README.md

Zcash Service Status Dashboard

This readme deals with installation and setup instructions for building a health-check system for Zcash communities and exchanges. The dashboard is live here.

The health check system involves three tools: Prometheus, Blackbox Exporter and Grafana.

1. Install Prometheus

Use the prometheus.yml file included in this repository for the config.

2. Install Grafana

3. Install Blackbox Exporter

4. Install Dependencies

sudo apt-get install python3-pip
pip3 install prometheus-client==0.7.1

5. Now, run these commands in different screens to run all the health checks.

python3 blockchain_explorers_health_check.py
python3 communities_and_forums_response_time.py
python3 exchanges_health_check.py
python3 metrics.py

Note: This readme will be further updated with 'why' section and some FAQs. Please feel free to open any issue and provide us your valuable feedback.