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Following our previous blog post, we are still looking at tools for collecting metrics from an Openstack deployment in order to understand its resource utilization. Although Monasca has a comprehensive set of metrics and alarm definitions, the complex installation process combined with a lack of documentation makes it a frustrating experience to get it up […]
In one of our projects we are making contributions to an Openstack project called Watcher, this project focuses on optimizing resource utilization of a cloud according to a given strategy. As part of this work it is important to understand the resource utilization of the cloud beforehand in order to make a meaningful contribution. This […]
In a previous series of blog posts (1, 2, 3), we have discussed how to install Monasca to monitor OpenStack, how to create alarms based on specific events happening in the monitored system, and how to setup notifications when any of these alarms are triggered. Going further, in the context of the Cloud Orchestration initiative and the Hurtle […]
Today marks the release of Watchtower v1.0.0. Watchtower is a Cloud Incident Management solution that we, the ICCLab, have been working on. It has been developed as part of the initiative with the same name primarily by Victor Munteanu. Schlagwörter: camunda, cloud incident management, kafka, monasca, rundeck, watchtower
In this final part of the tutorial we will verify that all things are working properly. Because of the large number of moving components the norm is that things will go wrong. Code changes daily both in Monasca and in Openstack and quite often things need further adjusting. As a general rule, in case a […]
In this part of the tutorial, we will install and configure all Monasca components. Schlagwörter: cloud incident management, monasca
In my previous blog post I covered my initial impressions on Monasca. In the following trilogy I will cover its installation, setup, and testing. The installation will be performed for the Java version of Monasca, as some components have both Java and Python code available. For those which only need a quick local setup best […]
One of the focuses of the Cloud Incident Management research initiative are Monitoring as a Service solutions as they provide the building blocks for incident detection and resolution. As such, part of the work carried throughout the initiative was on identifying good, maintainable, monitoring solutions which can be easily adapted and integrated into a greater […]