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Maintenance Health Checks Monitoring

Routine Health Checks & Monitoring Policy

Standard operating procedures for maintaining homelab stability, verifying backup integrity, and monitoring node health.

Daily Automated Health Checks

flowchart TD Cron["Daily Cron Scheduler"] --> Ping["Ping Tailscale Mesh Nodes"] Ping --> ContainerCheck["Inspect Docker Container State"] ContainerCheck --> DiskSpace["Check Disk Usage Threshold"] DiskSpace --> BackupCheck["Verify Nightly Backup Snapshot"] BackupCheck --> Alert{"Errors Found?"} Alert -->|Yes| Notify["Send Alert Notification"] Alert -->|No| Log["Record Success Log"]

Health Check Script (health-check.sh)

#!/bin/bash
# Homelab Automated Health Verification

echo "Checking Tailscale Connectivity..."
tailscale status || exit 1

echo "Checking Unhealthy Docker Containers..."
UNHEALTHY=$(docker ps -a --filter health=unhealthy -q)
if [ -n "$UNHEALTHY" ]; then
    echo "Warning: Unhealthy containers detected: $UNHEALTHY"
fi

echo "Checking Disk Space..."
df -h | grep -E '/dev/sd|/dev/nvme'