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Monitoring Cloud-Native Applications

Lead Agile Operations Confidently Using Open Source Software

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  • Includes the architecture of a modern monitoring system
  • Deep dives into a Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) graduated project and a popular open source monitoring tool, Prometheus
  • Covers most popular and established open source tools with their use cases

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
  2. Architecture of Modern Monitoring Systems for Cloud Native Applications

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. Introduction to Modern Monitoring

      • Mainak Chakraborty, Ajit Pratap Kundan
      Pages 3-24
    3. Observability

      • Mainak Chakraborty, Ajit Pratap Kundan
      Pages 25-54
    4. Architecture of a Modern Monitoring System

      • Mainak Chakraborty, Ajit Pratap Kundan
      Pages 55-96
  3. Open Source Monitoring Tools

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 97-97
    2. Prometheus

      • Mainak Chakraborty, Ajit Pratap Kundan
      Pages 99-131
    3. TICK Stack

      • Mainak Chakraborty, Ajit Pratap Kundan
      Pages 133-186
    4. Grafana

      • Mainak Chakraborty, Ajit Pratap Kundan
      Pages 187-240
  4. Back Matter

    Pages 241-245

About this book

Introduce yourself to the nuances of modern monitoring for cloud-native applications running on Kubernetes clusters. This book will help you get started with the concepts of monitoring, introduce you to popular open-source monitoring tools, and help with finding the correct set of use cases for their implementation. It covers the in-depth technical details of open-source software used in modern monitoring systems that are tailor made for environments running microservices.

Monitoring Cloud-Native Applications is divided into two parts. Part 1 starts with an introduction to cloud-native applications and the foundational concepts of monitoring. It then walks you through the various aspects of monitoring containerized workloads using Kubernetes as the de-facto orchestration platform. You will dive deep into the architecture of a modern monitoring system and look at its individual components in detail.

Part 2 introduces you to popular open-source tools which are usedby enterprises and startups alike and are well established as the tools of choice for industry stalwarts. First off, you will look at Prometheus and understand its architecture and usage. You will also learn about InfluxDB, formerly called TICK Stack (Telegraf, InfluxDB, Chronograf, and Kapacitor). You will explore the technical details of its architecture and the use cases which it solves. In the next chapter, you will be introduced to Grafana, a multi-platform open source analytics and interactive visualization tool that can help you with visualization of data and dashboards.     

After reading this book, you will have a much better understanding of key terminologies and general concepts around monitoring and observability. You will also be able to select a suitable monitoring solution from the bouquet of open-source monitoring solutions available for applications, microservices, and containers. Armed with this knowledge, you will be better prepared to design and lead a successful agile operations team.

What You Will Learn

Monitor and observe of metrics, events, logs, and traces

Carry out infrastructure and application monitoring for microservices architecture

Analyze and visualize collected data

Use alerting, reporting, and automated actions for problem resolution

Who This Book Is For

DevOps administrators, cloud administrators, and site reliability engineers (SREs) who manage and monitor applications and cloud infrastructure on a day-to-day basis within their organizations.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Gurugram, India

    Mainak Chakraborty

  • Faridabad, India

    Ajit Pratap Kundan

About the authors

Mainak Chakraborty works as a senior solutions architect at a leading public cloud company, specializing in cloud management and automation tools. He has been instrumental in shaping the cloud journey of customers across industry segments whether they be established enterprises or born-in-the-cloud startups. Mainak is an open source enthusiast and regularly presents at industry technical events on his favorite topics of automation, cloud native applications, and cloud computing.

 

Ajit Pratap Kundan stands at the leading edge of the innovative technologies of todays’ information technology world. He’s worked with HPE, VMware, Novell, Redington, and PCS and helped their customers in transforming their datacenters through software-defined services. Ajit is a valued author on cloud technologies and has authored two books VMware Cross-Cloud Architecture and Intelligent Automation with VMware publishedby Packt and has reviewed one book Deep Learning with Pytorch.



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Buying options

eBook USD 59.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book USD 79.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

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