Okay, I understand there's a demo, and changes in v4, and an FAQ, but I'm never told what the scope or method of operation is: what can this monitor? how is it monitored?
I don't want to read configuration files or look at a demo to understand what I can use this for and how it does it. I even read parts of the Wiki and I still don't understand what this is doing: is it essentially a special theme for Hugo, or is there some frontend JavaScript magic going on?
> Nothing in the README seems to tell me how this operates.
Not directly. I didn't even really think about writing about how it works so much as about how to get it work.
> I'm never told what the scope or method of operation is: what can this monitor? how is it monitored?
It is not something made for monitoring, it's for posting issues. You can add 3rd party automation if you wish (and yes the illustration is misleading and yes I'm thinking of how to fix it).
> what I can use this for [...] I still don't understand what this is doing: is it essentially a special theme for Hugo, or is there some frontend JavaScript magic going on?
There's little JavaScript since theoretically it should work on IE8 and is designed to be as 'foolproof' as I could think of (no external assets, all information on one lightweight page).
It's a special glorified theme for Hugo, if you want to put it that way, yes.
Much appreciated :)
I added all the required frontmatter you would need as an example of what could be changed.
I can have a script update “status” and have git CI/CD turn it live!
Thanks for making it, and opening it up as open source.
It's been a nice way to let the players on the Minecraft server I maintain know when migrations/upgrades are planned and downtime.
I'm still looking for a system to send people emails about downtime and planned migrations but I may just switch to Cachet for that part. Maybe there's a self-hosted way to send emails from the RSS feed in a way that allows people to easily subscribe and unsubscribe? I'd be happy if anyone has any recommendations.
If the ability to monitor uptime/health, or at least integrate with services that provide thatinformation, which is rendered on the status page would make this really cool.
