Monitoring Cloud-Native Applications: Lead Agile Operations Confidently Using Open Source Software

© Mainak Chakraborty and Ajit Pratap Kundan  2021

M. Chakraborty, A. P. KundanMonitoring Cloud-Native Applicationshttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-6888-9_3

3. Architecture of a Modern Monitoring System

Mainak Chakraborty¹   and Ajit Pratap Kundan²

(1)

Gurugram, India

(2)

Faridabad, India

 

In the first chapter of this book, we learned about monitoring and cloud native concepts, focusing on the essential terminologies and ideas that are foundational to the design of monitoring systems. In the second chapter we discussed observability and why is it so important for understanding the dynamics of a microservices-based modern application. We took a look at the pillars of observability—metrics, logs, and traces—and then explored the possibilities of observing ...