This is the third part in a series of articles regarding Bosun, the first two parts can be found here and here. Now that you have Bosun running and logging metrics from Bosun Reporter and Scollector we should look at configuration! This article will cover configuration for Bosun running inside a Docker container, if you […]
I have previously written about how to send .net application data to Bosun however what if we wanted to send data from our OS to Bosun? Well for that we need Scollector! The first thing we need to do is download the correct binary for our OS, these can all be found on the Scollector […]
I recently stumbled across this interesting write-up by Nick Craver about how Stack Overflow do their monitoring. If you have any interest in DevOps or infrastructure in general I highly recommend giving it a read. One section caught my eye… Bosun. Bosun is a data collection tool for metrics and meta data, if you’ve read […]
When people think of DevOps they frequently miss out or neglect the monitoring of their applications. One of the main goals of DevOps is to react quickly to situations and ensure the best experience for the end user; monitoring enables this and gives us the following advantages Identifies problems in the application. Drives insights into […]