Architecture of a Modern Monitoring System

Abstract

In the first chapter of this book, we learned about monitoring and cloud native concepts, focusing on the essential terminologies and ideas that are foundational to the design of monitoring systems. In the second chapter we discussed observability and why is it so important for understanding the dynamics of a microservices-based modern application. We took a look at the pillars of observability—metrics, logs, and traces—and then explored the possibilities of observing a Kubernetes environment through the same lens. By now we have established the reasons behind the need for an end-to-end observability solution, which I would colloquially refer to as a modern monitoring system, for cloud native applications.