Running services, network usage, memory usage, bandwidth, disk I/O, successful logins, whether the thing is even alive, etc…
So far my only method has been “hope and pray”.
Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I’ve seen in this thread:
Fewer Letters More Letters AP WiFi Access Point DNS Domain Name Service/System ISP Internet Service Provider LXC Linux Containers NAS Network-Attached Storage NFS Network File System, a Unix-based file-sharing protocol known for performance and efficiency RAID Redundant Array of Independent Disks for mass storage SSH Secure Shell for remote terminal access TLS Transport Layer Security, supersedes SSL ZFS Solaris/Linux filesystem focusing on data integrity
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You guys are monitoring your servers?
“can’t access this thing, server must be down”
They’re in my attached garage. In the living room when it’s quiet I can hear them humming. Does that count?
“Oh the fans ramped up, something must be going down”
Prometheus & Grafana
I have a robust monitoring system for my Jellyfin server, been running for the last few years. Checks in periodically, at least once per 24 hours and notifies me if it’s down. Doesn’t use any electricity, but does consume a good amount of Cheerios and mac & cheese.
Does this monitoring system also happen to be a dependent on your taxes?
I’ve got a few of those services running.






