Firefox extension
Firefox Server Monitor Extension
Use Firefox as a compact browser dashboard for Linux servers already connected to the server.howprog.one backend.
Download
Download the Firefox developer build
Use the ZIP build as a temporary add-on until a Firefox Add-ons listing is published.
Install
Install in Firefox as a temporary add-on
- Open
about:debugging#/runtime/this-firefox. - Click Load Temporary Add-on.
- Extract the ZIP.
- Select
manifest.jsonfrom the extension folder. - Open the popup and connect with the same
PAIRING_TOKEN.
Agent first
Set up the Linux agent before connecting Firefox
The extension connects after the agent registration. It does not install software on your server from the browser.
curl -fsSL https://server.howprog.one/agent/install.sh -o install.sh
sudo bash install.sh --api https://server.howprog.one --pair PAIRING_TOKENMonitoring
What Firefox shows
- Online/offline state and last heartbeat.
- CPU, RAM, disk, inode usage and load average.
- Uptime and SSL expiry when available.
- systemd service state when reported by the agent.
- Active alerts and browser notifications.
Security
No SSH and no shell commands
Firefox only calls the backend API. It does not open SSH, does not execute shell commands, and does not receive agent secrets.
Related
Related extension pages
- Read the Chrome and Firefox overview.
- Read the Chrome extension guide.
- Open the Linux setup guide.
Start monitoring
Connect a Linux server from Telegram.
Open the bot, request a one-time pairing command, run it on the server and receive the first status report in Telegram.