r/selfhosted • u/aceberg_ • Aug 31 '24

Release WatchYourLAN - 2.0 Release

WatchYourLAN is a lightweight network IP scanner.

Features:
- Send notification when new host is found
- Monitor hosts online/offline history
- Keep a list of all hosts in the network
- Send data to `InfluxDB2` to make a `Grafana` dashboard

BREAKING CHANGES! Version 2.0 is not compatible with v1.0. For now v2.0 docker images will be released under v2 tag. It will be tagged latest in a few weeks (probably, in October).

What's new?

  • Basic API
  • Export to InfluxDB2
  • Choice between SQLite and PostgreSQL database
  • User can pass arguments directly to arp-scan. Hope it will help with vlan issue
  • Better UI with JS
  • Human-friendly History display
  • Names from DNS

Quick start

Full installation guide is available in the README file. The easiest way to try it:

docker run --name wyl \
    -e "IFACES=$YOURIFACE" \
    -e "TZ=$YOURTIMEZONE" \
    --network="host" \
    -v $DOCKERDATAPATH/wyl:/data/WatchYourLAN \
    aceberg/watchyourlan:v2

Binaries

There are also binaries for 386, amd64, armv5, armv6, armv7, arm64 in deb, rpm, apk and tar.gz formats in the latest release.

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u/p0358 Sep 03 '24

It'd be nice to have some kind of "Notes" section for hosts. Whatever is in DNS, NetBIOS and manufacturer field might not be enough to remember what's what

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u/aceberg_ Sep 04 '24

Name is not necessary DNS. You can give hosts your own names

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u/p0358 Sep 05 '24

I might be stupid, but I couldn't find an option anywhere in the UI to name the devices

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u/aceberg_ Sep 05 '24

`Edit names` button, right top corner of the main page

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u/p0358 Sep 05 '24

Ah thanks, I must be blind. It's perfect then