{"id":4062,"date":"2024-01-31T18:43:13","date_gmt":"2024-01-31T23:43:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indigoconsulting.ca\/?p=4062"},"modified":"2024-02-01T10:32:37","modified_gmt":"2024-02-01T15:32:37","slug":"indigos-monitoring-system-grants-more-visibility-into-blind-spots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.indigoconsulting.ca\/fr\/blog\/indigos-monitoring-system-grants-more-visibility-into-blind-spots\/","title":{"rendered":"Indigo\u2019s monitoring system grants more visibility into blind spots"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Monitoring systems are critical to help organizations ensure the tools employees, customers, and partners depend on are available. An effective monitoring system will alert administrators if any issues are detected so corrective action can be taken to return the IT asset to optimal functionality.<\/span><\/p>

However, as the modern IT landscape continues to evolve, new blind spots tend to emerge that affect service availability or performance without triggering the necessary alerts. Organizations across all industries need to make sure monitoring systems are able to reach every corner of the ecosystem and trigger actionable alerts when necessary.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

So, let\u2019s break down some of the newer problems with monitoring systems and how Indigo\u2019s solution aims to solve them.<\/span><\/p>

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The Problem with Some Monitoring Systems<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>

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Monitoring systems have come far in recent years, but they can still have issues that need to be solved. Ongoing upgrades and deployments are necessary to grant visibility into every corner of a company\u2019s ecosystem.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

Some monitoring systems end up having blind spots that do not generate alerts for causes that affect services. This was especially true for legacy systems that used a single dimension metric and not time series databases. Additionally, while cloud systems are more \u201corganic\u201d and capable of spinning up and down dynamically \u2014 in legacy systems \u2014 targets are hard coded and not discoverable, making them unsuitable.<\/span><\/p>

One widespread concern is for Kubernetes-based platforms dependent on monitoring. Monitoring systems may be unable to detect and generate alerts related to transient cluster errors or bad configurations, so administrators are unaware of the problem.<\/span><\/p>

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Indigo\u2019s System Monitoring Solution Keeps Kubernetes Services Available<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>

We\u2019ve built a robust system monitoring solution purpose-built for Kubernetes services and platforms. Here\u2019s how we did it:<\/span><\/p>

  1. Our teams began with <\/span>ForgeRock\u2019s recently improved monitoring capabilities<\/span><\/a>, then implemented unified monitoring for Kubernetes clusters and ForgeRock applications.<\/span><\/li>
  2. Improved automated deployment testing to help identify more bad configurations that would otherwise affect services.<\/span><\/li>
  3. Next, we implemented a clear communication channel for automated alerts and warnings to reach administrators.<\/span><\/li>
  4. Now, we can rapidly deploy our ForgeRock monitoring system and methodology for our partners who need it.<\/span><\/li><\/ol>


    Key Benefits of Our Monitoring System<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>

    So, how can Indigo\u2019s solution improve your organization\u2019s insights into issues that would otherwise be overlooked? A few of these benefits include:<\/span><\/p>