WatchYourLAN

Lightweight network IP scanner with web GUI. Features:

Send notification when new host is found
Monitor hosts online/offline history
Keep a list of all hosts in the network
Send data to InfluxDB2 to make a Grafana dashboard

Warning

This is version 2.0. Version 1.0 can be found in this brunch: v1

Caution

BREAKING CHANGES! Version 2.0 is not compatible with v1.0. For now v2.0 docker images will be released under v2 tag. It will be tagged latest in a few weeks (probably, in October).

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Quick start

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Replace $YOURTIMEZONE with correct time zone and $YOURIFACE with network interface you want to scan. Network mode must be host. Set $DOCKERDATAPATH for container to save data:

docker run --name wyl \
	-e "IFACES=$YOURIFACE" \
	-e "TZ=$YOURTIMEZONE" \
	--network="host" \
	-v $DOCKERDATAPATH/wyl:/data/WatchYourLAN \
    aceberg/watchyourlan:v2

Web GUI should be at http://localhost:8840

Config

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Configuration can be done through config file, GUI or environment variables

Basic config

Variable	Description	Default
TZ	Set your timezone for correct time
HOST	Listen address	0.0.0.0
PORT	Port for web GUI	8840
THEME	Any theme name from https://bootswatch.com in lowcase or additional	sand
COLOR	Background color: light or dark	dark
NODEPATH	Path to local node modules
SHOUTRRR_URL	Link to any notification service supported by Shoutrrr (gotify, email, telegram and others) or Generic Webhook

Scan settings

Variable	Description	Default
IFACES	Interfaces to scan. Could be one or more, separated by space. Currently `docker0` is not supported, as `arp-scan` wouldn't work with it correctly
TIMEOUT	Time between scans (seconds)	120
ARP_ARGS	Arguments for `arp-scan`. See `man arp-scan` for more. Enable `debug` log level to see resulting command. (Example: `-r 1`)
LOG_LEVEL	Log level: `debug`, `info`, `warn` or `error`	info
TRIM_HIST	Remove history after (hours)	48
HIST_IN_DB	Store History in DB - if `false`, the History will be stored only in memory and will be lost on app restart. Though, it will keep the app DB smaller (and InfluxDB is recommended for long term History storage)	false
USE_DB	Either `sqlite` or `postgres`	sqlite
PG_CONNECT	Address to connect to PostgreSQL. (Example: `postgres://username:password@192.168.0.1:5432/dbname?sslmode=disable`). Full list of URL parameters here

InfluxDB2 config

This config matches Grafana's config for InfluxDB data source

Variable	Description	Default	Example
INFLUX_ENABLE	Enable export to InfluxDB2	false	true
INFLUX_SKIP_TLS	Skip TLS Verify	false	true
INFLUX_ADDR	Address:port of InfluxDB2 server		https://192.168.2.3:8086/
INFLUX_BUCKET	InfluxDB2 bucket		test
INFLUX_ORG	InfluxDB2 org		home
INFLUX_TOKEN	Secret token, generated by InfluxDB2

Config file

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Config file name is config_v2.yaml. Example:

arp_args: ""
color: dark
hist_in_db: false
host: 0.0.0.0
ifaces: enp4s0
influx_addr: ""
influx_bucket: ""
influx_enable: false
influx_org: ""
influx_skip_tls: false
influx_token: ""
log_level: info
nodepath: ""
pg_connect: ""
port: "8840"
shoutrrr_url: "gotify://192.168.0.1:8083/AwQqpAae.rrl5Ob/?title=Unknown host detected&DisableTLS=yes"
theme: sand
timeout: 60
trim_hist: 48
use_db: sqlite

Options

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Key	Description	Default
-d	Path to config dir	/data/WatchYourLAN
-n	Path to node modules (see below)

Local network only

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By default, this app pulls themes, icons and fonts from the internet. But, in some cases, it may be useful to have an independent from global network setup. I created a separate image with all necessary modules and fonts. Run with Docker:

docker run --name node-bootstrap          \
    -p 8850:8850                          \
    aceberg/node-bootstrap

docker run --name wyl \
	-e "IFACES=$YOURIFACE" \
	-e "TZ=$YOURTIMEZONE" \
	--network="host" \
	-v $DOCKERDATAPATH/wyl:/data/WatchYourLAN \
    aceberg/watchyourlan:v2 -n "http://$YOUR_IP:8850"