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+# MONITOLITE
+
+MonitoLite is a quite old project I recently found into my archives. I developed this script years ago. 
+I figured it could be useful for others so here we are.
+
+
+## What it does
+
+MonitoLite is a very simple monitoring tool developed in Perl. It supports : 
+ * ping monitoring
+ * http monitoring
+ 
+It uses a SQL backend for handling the tasks and the status of the tasks. 
+Tested on MySQL only. 
+
+It comes with a very straightforward dashboard written in PHP. 
+
+I rewrote a couple of things today to make sure the script still works. 
+
+## Requirements
+
+* Perl 
+* a MTA 
+* PHP (with PDO)
+* a Database server (MySQL, other?)
+* Access to CRON tasks
+
+
+## Installation
+
+ * clone this repo
+ * install Perl dependencies
+ * install PHP composer dependencies: `cd ./web && composer install`
+ * create a Database and import the schema from `sql/create.sql`
+ * add tasks and contacts into the database (no backend yet)
+ * run the script: `perl monitolite.pl` 
+ * check the web dashboard for results. 
+ * when everything works, you may create a CRON `* * * * * cd <change/this/to/the/correct/path> && /usr/bin/perl monitolite.pl > /dev/null`
+ 
+ 
+ MORE INFORMATION COMING SOON.