Nat Damon

Introduction

Nat Damon is an application designed to periodically run network tests and log the results.

It has 2 components:

• Logger Daemon (Runs speedtest-cli and ping tests at configurable cron intervals.)
• Web Daemon (Web pages for viewing test results and configuring test intervals.)

Pre-Requisites

Pre-requisites:

• Linux or MacOS
• Node.js v12
• Git
• speedtest-cli

Installation

Download the project and install npm dependencies:

$ git clone https://github.com/SecondSerenity/NatDamon.git
$ cd NatDamon
$ npm install

Run the installation script.

$ ./bin/setup.js

• You will be prompted to set a password for the web login.

Running Nat Damon

Running the web server:

$ ./bin/server.js

• By default, the webserver will be accessible on port 8080. You can change the port using the --port option.

$ ./bin/server.js --port=3000

Test the logging service.

$ ./bin/logger.js

Daemonize Nat Damon

This project does not yet include a method to run Nat Damon in the background. Two suggested methods to run Nat Damon:

• screen
• systemd