Tomas Dvorak
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Beszel (Domain-Enhanced Fork)
A fork of Beszel with added domain and SSL certificate monitoring capabilities.
Beszel is a lightweight server monitoring platform that includes Docker statistics, historical data, and alert functions. This fork extends Beszel with domain and SSL certificate monitoring, combining the best of server metrics with domain expiration tracking in a single dashboard.
It has a friendly web interface, simple configuration, and is ready to use out of the box. It supports automatic backup, multi-user, OAuth authentication, and API access.
Features
Server Monitoring (from Beszel)
- Lightweight: Smaller and less resource-intensive than leading solutions.
- Simple: Easy setup with little manual configuration required.
- Docker stats: Tracks CPU, memory, and network usage history for each container.
- System metrics: CPU, memory, disk usage, disk I/O, network, load average, temperature, GPU usage, battery status.
- S.M.A.R.T. monitoring: Disk health tracking including eMMC wear/EOL and Linux mdraid array health.
- Alerts: Configurable alerts for CPU, memory, disk, bandwidth, temperature, load average, and status.
Domain & SSL Monitoring (added)
- Domain expiration tracking: Monitor domain expiration dates across multiple registrars.
- SSL certificate monitoring: Track SSL certificate validity and expiration dates.
- Expiration alerts: Get notified before domains or certificates expire.
- Registrar integration: Support for multiple domain registrars.
Platform Features
- Multi-user: Users manage their own systems. Admins can share systems across users.
- OAuth / OIDC: Supports many OAuth2 providers. Password auth can be disabled.
- Automatic backups: Save to and restore from disk or S3-compatible storage.
Architecture
Beszel consists of two main components: the hub and the agent. This fork adds a domain monitor component.
- Hub: A web application built on PocketBase that provides a dashboard for viewing and managing connected systems and domains.
- Agent: Runs on each system you want to monitor and communicates system metrics to the hub.
- Domain Monitor: Tracks domain and SSL certificate expiration data from configured registrars.
Getting started
The quick start guide and other documentation is available on the original Beszel website, beszel.dev. You'll be up and running in a few minutes.
Domain Monitoring Setup
- Go to Settings > Domain Monitor in the dashboard
- Add your domain registrar API credentials
- Configure domains to monitor
- Set alert thresholds for expiration warnings
Screenshots
Supported metrics
- CPU usage - Host system and Docker / Podman containers.
- Memory usage - Host system and containers. Includes swap and ZFS ARC.
- Disk usage - Host system. Supports multiple partitions and devices.
- Disk I/O - Host system. Supports multiple partitions and devices.
- Network usage - Host system and containers.
- Load average - Host system.
- Temperature - Host system sensors.
- GPU usage / power draw - Nvidia, AMD, and Intel.
- Battery - Host system battery charge.
- Containers - Status and metrics of all running Docker / Podman containers.
- S.M.A.R.T. - Host system disk health (includes eMMC wear/EOL and Linux mdraid array health via sysfs when available).
- Domain expiration - Track domain expiration dates from configured registrars.
- SSL certificate - Monitor SSL certificate validity and expiration dates.
Help and discussion
For Beszel-specific issues and discussions, please refer to the original project:
Bug reports and feature requests
Bug reports for the original Beszel can be posted on GitHub issues.
Support and general discussion
Support requests and general discussion can be posted on GitHub discussions or the community-run Matrix room: #beszel:matrix.org.
Credits
This fork is built upon:
- Beszel - Original lightweight server monitoring platform by henrygd
- Domain Locker - Domain and SSL monitoring integration
- Uptime Kuma - Self-hosted monitoring tool that inspired monitoring approaches
License
Beszel is licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for more details.