Observability & Monitoring

You’ll often need to tell a client or team what to monitor and why. Observability ensures the system remains reliable, and your advice guides investments in the right tools.

Starting points

• Observability primer
• Monitoring basics
• Logging & Monitoring (Elastic)

Key Points

• Logs, metrics, and traces have all been advised, not just one.
• The monitoring solutions are proportional to the system’s size and criticality.
• Monitoring advice is linked to business outcomes (uptime, SLAs).

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• Version 1.0
• Last updated: 30.09.2025
• Updated by: GS