Goal: Being able to send instruction to the ProxySql. Constraints: There is three parameters only that can be sent on the post: ++ ['OFFLINE_SOFT', 'OFFLINE_HARD', 'ONLINE'] , any other parameter sent will be rejected. ++ Server status must be different from its current status. ++ Parameters to be sent in the post command: {"status":"OFFLINE_HARD", "hostname":"localhost"} List of parameters required: mysql: host: localhost user: monitor port: 3306 password: 'monitor' db: test proxy: status: ['OFFLINE_SOFT', 'OFFLINE_HARD', 'ONLINE'] Other parameters: + Log file: /tmp/proxysqlapi.log + listening port: 8838 How to: + curl -d '{"status":"OFFLINE_HARD", "hostname":"localhost"}' -X POST http://localhost:8838/status/ log file example: ... INFO:root:{"source":"ProxyManager","level":"info","title":"change_instance","context": "Update successfully new status: OFFLINE_HARD","time":"2018-10-29 23:52:24.265214"} ... + curl http://localhost:8838/status/localhost ... INFO:root:{"source":"StatusHandler","level":"info","title":"get","context":"Checking instance: OFFLINE_HARD","time":"2018-10-30 00:03:29.060184"} INFO:tornado.access:200 GET /status/localhost (::1) 40.37ms ...