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Course Outline
Monitoring Sovereignty for Teams
- Understanding the risks of exposing infrastructure topology and performance data through cloud monitoring SaaS solutions.
- Overview of Uptime Kuma architecture: Node.js, SQLite, and Vue.js frontend.
- Comparative analysis with Nagios, Zabbix, and Grafana OnCall.
Rapid Deployment
- One-line Docker installation and volume persistence management.
- Setting up reverse proxies and TLS configurations.
- Initial system configuration and admin account setup.
- Utilising environment variables for authentication and base URL settings.
Monitor Types
- HTTP/HTTPS monitoring with keyword and status code validation.
- TCP port and ping/ICMP monitoring.
- DNS resolution and query-type checks.
- Push monitors for cron jobs and backup heartbeats.
- Monitoring for MQTT, gRPC, and game servers.
Alerting Channels
- SMTP email notifications and Microsoft Teams webhooks.
- Integration with Slack, Discord, Telegram, and Signal bots.
- Compatibility with PagerDuty, Opsgenie, and custom webhook payloads.
- Configuration of notification throttling and escalation policies.
Status Pages
- Creating branded public status pages.
- Managing incident timelines and maintenance modes.
- Implementing custom CSS and domain mapping.
- Utilising RSS and JSON feeds for automated status updates.
Integration and Maintenance
- Accessing Prometheus metrics endpoints for external scraping.
- Leveraging the API for bulk monitor creation and management.
- Performing database backups and migrations.
- Securing updates and maintaining the instance.
Requirements
- Fundamental knowledge of Linux and Docker administration.
- Understanding of HTTP, TCP protocols, and core monitoring concepts.
- Familiarity with notification channels such as email, Slack, and Discord.
Audience
- SREs and DevOps teams looking to replace cloud monitoring dashboards.
- Small teams requiring straightforward, sovereign uptime monitoring solutions.
- Organisations avoiding SaaS monitoring tools for compliance reasons.
7 Hours
