Alerting and thresholds
Alerting and setting appropriate thresholds are critical components of a robust monitoring strategy in a microservices architecture.
Here are key considerations for alerting and threshold management:
- Define key metrics:
- Identify critical metrics: Determine which metrics are critical for the health and performance of your microservices.
- User-centric metrics: Consider metrics that directly impact the user experience, such as response times and error rates.
- Set baseline and thresholds:
- Establish baselines: Understand normal behavior by establishing baseline metrics during regular operation.
- Define thresholds: Set thresholds for each metric beyond which an alert is triggered.
- Alert severity levels:
- Define severity levels: Categorize alerts into severity levels (for example, critical, warning, informational) based on the impact on operations.
- Escalation policies: Establish escalation policies for different severity levels.
- Dynamic thresholds:
- Adaptive...
