GitHub - DougJod/NetNotify: Post to chatter when WiFi IP changes on headless Raspberry Pi.

Description

This python script was developed to run on a headless Raspberry Pi (no keyboard/monitor/mouse). The purpose is to send a notification (via SalesForce Chatter Post) when the network IP address has changed.

Setup

Install the required netifaces python module

sudo apt-get install python3-netifaces

This script requires the following environment variables to be set:

SFDC_KEY - Connected App OAUTH Key
SFDC_SECRET - Connected App OAUTH Secret
SFDC_SUBJECT_ID - ID of the chatter group to post, or 'me' for the current user feed.
SFDC_MENTION_ID - SalesForce User ID to @mention in the Chatter Post
SFDC_USER - SalesForce username for oauth connection.
SFDC_PASS - SalesForce password for oauth connection.
SFDC_TOKEN - SalesForce security token for oauth connection.

Crontab

The best way to run this script is as a cron job. Run the following command to edit your local crontab:

The followign example will run the script once per day.

# m h  dom mon dow   command
0 0 * * * /<path to this repo>/NetNotify/netcheck.py