx
• Optional HTTP basic auth through Nginx
• systemd service examples included

python3 app.py

Open:

http://SERVER_IP:8080

By default, the app listens on 0.0.0.0:8080. You can change that with environment variables:

HOST=127.0.0.1 PORT=8080 python3 app.py

curl http://127.0.0.1:8080/api/status

The API returns system metrics as JSON.

Copy the service file:

sudo mkdir -p /opt/live-server-monitor
sudo cp app.py /opt/live-server-monitor/
sudo cp server-status.service /etc/systemd/system/live-server-monitor.service
sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl enable --now live-server-monitor

Check logs:

journalctl -u live-server-monitor -f

For a public live IP, the safer setup is to bind the app to localhost and put Nginx in front of it.

sudo cp nginx-default-auth.conf /etc/nginx/sites-available/live-server-monitor
sudo ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/live-server-monitor /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/live-server-monitor
sudo nginx -t
sudo systemctl reload nginx

The nginx-default-auth.conf example expects an htpasswd file at:

/etc/nginx/.server-status.htpasswd

Create one with:

sudo apt install apache2-utils
sudo htpasswd -c /etc/nginx/.server-status.htpasswd admin

• Do not commit .status-password, .env, logs, or generated cache files.
• If exposing this on a public IP, use Nginx basic auth or another access control layer.
• Prefer HTTPS when exposing the dashboard outside your local network.

MIT License. Free to use, modify, and share.