Monitoring Guide

Always Watching

Effective monitoring ensures our services are reliable, performant, and secure. It's how we catch issues before they impact users.

Monitoring Strategy

System Monitoring

• Performance metrics
• Resource utilization
• Error tracking
• Health checks

Application Monitoring

• User metrics
• Business metrics
• Error rates
• Response times

Security Monitoring

• Access logs
• Security events
• Compliance checks
• Threat detection

Implementation

1. Tools Setup

   • Monitoring platforms
   • Log aggregation
   • Alerting systems
   • Dashboards

2. Alert Configuration

   • Thresholds
   • Notification rules
   • Escalation paths
   • On-call rotations

3. Response Procedures

   • Incident playbooks
   • Communication plans
   • Resolution tracking
   • Post-mortems

💡 Monitoring Tip

Focus on actionable alerts. Too many alerts can lead to alert fatigue and missed important issues.

Best Practices

Monitoring Excellence

• Monitor what matters
• Set meaningful thresholds
• Document procedures
• Regular review and updates
• Train response teams