A very basic status page

status.py

import os

# Very basic status page script
# * Read the blog post here: https://urbanhacker.net/creating-our-own-status-page-to-monitor-the-local-network/
# * You will need https://vanillacss.com/ if you want a bit more fancy style

# List of all tests we want to run
tests = [
    {"cmd": "ping 192.168.1.1", "name": "Gateway"},
    {"cmd": "ping 8.8.8.8", "name": "Google DNS"},
    {"cmd": "ping urbanhacker.net", "name": "UrbanHacker Website"}, ]

# Running all the tests and creating the report
html = """
<style>
.failure{
  color: red;
}
.success{
  color: #418a38;
}
</style>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="vanilla.css">
<h1>UrbanHacker Network Status</h1>
"""

errors = 0
test_html = ""
for test in tests:
    result = os.system(test["cmd"])
    if result == 0:
        test_html += test["name"] + \
            " <strong class='success'>Success</strong><br />"
    else:
        errors += 1
        test_html += test["name"] + \
            " <strong class='failure'>Failure</strong><br />"

if errors > 0:
    html += "<h3 class='failure'>One or more service(s) are experiencing outages</h3>"
else:
    html += "<h3 class='success'>No outages</h3>"
html += test_html

with open("report.html", "w") as report:
    report.write(html)