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submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by shootwhatsmyname@lemm.ee to c/linux@lemmy.ml

I’m hoping to find something that:

  • has a nice dashboard
  • is quick and simple to install
  • is very lightweight and unobtrusive
  • can send alerts via http request

Edit: Thanks everyone, love this community! I went with Beszel, lots of other good recommendations too

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[-] reisub@discuss.tchncs.de 41 points 1 month ago

Node exporter, Prometheus and grafana

[-] dann@hexbear.net 2 points 1 month ago
[-] MrPoopyButthole@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 month ago

this is the way

[-] DarkDarkHouse@lemmy.sdf.org 33 points 1 month ago

I use my family. It has a simple volume based alert for when services are offline.

[-] vfsh@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 1 month ago

It'll even automatically configured variable alert volumes corresponding to the importance of the service!

[-] fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com 2 points 1 month ago

Until the UPS battery gets low and it beeps, and they look for a way to turn it off vs calling you. Yup.

[-] Mora@pawb.social 22 points 1 month ago

Beszel. Probably the easiest tool of all the mentioned in this thread.

https://github.com/henrygd/beszel

[-] JustARegularNerd@aussie.zone 3 points 1 month ago

Seconded. My only complaint (which this might already be a feature I haven't found yet) is it doesn't seem to support multiple drives. But yes, it is shit easy to set up and has a beautiful UI

[-] Mora@pawb.social 6 points 1 month ago
[-] JustARegularNerd@aussie.zone 5 points 1 month ago

I no longer have any complaints about Beszel. Thank you!

[-] dan@upvote.au 2 points 1 month ago

I'm working on making it easier to install on Debian systems by creating a Debian package (and eventually a repo): https://github.com/henrygd/beszel/pull/497

[-] shootwhatsmyname@lemm.ee 1 points 3 weeks ago

Went with this one, thanks! Lots of other good recommendations in the thread too though

[-] iii@mander.xyz 13 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

uptime-kuma is what I use

[-] loganb@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago

I personally use CheckMK.

  • Offer a free "Raw" version.
  • Can be deployed with docker.
  • OSS

One thing is that it can be a lot to take in at first and took me a while to get used to it.

[-] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 month ago

CheckMk user here via omd.

I'm looking for something else after the upgrade.

  1. Black interface isn't pretty for me and the old interface was "meh too hard so we ditched it".

  2. One half of the project split has a shit supply chain and just doesn't meet the bar for upgrade requirements.

  3. The other half of the project split is a mess to config in an automated desired-state setup. It's all edge-triggered manual bullshit. NO. ENOUGH.

I miss 1.2 .

[-] hobbsc@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 month ago

checkmk user here. i can second the adjustment phase. i tend to ignore my servers but when something goes sideways it's awesome to have checkmk's structure in place.

[-] RegalPotoo@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago
  • Base ansible role installs Prometheus node exporter, configured with the text file collector
  • VM automations push DNS records so that the Prometheus dns-sd automatically discovers them
  • Ansible roles for add Cron jobs that generate metrics for specific systems and dump them for the text file collector
  • Grafana for dashboards
  • Karma as a UI in front of Prometheus alert manager
[-] Toribor@corndog.social 1 points 1 month ago

Any chance you'd be willing to share playbooks or point me toward any resources you used?

I use Ansible to manage config across all my workstations/servers but I haven't gotten around to automating log shipping yet or aggregating system metrics.

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[-] tath@social.tath.link 8 points 1 month ago

Zabbix is pretty quick and easy. Many different services built in for sending notifications, along with your own custom (including webhooks). Fully customizable dashboard as well so you can add whatever you want/need at a glance.

[-] Impromptu2599@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

I stopped by to say the same thing. I use Zabbix to monitor everything

[-] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

We just recently started using zabbix. Open source and has a web interface to get a central view that can be accessed from wherever we allow it.

