A quick take on some of the basics of monitoring that many companies forget. We'll briefly introduce monitoring, and then we'll cover some tips about how I think monitoring should be done.

1. Monitoring the right
way
Dan Barker
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2. ● Metrics aggregation
● Log aggregation
● Alerting and visualizations
● Distributed Tracing
Observability Tools
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3. ● Metrics aggregation
● Log aggregation
● Alerting and visualizations
● Distributed Tracing
Observability Tools
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4. ● Easy to get started
● Install an agent
● Built in
Metrics Aggregation
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5. ● Some built in
● Requires dev work
● Security risks
Log Aggregation
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6. ● Requires more
understanding
● Can cause negative
impact
Alerts and Visualizations
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7. ● Not necessary
● Not built in
● Less mature
Distributed Tracing
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8. Push vs Pull?
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9. OpenMetrics
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10. Use Business
Metrics
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11. Log aggregation
tools are for logs!
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12. ● actually have logs
● format in JSON
Do’s of logging
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13. ● include a timestamp
● time should be UTC
Do’s of logging
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14. ● log all application errors
● write messages in a
human-readable form
Do’s of logging
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15. ● log info data in prod
● log insignificant events
● log PII
Don’ts of logging
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16. “A joke that works is
complete knowledge in a
nanosecond.”
– Steve Martin
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17. There are no
“informational”
alerts!
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18. OpenTracing
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19. OpenCensus
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20. ● https://monitoring.danbarker.codes
● https://www.practicalmonitoring.com/
● https://opensource.com
● https://danbarker.codes
Resources
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