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-# lainmonitor
+# LainMonitor Bot
 
-telegram bot hosted on lainlounge servers for remote system monitoring
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+LainMonitor is a Telegram bot designed to monitor your system by providing real-time information about the system's status, services, and disk usage. It can also check connectivity to a specific Tailscale IP address.
+
+## Features
+- Retrieve system hostname, uptime, and status of essential services such as:
+  - Zerotier
+  - Prosody
+  - PostgreSQL
+  - Tailscale
+- Check disk usage
+- Ping a Tailscale IP to verify connectivity
+- Use via Telegram commands like `/status`, `/ping`, and `/help`
+
+## Dependencies
+- [Telebot](https://github.com/eternnoir/pyTelegramBotAPI) - A Python library for Telegram bot API.
+
+## Installation
+1. Clone this repository:
+    ```bash
+    git clone https://git.lainlounge.xyz/hornet/lainmonitor.git
+    cd lainmonitor
+    ```
+2. Install the required Python library:
+    ```bash
+    pip install pyTelegramBotAPI
+    ```
+3. Replace the placeholder in the code with your Telegram bot token:
+    ```python
+    TOKEN = 'PLACE_YOUR_TOKEN_HERE'
+    ```
+
+4. Set up permissions for the bot to check system services (run as a user with `sudo` access).
+
+## Usage
+
+### Running Directly
+You can run the bot directly using Python:
+
+```bash
+python3 lainmonitor.py
+```
+
+### Running as a Service
+To run LainMonitor as a service, follow these steps:
+1. Create a systemd service file:
+    ```bash
+    sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/lainmonitor.service
+    ```
+2. Add the following configuration:
+    ```ini
+    [Unit]
+    Description=LainMonitor Telegram Bot
+    After=network.target
+
+    [Service]
+    ExecStart=/usr/bin/python3 /path/to/lainmonitor.py
+    Restart=on-failure
+
+    [Install]
+    WantedBy=multi-user.target
+    ```
+3. Enable and start the service:
+    ```bash
+    sudo systemctl enable lainmonitor
+    sudo systemctl start lainmonitor
+    ```
+
+## Telegram Bot Commands
+- `/start`: Initialize the bot and receive a welcome message.
+- `/help`: Display available commands.
+- `/status`: Get the system hostname, status, uptime, and the status of monitored services.
+- `/ping`: Ping a Tailscale IP and return the connectivity status.
+- `/reboot`: (Work in progress) Placeholder for a reboot command.
+
+## Author
+Created by **hornetmaidan**
+
+Feel free to contribute or suggest features!
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