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How to Build a Lightweight System Monitoring and Alert Script on linux Using Python and MSMTP

  • Monitoring server vital resources like CPU, memory, and disk is crucial for performance, uptime, and system health.
  • Learn how to create a lightweight monitoring script in Python to collect system metrics, send email alerts, log alerts, and run silently on Linux.
  • Dependencies include Python 3, psutil library for system metrics, and msmtp for sending alert emails via Gmail.
  • The Python script collects metrics, formats email alerts based on thresholds, sends emails using msmtp, and logs alerts locally.

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