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Server Monitoring Stack

A server monitoring stack built with Node Exporter, Prometheus, Grafana, Redis, Alertmanager, and cAdvisor, later expanded with Nagios Core and Uptime Kuma for deeper observability.

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Type
Lab project
Category
DevOps
Role
DevOps Engineer
Duration
1 week
8
Tools integrated
50+
Metrics

The challenge

Setting up persistent storage, configuring Alertmanager, and integrating multiple monitoring tools.

The solution

Deployed a Docker-based stack with Node Exporter, Prometheus, Grafana, Redis, Alertmanager, and cAdvisor.

What it includes

  • Node Exporter for metrics collection
  • Prometheus for data storage and querying
  • Grafana for visualization and dashboarding
  • Redis for caching and real-time data
  • Alertmanager for alerting and notifications
  • cAdvisor for container resource utilization

Problems solved

  • Setting up persistent storage for Prometheus
  • Configuring Alertmanager for alerting
  • Implementing Nagios Core for deeper observability

Technologies

  • Docker
  • Prometheus
  • Grafana
  • Alertmanager
  • cAdvisor
  • Nagios Core
  • Uptime Kuma

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