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[IMP] maintenance_service_http_monitoring : speed up KO confirmation
The previous design required two passes of the 10-minute sweep before a
maintenance request was created, so an outage took at least ~10 extra
minutes (up to 20) to be reported.

Split the monitoring into two crons with distinct responsibilities:

- the 10-minute sweep only discovers outages, flags the KO streak via
  ``http_first_ko_at`` and auto-resolves recovered services;
- a new 2-minute confirmation cron re-checks only the flagged services
  and creates a request once the service has been continuously KO for
  ``HTTP_KO_CONFIRMATION_DELAY`` (lowered from 5 to 2 minutes).

This keeps the transient-outage filter while removing the extra sweep
latency. Services already under an open request are skipped by the
confirmation cron and remain handled by the sweep.
2026-09-18 23:13:26 +02:00

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=================================== maintenance_service_http_monitoring

This module provides automated HTTP availability monitoring for services defined on maintenance equipment. It periodically checks the HTTP status of service URLs and automatically creates maintenance requests when services are detected as unavailable.

Key features:

  • Automated HTTP checks: Scheduled cron job checks all active services
  • Maintenance mode: Temporarily disable monitoring during planned maintenance
  • Automatic maintenance requests: Creates corrective maintenance requests when services fail HTTP checks
  • Status tracking: Records last HTTP status code and check date per service

Installation

Use Odoo normal module installation procedure to install maintenance_service_http_monitoring.

This module depends on:

  • maintenance
  • maintenance_server_data

Python dependencies: This module requires the requests library.

Configuration

Maintenance Mode Duration

By default, maintenance mode lasts 4 hours. To change this:

  1. Go to Settings > Technical > System Parameters
  2. Create or edit the parameter:
    • Key: maintenance_service_http_monitoring.maintenance_mode_duration
    • Value: Duration in hours (e.g., 8)

Cron Jobs

Three scheduled actions are installed:

  1. HTTP Service Monitoring: check all services

    • Runs every 10 minutes
    • Discovery sweep: checks HTTP status of all active service instances with URLs and flags the start of a KO streak
  2. HTTP Service Monitoring: confirm KO services

    • Runs every 2 minutes
    • Re-checks only the services currently flagged KO (without an open request) and creates a maintenance request once the outage is confirmed
  3. HTTP Service Monitoring: deactivate expired maintenance mode

    • Runs every 15 minutes
    • Automatically disables maintenance mode when the end time is reached

Webhook Notifications

Go to Settings > Technical > Parameters > System Parameters and configure:

+--------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------+ | Key | Description | +========================================================+========================================+ | maintenance_service_http_monitoring.webhook_url | Webhook URL (POST endpoint) | +--------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------+ | maintenance_service_http_monitoring.webhook_user | Basic Auth username (optional) | +--------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------+ | maintenance_service_http_monitoring.webhook_password| Basic Auth password (optional) | +--------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------+

Usage

Monitoring Services

Services are automatically monitored if they have:

  • A service URL defined
  • An associated equipment
  • The equipment is not in maintenance mode
  • The service instance is active

The monitoring checks HTTPS availability (HTTP URLs are automatically upgraded to HTTPS). A service is considered OK if it returns HTTP 200.

Using Maintenance Mode

When performing planned maintenance on a server:

  1. Go to Maintenance > Equipments
  2. Open the equipment record
  3. Click "Activer le mode maintenance" (Activate maintenance mode)
  4. HTTP monitoring is suspended for this equipment
  5. The mode automatically expires after the configured duration
  6. Or click "Désactiver le mode maintenance" to end it manually

Viewing HTTP Status

On service instances, you can see:

  • Last HTTP Status Code: The last received HTTP status (200, 404, 500, etc.)
  • Last HTTP Check Date: When the last check was performed
  • HTTP Status OK: Quick visual indicator of service health

Automatic Maintenance Requests

When a service fails HTTP checks:

  • The 10-minute discovery sweep flags the outage (http_first_ko_at) but does not create a request yet
  • The 2-minute confirmation cron re-checks the flagged services only. A request is created once the service has been continuously KO for at least 2 minutes (HTTP_KO_CONFIRMATION_DELAY), so a short transient outage is not flagged
  • A corrective maintenance request is created per failing service, named [HTTP KO] {service_url}
  • The request description includes the error detail: the HTTP status code, or a network error label (timeout / DNS / SSL) when no HTTP response was received
  • No duplicate is created as long as an open request already exists for that service
  • The confirmation cron skips services that already have an open request; those are handled by the discovery sweep

When a service recovers (returns HTTP 200 after having an open request):

  • The open maintenance request is automatically moved to the first done stage
  • A chatter note is posted on the request by OdooBot to record the automatic closure
  • The link between the service and the request is cleared, allowing a new request to be created if the service fails again in the future

Webhook notifications

When a new maintenance request is created (HTTP check failure), the module can send a webhook notification to an external service (e.g., n8n, Rocket.Chat, Slack).

The webhook sends a JSON POST with the following structure::

{
    "id": 42,
    "name": "[HTTP KO] Server Name",
    "priority": "2",
    "description": "Service KO: https://example.com",
    "equipment": "Server Name",
    "link": "https://odoo.example.com/web#id=42&model=maintenance.request&view_type=form"
}

Known issues / Roadmap

  • Add configurable alert thresholds (e.g., alert after N consecutive failures)
  • Add email/notification on service failure
  • Support custom HTTP check endpoints (e.g., /health)
  • Add support for basic authentication

Bug Tracker

Bugs are tracked on our issues website. In case of trouble, please check there if your issue has already been reported. If you spotted it first, help us smashing it by providing a detailed and welcomed feedback.

Credits

Contributors

  • Stéphan Sainléger

Funders

The development of this module has been financially supported by:

Maintainer

This module is maintained by Elabore.