# Pi.Alert
WIFI / LAN intruder detector.
Scan the devices connected to your WIFI / LAN and alert you the connection of
unknown devices. It also warns if a "always connected" devices disconnects.
![Main screen][main]
*(Apologies for my English and my limited knowledge of Python, php and
JavaScript)*
# Docker image 🐳
[](https://github.com/jokob-sk/Pi.Alert/actions/workflows/docker.yml)
[](https://hub.docker.com/r/jokobsk/pi.alert)
🥇 Pi.Alert credit goes to [pucherot/Pi.Alert](https://github.com/pucherot/Pi.Alert).
🐳 Docker Image: [jokobsk/Pi.Alert](https://registry.hub.docker.com/r/jokobsk/pi.alert).
📄 [Dockerfile](https://github.com/jokob-sk/Pi.Alert/blob/main/Dockerfile)
📚 [Dockerfile instructions](https://github.com/jokob-sk/Pi.Alert/blob/main//dockerfiles/README.md).
![Main screen dark][main_dark]
Dark mode (and Device presence over time) within this fork courtesy of [leiweibau](https://github.com/leiweibau/Pi.Alert)
## How it works
The system continuously scans the network for:
- New devices
- New connections (re-connections)
- Disconnections
- "Always Connected" devices down
- Devices IP changes
- Internet IP address changes
## Scan Methods
Up to three scanning methods are used:
- **Method 1: arp-scan**. The arp-scan system utility is used to search
for devices on the network using arp frames.
- **Method 2: Pi-hole**. This method is optional and complementary to
method 1. If the Pi-hole DNS server is active, Pi.Alert examines its
activity looking for active devices using DNS that have not been
detected by method 1.
- **Method 3. dnsmasq**. This method is optional and complementary to the
previous methods. If the DHCP server dnsmasq is active, Pi.Alert
examines the DHCP leases (addresses assigned) to find active devices
that were not discovered by the other methods.
## Components
The system consists of two parts:
### Back
In charge of:
- Scan the network searching connected devices using the scanning methods
described
- Store the information in the DB
- Report the changes detected by e-mail and/or other services (Pushsafer, NTFY, Gotify)
- Optional speedtest for Device "Internet"
| ![Report 1][report1] | ![Report 2][report2] |
| -------------------- | -------------------- |
### Front
There is a configurable login to prevent unauthorized use.
> * Set `PIALERT_WEB_PROTECTION = True` in `pialert.conf` to enable
> * The default password is `123456`
> * Set a new password by running `/config/reset_password.sh newpassword`
> * The script creates a backup of the config file `pialert.conf.bak`
> * The password is stored as a sha256 hash
A web frontend that allows:
- Manage the devices inventory and the characteristics
- Display in a visual way all the information collected by the back
- Sessions
- Connected devices
- Favorites
- Events
- Presence
- Concurrent devices
- Down alerts
- IP's
- Manual Nmap scans
- Optional speedtest for Device "Internet"
- ...
| ![Screen 1][screen1] | ![Screen 2][screen2] |
| -------------------- | -------------------- |
| ![Screen 3][screen3] | ![Screen 4][screen4] |
| ![Screen 5][screen5] | ![Screen 6][screen6] |
With the work of [jokob-sk/Pi.Alert](https://github.com/jokob-sk/Pi.Alert) and own extensions, the new maintenance page was added with various possibilities for maintenance and settings:
- Status Infos (active scans, database size, backup counter)
- Theme Selection (blue, red, green, yellow, black, purple)
- Language Selection (english, german, spanish)
- Light/Dark-Mode Switch
- Pause arp-scan
- DB maintenance tools
- DB Backup and Restore
![Maintain screen dark][maintain_dark]
# Installation
Initially designed to run on a Raspberry Pi, probably it can run on many other
Linux distributions.
- One-step Automated Install:
#### `curl -sSL https://github.com/leiweibau/Pi.Alert/raw/main/install/pialert_install.sh | bash`
- One-step Automated Install without Webserver if another Webserver is already installed. (not recommended):
#### `curl -sSL https://github.com/leiweibau/Pi.Alert/raw/main/install/pialert_install_no_webserver.sh | bash`
- [Installation Guide (step by step)](docs/INSTALL.md)
# Update
- One-step Automated Update:
#### `curl -sSL https://github.com/leiweibau/Pi.Alert/raw/main/install/pialert_update.sh | bash`
# Uninstall process
- [Unistall process](docs/UNINSTALL.md)
# Device Management
- [Device Management instructions](docs/DEVICE_MANAGEMENT.md)
## Other useful info
### [Versions History](docs/VERSIONS_HISTORY.md)
### Powered by:
| Product | Objetive |
| ------------- | ------------------------------------------------------- |
| Python | Programming language for the Back |
| PHP | Programming language for the Front-end |
| JavaScript | Programming language for the Front-end |
| Bootstrap | Front-end framework |
| Admin.LTE | Bootstrap template |
| FullCalendar | Calendar component |
| Sqlite | DB engine |
| Lighttpd | Webserver |
| arp-scan | Scan network using arp commands |
| Pi.hole | DNS Server with Ad-block |
| dnsmasq | DHCP Server |
| nmap | Network Scanner |
| zip | Filecompression Tool |
| speedtest-cli | Python SpeedTest https://github.com/sivel/speedtest-cli |
### License
GPL 3.0
[Read more here](LICENSE.txt)
Source of the animated GIF (Loading Animation)
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Loading_Animation.gif
Source of the selfhosted Fonts
https://github.com/adobe-fonts/source-sans
### Contact
pi.alert.application@gmail.com
***Suggestions and comments are welcome***
### Special thanks 🥇
This code is a collaborative body of work, with special thanks to:
- [leiweibau](https://github.com/leiweibau/Pi.Alert): Dark mode (and Last X scans activity chart)
- [Macleykun](https://github.com/Macleykun): Help with Dockerfile clean-up
- [Final-Hawk](https://github.com/Final-Hawk): Help with NTFY, styling and other fixes
- [terorero](https://github.com/terorero): Spanish translation
- [jokob-sk](https://github.com/jokob-sk/Pi.Alert): DB Maintenance tools
- Please see the [Git commit history](https://github.com/jokob-sk/Pi.Alert/commits/main) for a full list of people and their contributions to the project
[main]: ./docs/img/1_devices.jpg "Main screen"
[screen1]: ./docs/img/2_1_device_details.jpg "Screen 1"
[screen2]: ./docs/img/2_2_device_sessions.jpg "Screen 2"
[screen3]: ./docs/img/2_3_device_presence.jpg "Screen 3"
[screen4]: ./docs/img/3_presence.jpg "Screen 4"
[screen5]: ./docs/img/2_4_device_nmap.jpg "Screen 5"
[screen6]: ./docs/img/2_5_device_nmap_ready.jpg "Screen 6"
[report1]: ./docs/img/4_report_1.jpg "Report sample 1"
[report2]: ./docs/img/4_report_2.jpg "Report sample 2"
[main_dark]: /docs/img/1_devices_dark.jpg "Main screen dark"
[maintain_dark]: /docs/img/5_maintain.jpg "Maintain screen dark"