Logging

Observability

The ability to understand a system's internal state from its external outputs, encompassing metrics, logs, and traces.

Monitoring

The continuous observation of system performance, availability, and health using automated tools and dashboards.

Distributed Tracing

A method of tracking requests as they flow through distributed systems to diagnose latency and failure points.

Metrics

Quantitative measurements collected over time to track system performance, health, and business outcomes.

Alerting

Automated notifications triggered when system metrics or conditions exceed predefined thresholds.

Prometheus

An open-source monitoring and alerting toolkit designed for reliability and scalability in cloud-native environments.

Grafana

An open-source analytics and visualisation platform for monitoring metrics from multiple data sources.

Error Budget

The maximum amount of time a service can be unavailable within a given period based on its SLO.

The processes and tools for detecting, responding to, resolving, and learning from service disruptions.

A set of practices combining software development and IT operations to shorten the development lifecycle and deliver continuous value.

An operational framework using Git repositories as the single source of truth for declarative infrastructure and applications.

The ability of a system to automatically scale resources up or down based on current demand.

A deployment strategy that gradually replaces instances of the previous version with the new version.

A collaboration model connecting tools, processes, and automation with team chat platforms for operations management.

The process of reverting a system to a previous version or state after a failed deployment or update.

An automated test that verifies a service or system component is functioning correctly.