Azure Local monitoring and alerting
A cluster that nobody watches fails quietly. We set up monitoring in Azure Monitor, alerts that reach a person and a short list of what each alert means.
Scope of the work
- Enable cluster insights and health alerts in Azure Monitor
- Collect logs and metrics for machines, storage and virtual machines
- Add workload monitoring for AKS and key applications
- Route alerts to the people and tools you already use
- Write what each alert means and the first action to take
- Dashboards for capacity, health and performance
- Alert rules with owners
- An alert guide: meaning and first action for each rule
Billed at $150.00 per hour. Ask Keith for an estimate.
What we check first.
Fewer, better alerts
An alert nobody acts on trains people to ignore all of them. We start with a short list tied to real failure modes.
Unknown is not healthy
When data stops arriving, the dashboard should say so. We alert on missing data as well as bad data.
Log cost
Log collection is billed by volume. We choose what to collect and how long to keep it.
Four steps, written down.
A call with Keith
You describe the goal, the estate and the deadline. Keith turns it into a written scope with an hour estimate at the hourly rate.
A written design by Gus
Gus reviews the environment and gives you a written design with each decision and its reason.
Hands-on implementation
Gus implements in your tenant and your racks, remotely or on site, with every change logged as it is made.
Documents and a named contact
You receive the as-built record and the runbooks. Keith stays on as your account and project manager.
Asked before every engagement.
Can it feed our existing monitoring tool?
Usually. Azure Monitor can forward alerts to common tools, and metrics can be exported. We confirm the path for your tool.
Does monitoring work if the Azure connection drops?
Local health data keeps being recorded, but Azure-based alerts stop. That is why the connection itself is one of the alerts.
What does the consulting cost?
Consulting is billed at $150.00 per hour. Keith sends a written hour estimate after the scoping call, and work starts when you approve it.
Often scoped together.
One rate. Two people.
Consulting is billed at $150.00 per hour. Keith runs sales, project management and your account. Gus does the architecture, the design and the implementation.
per consulting hour, for every consulting service