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Monitoring Every Linux Command: Snoopy Logger and Grafana Loki Solution
Forget .bash_history. Here is how to use Snoopy Logger and Grafana Loki to monitor every user action on Linux professionally and securely.
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Grafana Mimir: An ‘Infinite’ Prometheus Metrics Storage Solution on Object Storage
Running out of disk space due to Prometheus? Discover how to install Grafana Mimir for long-term metrics storage on Object Storage. A cost-effective, high-performance solution for DevOps.
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Gatus: Automated Endpoint, Website, and API Monitoring with Status Page and Telegram Alerts
Gatus is a lightweight endpoint monitoring tool configured entirely in YAML, with a built-in Status Page and Telegram alerts. This guide covers installation with Docker, configuring HTTP/TCP/DNS checks, and setting up automatic alerts when a service goes down.
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Grafana Tempo: Setting Up Distributed Tracing and Integrating Loki + Prometheus in a Single Grafana
I once spent 3 hours debugging a slow request without finding the bottleneck — that's what pushed me to set up Grafana Tempo. This article walks through installing Tempo with Docker Compose, connecting it to Loki and Prometheus, and configuring OpenTelemetry from Python so that from a single trace ID you can jump straight to logs and metrics in just a few clicks.
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How to Install NUT (Network UPS Tools) to Monitor Your UPS and Protect Your Linux Server During Power Outages
A step-by-step guide to installing and configuring NUT (Network UPS Tools) on Linux to monitor your UPS over USB and automatically shut down your server safely when the battery runs low. Covers a comparison of available solutions, full configuration walkthrough, and how to tune thresholds to avoid alert fatigue.
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Monitoring Apache Kafka with Prometheus and Grafana: Consumer Lag, Throughput, and Topic Health in Production
A comparison of Apache Kafka monitoring approaches (AKHQ, Burrow, JMX Exporter) and a hands-on deployment guide using JMX Exporter + kafka-exporter + Prometheus + Grafana to track consumer lag, broker throughput, and topic health. Includes production-ready PromQL queries and alert rules.
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Integrating Nginx VTS Module with Prometheus and Grafana: Per-Domain Traffic Monitoring
When hosting multiple domains on a single Nginx server, standard system metrics aren't enough to pinpoint which domain is causing an issue. This guide covers compiling the Nginx VTS Module, configuring Prometheus to scrape per-virtual-host metrics, and importing a Grafana dashboard to monitor per-domain traffic in real time.
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Getting Started with Grafana Alloy: Replace Prometheus Agent, Promtail, and OpenTelemetry Collector with a Single Telemetry Collection Tool
Grafana Alloy merges Prometheus Agent, Promtail, and OpenTelemetry Collector into a single binary. This guide covers installation, configuring a pipeline to collect metrics, logs, and traces, along with practical tips from 6 months of running it in production.
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RabbitMQ Monitoring Mastery: Don’t Wait for a Cluster Crash to Troubleshoot
Learn professional RabbitMQ monitoring with Prometheus and Grafana. This guide covers detailed configuration, key metrics to watch, and setting up automated alerts.
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Proxmox + InfluxDB + Grafana: The Secret to Enterprise-Grade VM Monitoring
A guide to integrating Proxmox VE with InfluxDB and Grafana for professional monitoring. Solve metric storage issues and overcome default dashboard limitations.