So far it's been great but er have had little time and so far have used only 1% of what it can do

Still, I'd recommend it. Super easy to install, seems light weight, has clients for any os you'd need, can send out alerts (we currently use pushover for that)

[-] LainTrain@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 1 month ago
[-] dkc@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

I’ve been really enjoying Cockpit as well.

[-] hobbsc@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 month ago

is cockpit on a server by server basis or can you monitor multiple servers with it?

[-] cmc@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 1 month ago

You can monitor multiple machines via the host switcher menu at the top-left of the screen: Multiple Machines

[-] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 month ago

My cockpit experience has been unilaterally dreadful. I'm glad you're getting value out of it.

[-] LainTrain@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 month ago
[-] Andromxda@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Netdata is exactly what you're looking for. It's basically an all in one monitoring and and alerting suite that collects and analyzes data, and provides a gorgeous web dashboard for you to view.

You can also manually replicate this using Prometheus, Grafana and other tools, but that requires a much bigger effort to set up.

Edit: There's a public demo instance where you can try everything out: https://frankfurt.netdata.rocks/

[-] ikidd@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

I think they went to 5 nodes max on the free version as of the last patch. That's damn near useless.

[-] ipkpjersi@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 month ago

Is that just for the centralized dashboard portion? I tend to use each instance of it standalone, and primarily for the email alerts.

[-] ikidd@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

I believe so. I imagine the next stage of the enshittification will be to force those standalones to register with a portal account.

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[-] Toribor@corndog.social 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

The five node limit is a dealbreaker for me too. I'm also annoyed the free version doesn't have any real built in options to secure data by default. I followed a TechnoTim tutorial to get the NetData/Prometheus/Grafana stuff setup but it was too limited and required too much manual effort.

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[-] ipkpjersi@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 month ago

Seconding Netdata, I've been using it for years. It's pretty great.

[-] static09@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

Check out Netdata or Zabbix.

[-] notabot@lemm.ee 4 points 1 month ago

Nagios. It does depend on what you mean by monitor though. Nagios is good at telling you that "service A on host B" is down" but less useful for looking at things like performance trends. I particularly like being able to setup dependencies between services, so I get the alert for the root cause, and not all of the services that have gone down because of it.

[-] utopiah@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 month ago

send alerts via http request

On this specifically you might want to check ntfy as it's quite easy to setup and can give you notifications on pretty much any device (including iOS) via your own infrastructure all the way down to basics e.g. SSE. That mean you can subscribe to a topic, e.g. servers per physical location, alert level, etc and only get the ones you need.

[-] utopiah@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 month ago

Node exporter, Prometheus and grafana

Otherwise much heavier but that's also what I use.

[-] ocean@lemmy.selfhostcat.com 3 points 1 month ago

I just see if it works when I need it. If I’m at home it works. If I’m at work it may work. If I’ve left to travel it’s 95% definitely down and cannot be fixed. This works well!

[-] eldereko@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 month ago

telegraf, influxdb, grafana, and gatus

[-] sgh@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 month ago

While I use LibreNMS as it uses SNMP for monitoring (which is pretty much available everywhere), I don't believe it has http alerts, but I know for a fact that it can send Telegram messages.

[-] Ozymandias1688@feddit.org 2 points 1 month ago
[-] Cysioland@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 1 month ago
[-] protokaiser@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

I remember liking Sensu. We used it a little bit at my previous job, but I didn't get a chance to work with it much. I can't remember what we specifically used it for though. Sorry, wish I had more info for you.

[-] hindy@mbin.lovetux.net 1 points 1 month ago

Hello,

I'm still using Nagios here. And for the availability of the services I'm using uptime-kuma (in a docker).

[-] maniel@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 month ago

Telegraf+influxdb+grafana is what I use at work, it is a multi purpose tool though, can be used to monitor EVERYTHING though

[-] CaptSpify@lemmy.today 1 points 1 month ago
[-] spicehoarder@lemm.ee 1 points 1 month ago

Not exactly what you're looking for, but I like using proxmox

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