Comprehensive Plan for Adding Metrics, Thresholds, Alerts, Dashboards, and

Monitoring for Colo Server Facilities

Step-by-Step Plan

1. Identify Metrics and Thresholds:

o Servers (Node Exporter)
 CPU Usage: Alert if > 85% for 5 minutes.
 Memory Usage: Alert if > 75% for 5 minutes.
 Disk I/O: Alert if read/write latency > 100ms.
 Network I/O: Alert if packet loss > 1%.
o PostgreSQL Database (PostgreSQL Exporter)
 Query Performance: Alert if average query time > 500ms.
 Replication Lag: Alert if lag > 100MB.
 Disk Usage: Alert if disk usage > 80%.
o RabbitMQ (RabbitMQ Exporter)
 Message Rates: Alert if publish rate > 500 messages/s.
 Queue Sizes: Alert if any queue > 1000 messages.
 Connection Rates: Alert if connections > 500.
o Network (Blackbox Exporter)
 HTTP Latency: Alert if latency > 200ms.
 DNS Resolution Time: Alert if > 100ms.
 ICMP Ping: Alert if > 100ms.
2. Deploy Exporters:
o Node Exporter: Install on all servers.
o PostgreSQL Exporter: Install on PostgreSQL database servers.
o RabbitMQ Exporter: Install on RabbitMQ nodes.
o Blackbox Exporter: Deploy on a monitoring server.
3. Set Up Prometheus:
o Configuration:
 Add job configurations for scraping metrics from all exporters.
 Define alert rules based on identified thresholds.
o Alertmanager Configuration:
 Set up Alertmanager to handle alert notifications.
 Configure routing and notification channels (email, Slack, etc.).
 Ensure no notification silencing outside work hours.
4. Set Up Grafana:
o Dashboards:
 Create detailed dashboards for each component (Servers, PostgreSQL,
RabbitMQ, Network).
o Data Source:
 Connect Grafana to Prometheus.
o Alerts Visualization:
 Visualize alerts and thresholds on dashboards.
5. Deploy on AWS:
o Prometheus Server: Set up an instance in AWS for metrics collection.
 o Grafana Server: Set up an instance in AWS for visualization.
o Secure Communication:
 Use VPN or secure tunnels between colo facility and AWS for secure data
transfer.

Example Detailed Flowchart

+---------------------------------+
| Colo Facility |
| |
| +--------------------------+ |
| | Servers | |
| | - Node Exporter | |
| +--------------------------+ |
| |
| +--------------------------+ |
| | PostgreSQL Database | |
| | - PostgreSQL Exporter | |
| +--------------------------+ |
| |
| +--------------------------+ |
| | RabbitMQ | |
| | - RabbitMQ Exporter | |
| +--------------------------+ |
| |
| +--------------------------+ |
| | Network | |
| | - Blackbox Exporter | |
| +--------------------------+ |
+-------------|-------------------+
|
v
+------------------------------+
| AWS Infrastructure |
| |
| +--------------------------+ |
| | Prometheus | |
| | - Scrapes metrics from | |
| | exporters | |
| | - Stores metrics | |
| +--------------------------+ |
| |
| +--------------------------+ |
| | Grafana | |
| | - Visualizes metrics | |
| | - Connects to Prometheus | |
| +--------------------------+ |
| |
| +--------------------------+ |
| | Alertmanager | |
| | - Sends notifications | |
| +--------------------------+ |
+------------------------------+
 Monitoring solutions to track the metrics, thresholds, alerts, and
configurations.

Prometheus Grafana Alertmanager

Component Metrics Thresholds Exporter
Configuration Dashboard Configuration
job_name:
Alert if >
Node 'node_exporter', Email, Slack, No
Servers CPU Usage 85% for 5 CPU Usage
Exporter targets: ['<server- Pause
mins
ip>:9100']
Alert if >
Memory Memory
75% for 5
Usage Usage
mins
Alert if
Disk I/O latency > Disk I/O
100ms
Alert if
Network I/O packet loss Network I/O
> 1%
job_name:
Alert if avg
PostgreSQL Query PostgreSQL 'postgresql_exporter', Query Email, Slack, No
query time
DB Performance Exporter targets: ['<db- Performance Pause
> 500ms
ip>:9187']
Replication Alert if lag Replication
Lag > 100MB Lag
Alert if disk
Disk Usage usage > Disk Usage
80%
Alert if job_name:
Message publish rate RabbitMQ 'rabbitmq_exporter', Message Email, Slack, No
RabbitMQ
Rates > 500 Exporter targets: ['<rabbitmq- Rates Pause
messages/s ip>:9419']
Alert if any
queue >
Queue Sizes Queue Sizes
1000
messages
Alert if
Connection Connection
connections
Rates Rates
> 500
job_name:
Alert if
HTTP Blackbox 'blackbox_exporter', HTTP Email, Slack, No
Network latency >
Latency Exporter targets: Latency Pause
200ms
['<endpoint>']
 Prometheus Grafana Alertmanager
Component Metrics Thresholds Exporter
Configuration Dashboard Configuration
DNS DNS
Alert if >
Resolution Resolution
100ms
Time Time
Alert if >
ICMP Ping ICMP Ping
100ms
Uptime,
scrape Alert if
Prometheus Email, Slack, No
Prometheus duration, uptime < - -
Metrics Pause
query 99.9%
duration
Uptime, Alert if
Grafana Email, Slack, No
Grafana query uptime < - -
Metrics Pause
performance 99.9%