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Monitoring Sovereignty for Teams

  • Why cloud monitoring SaaS providers expose infrastructure topology and performance data.
  • Uptime Kuma architecture: Built on Node.js, SQLite, and a Vue.js frontend.
  • Comparison with Nagios, Zabbix, and Grafana OnCall.

Quick Deployment

  • One-line Docker installation and volume persistence setup.
  • Reverse proxy configuration and TLS setup.
  • Initial configuration and admin account creation.
  • Configuring environment variables for authentication and base URL.

Monitor Types

  • HTTP/HTTPS monitoring with keyword and status code checks.
  • 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 alerts and Microsoft Teams webhooks.
  • Bots for Slack, Discord, Telegram, and Signal.
  • Integrations with PagerDuty, Opsgenie, and custom webhook payloads.
  • Notification throttling and escalation policies.

Status Pages

  • Creating branded public status pages.
  • Incident timelines and maintenance mode management.
  • Custom CSS styling and domain mapping.
  • RSS and JSON feeds for automated status updates.

Integration and Maintenance

  • Prometheus metrics endpoint for external scraping.
  • API usage for bulk monitor creation and management.
  • Database backup procedures and migration strategies.
  • Updating the instance and enhancing security measures.

Requirements

  • Basic knowledge of Linux and Docker administration.
  • Understanding of HTTP, TCP protocols, and 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 simple, sovereign uptime monitoring solutions.
  • Organizations seeking to avoid SaaS monitoring tools for compliance reasons.
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