Enhancing Monitoring Capabilities for a Transformers ERP Project

Infrastructure Setup:

• Deployed Elasticsearch cluster to store and index log and metric data.
• Installed and configured Logstash for log parsing and enrichment.
• Implemented Fluent Bit agents on servers and containers for log collection and forwarding.
• Set up Prometheus for scraping and storing time-series metrics data.

Data Ingestion and Processing:

• Developed custom log parsing configurations in Logstash to extract relevant information from application and system logs.
• Configured Fluent Bit to collect logs from various sources, including application containers, servers, and networking devices.
• Integrated Prometheus exporters with critical components of the ERP system to collect metrics data.

Dashboard Creation:

• Designed comprehensive dashboards in Kibana and Grafana to visualize log and metric data.
• Created custom visualizations and alerts to monitor key performance indicators (KPIs), such as transaction throughput, database latency, and server health.

Alerting and Notification:

• Configured alerting rules in Prometheus and Grafana to trigger notifications for abnormal conditions or threshold breaches.
• Integrated with external communication channels like Slack and email for alert dissemination.

Performance Tuning and Optimization:

• Fine-tuned data retention policies and indexing settings in Elasticsearch to balance storage efficiency and query performance.
• Optimized Prometheus scraping intervals and resource utilization to minimize overhead.

Documentation and Training:

• Documented the monitoring architecture, configurations, and procedures for future reference.
• Conducted training sessions for the client’s IT and operations teams to ensure proficient use of the monitoring tools.