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From the Preface A Word on Monitoring Today
Monitoring is a quickly evolving topic. To make things more challenging, monitoring is a topic that will never reach a state of true maturity: every time we get close, our entire world changes. In the late ’90s and early ’00s, Nagios was king, and we were all pretty satisfied with it. Before long, we needed to start automating infrastructure due to the growing size of it all. People began doing interesting things with scaling it (e.g., Gearman, instant failover with custom heartbeats and DRBD) and managing the configuration (e.g., external datasources, custom UIs, and MySQL-backed configuration storage), completely stretching Nagios to its limits and revealing that our ways of thinking about monitoring were beginning to show their age. This has been repeated a few times since then, of course: cloud computing, containers, microservices.
While this constant change may frustrate some, it excites others. Take heart, though: the principles I will talk about are timeless.
Who Should Read This Book
If you deal with monitoring, this is the book for you. More specifically, this book is geared toward those seeking a foundational understanding of monitoring. It’s suitable for junior staff as well as nontechnical staff looking to beef up their knowledge on monitoring.
If you already have a great grasp on monitoring, this probably is not the book for you. There are no deep dives into specific tools or discussions about monitoring at Google-scale. Instead, you will find practical, real-world examples and immediately actionable advice geared to those new to the world of monitoring.
Those looking for the next hot monitoring tool to implement will be disappointed. As I will discuss later in this book, there’s no magic bullet for solving your monitoring challenges. As such, this book is tool-agnostic, though I certainly will mention specific tools from time to time as examples of what to do or not to do. Likewise, if you want to go deeper into a particular stack of tools, this book will not help.
A minimum level of technical knowledge is assumed for this book. I assume you know the basics of running servers and writing code. My examples all reference Linux, though the topics are still generically applicable for Windows administrators as well.
Publisher : O’Reilly Media; 1st edition (December 19, 2017)
Language : English
Paperback : 167 pages
ISBN-10 : 1491957352
ISBN-13 : 978-1491957356
Item Weight : 9.6 ounces
Dimensions : 7 x 0.3 x 9.2 inches
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Practical Monitoring: Effective Strategies for the Real World
Monitoring is a critical component of any organization’s operations, providing valuable insights into performance, trends, and potential issues. However, implementing an effective monitoring strategy can be challenging, especially in the fast-paced and complex environments of today’s businesses.
In this post, we will discuss practical strategies for monitoring that are tailored to the real-world needs of organizations. From identifying key metrics to setting up alerts and troubleshooting issues, these strategies will help you streamline your monitoring efforts and maximize the value of the data you collect.
Key topics we will cover include:
1. Defining key performance indicators (KPIs) – Identifying the metrics that matter most to your organization’s goals and objectives.
2. Setting up monitoring tools – Choosing the right tools and technologies to collect and analyze data effectively.
3. Creating alerts and notifications – Establishing thresholds and triggers to proactively identify and address potential issues.
4. Troubleshooting and resolving issues – Developing a systematic approach to diagnosing and resolving problems as they arise.
Whether you are a small startup or a large enterprise, having a robust monitoring strategy in place is essential for staying ahead of the curve. Follow our practical tips and strategies to ensure your monitoring efforts are effective and valuable in the real world.
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