How to display a status from an external script?

[erostefano]

Hi everyone,

The title might sound confusing, but the issue is actually quite simple.
I have a few scripts that run daily as part of a cron job. Each time they run, I want to see a timestamp appear on my Glance dashboard. That way, I can quickly verify that everything is working correctly.

What solutions are available for this?

Thanks!

[osnsyc]

Hi, I can think of two possible solutions for this:

1. Using Healthchecks:
   Modify your cron scripts to ping a Healthchecks endpoint upon successful completion, like this, 8 6 * * * /home/me/backup.sh && curl -fsS -m 10 --retry 5 -o /dev/null https://hc-ping.com/your-uuid-here. Then, use Glance's custom-api widget in combination with Healthchecks' API to display the status and last run time of each script directly on your dashboard.

2. Using a local JSON file:
   After each script finishes, write a timestamp into a JSON file located under your /assets-path. For example, the file could look like this:

   {
     "cron1": "2025-01-01T00:00:00Z",
     "cron2": "2025-01-02T00:00:00Z"
   }

   Then, use Glance's custom-api widget to fetch and display the contents of the file via a URL like http://GLANCE_URL/assets/JSON_FILE.

[erostefano]

Amazing, I chose the solution nr. 2 and works perfectly!