The Art of Monitoring

0.1 Who is this book for?

This book is for engineers, developers, sysadmins, operations staff, and those with an interest in monitoring and DevOps. It provides a simple, hands-on introduction to the art of modern application and infrastructure monitoring.

There is an expectation that the reader has basic Unix/Linux skills and is familiar with the command line, editing files, installing packages, managing services, and basic networking.

0.2 Credits and Acknowledgments

• Ruth Brown, who continues to be the most amazing person in my life.
• Kyle Kingsbury, for writing Riemann and being an excellent resource when I had dumb questions.
• Pierre-Yves Ritschard, for providing Riemann and Clojure help.
• Ben Linsay, who provided feedback ...