Windows Server Monitoring: The Half Perfmon Misses
Windows server monitoring needs two halves: the in-box Microsoft tools for resources, and external checks on every port the server promises to answer.
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Traefik Health Check: Ping, Backends and the Edge
A traefik health check means two different things: the proxy's own ping endpoint and the backend checks that drain a server. Here is how to wire both.
RabbitMQ Health Check: The Ladder of Checks
A rabbitmq health check proves one thing at a time. Here is the ladder from ping to alarms, the HTTP endpoints, and the outage every ping survives.
Nginx Health Check: Passive, Active and the Licence Wall
An nginx health check means one of two configs, and the active kind is NGINX Plus only. Here is what open source gives you and how to cover the rest.
MySQL Health Check: The Two Probes That Lie
A mysql health check built on mysqladmin ping reports success with the wrong password, and a socket probe matches the temporary server on first boot.
Linux Monitoring Tools: The Four Tiers, and What Each Sees
Linux monitoring tools split into four tiers: terminal, agent, aggregator and external probe. Here is what each one can see, and where the blind spot is.