How to Monitor Your Monitoring

Overview

Explore strategies for monitoring your monitoring systems in this conference talk from Conf42 Incident Management 2024. Delve into the speaker's personal journey in observability, addressing challenges with initial monitoring setups and implementing effective alert systems. Learn about deploying redundant monitoring systems, ensuring isolation, and technical strategies for robust monitoring. Discover quick and dirty monitoring approaches, evaluate heartbeat health checks, and understand the pros and cons of cloud vendor status pages. Compare self-hosted and cloud-based health check services, and explore options for deploying independent monitoring systems. Gain insights on testing and justifying monitoring systems, leveraging cloud services, and implementing dedicated monitoring solutions. Conclude with best practices for ensuring effective monitoring to enhance your incident management capabilities.

Syllabus

Introduction to Monitoring
Personal Journey into Observability
Challenges with Initial Monitoring Systems
Implementing Effective Alert Systems
The Need for Monitoring Your Monitoring
Deploying Redundant Monitoring Systems
Ensuring Isolation and Redundancy
Technical Strategies for Robust Monitoring
Summary and Best Practices
Quick and Dirty Monitoring Approaches
Heartbeat Health Checks: Pros and Cons
Cloud Vendor Status Pages
Health Check Services: Self-Hosting vs Cloud Options
Deploying Independent Monitoring Systems
Testing and Justifying Monitoring Systems
Cloud Services for Monitoring
Dedicated Monitoring Solutions
Conclusion: Ensuring Effective Monitoring