Orchestrating a Full Monitoring Stack with Docker

Deploying the Node Exporter To begin collecting system-level metrics, deploy the Node Exporter container. This requires mounting host paths to allow the exporter to read proc and sys filesystem statistics. docker run -d \ --name node-metrics \ --restart unless-stopped \ -p 9100:9100 \ -v "/proc:/host/proc:ro" \ -v "/sys:/host/sys:ro" ...

Posted on Tue, 11 Aug 2026 16:36:06 +0000 by johnSTK

Deploying Prometheus on Kubernetes

Introduction to Prometheus Foreword Prometheus is a popular open-source monitoring and alerting system. It is well-suited for recording any numeric time-series data, making it ideal for both machine-centric monitoring and dynamic service-oriented architectures. The project is independent and has a very active community. Official Documentation: ...

Posted on Tue, 11 Aug 2026 16:26:37 +0000 by PatriotXCountry

Monitoring PostgreSQL 13.6 with Zabbix 5.0

Environment Zabbix version: 5.0.12 PostgreSQL version: 13.6 Monitoring Objectives Track PostgreSQL service availability (non-critical business, primarily detecting outages) Monitor streaming replication status Alerts are triggered when anomalies are detected. Implementation Steps Step 1: Create Monitoring User and Configure Acccess Connect ...

Posted on Fri, 07 Aug 2026 16:43:42 +0000 by Jamesm

Deploying Jaeger for Distributed Tracing in Kubernetes

Deploying Jaeger for Distributed Tracing in Kubernetes Setting up Jaeger Operator in Kubernetes: kubectl create namespace observability kubectl create -f https://github.com/jaegertracing/jaeger-operator/releases/download/v1.29.0/jaeger-operator.yaml -n observability kubectl get deployment jaeger-operator -n observability Note: The default ...

Posted on Wed, 05 Aug 2026 16:31:30 +0000 by davidohuf

Zabbix Monitoring Setup and Usage Guide

Monitoring Fundamentals 1. Hardware Monitoring Inspects data center equipment, remote management cards, and IPMI. 2. System Monitoring CPU Load: Use uptime (target < 3), top (ideal 30%-70%), vmstat, mpstat. Memory: Use free -m (utilization should be < 80%). Disk: Use df, iotop (for I/O process monitoring), iostat. Network: Use iftop -n. ...

Posted on Sat, 01 Aug 2026 16:11:01 +0000 by Hagbard

Ubuntu Server Performance Monitoring with Prometheus and Grafana

Setting Up Server Performance Monitoring For effective server performance monitoring, implementing specialized tools becomes essential. Two primary approaches were evaluated: InfluxDB + Telegraf + Grafana Prometheus + Node Exporter + Grafana The InfluxDB documentation appeared inconsistent across versions, making Prometheus the preferred choi ...

Posted on Mon, 27 Jul 2026 16:45:31 +0000 by liquidchild

Integrating SkyWalking for Application Performance Monitoring in Spring Boot

Integrating SkyWalking for Application Performence Monitoring in Spring Boot In a microservices environment, monitoring and tracing system performance is critical. Apache SkyWalking, an application performance management (APM) tool, enables real-time observation and analysis of microservice performance. This integration process involves configu ...

Posted on Sun, 19 Jul 2026 15:59:43 +0000 by sgalatas

End-to-End Performance Testing with JMeter and nmon

Performance testing involves monitoring servers, simulating realistic workloads, and analyzing results. This workflow combines Apache JMeter for load generation and nmon for system-level metrics. Server Resource Monitoring Install nmon on the target Linux server. Start recording before the test with a command similar to: nmon -s 2 -c 900 -f -m ...

Posted on Mon, 13 Jul 2026 17:12:52 +0000 by reeferd

Implementing Zabbix Proxy for Distributed Monitoring

Overview Zabbix Proxy acts as an intermediary, collecting performance metrics and availability data from monitored nodes and forwarding them to the central Zabbix Server. This architecture effectively reduces the processing burden on the primary server, facilitates monitoring across isolated network segments, and allows for massive horizontal s ...

Posted on Sat, 11 Jul 2026 16:37:35 +0000 by Naki-BoT

Automating Offline Device Alerts via WeCom Robot in Zabbix

Agent Preparation A dedicated WeCom group must be created first, containing only WeCom enterprise accounts. Inviting personal WeChat accounts will invalidate the bot later. 1. Register a Group Bot Inside the group chat, select the … menu, navigate to Message Push → Add, and define a custom bot name. Once saved, a Webhook URL is generated. Copy ...

Posted on Wed, 08 Jul 2026 17:42:41 +0000 by Vince