{"id":28413,"date":"2017-10-12T23:52:40","date_gmt":"2017-10-12T20:52:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/?p=28413"},"modified":"2017-10-13T01:15:41","modified_gmt":"2017-10-12T22:15:41","slug":"tips-and-tricks-to-monitor-cloud-foundry-deployments-across-all-levels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/tips-and-tricks-to-monitor-cloud-foundry-deployments-across-all-levels\/","title":{"rendered":"Tips and Tricks to Monitor a Cloud Foundry Deployment Across All Levels"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_82_2 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-transparent ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/tips-and-tricks-to-monitor-cloud-foundry-deployments-across-all-levels\/#What_to_monitor\" >What to monitor?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/tips-and-tricks-to-monitor-cloud-foundry-deployments-across-all-levels\/#Keep_services_and_stemcells_updated\" >Keep services and stemcells updated<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/tips-and-tricks-to-monitor-cloud-foundry-deployments-across-all-levels\/#Nail_it_with_monitoring_tools\" >Nail it with monitoring tools<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/tips-and-tricks-to-monitor-cloud-foundry-deployments-across-all-levels\/#General_recommendations\" >General recommendations<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/tips-and-tricks-to-monitor-cloud-foundry-deployments-across-all-levels\/#Related_slides\" >Related slides<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/tips-and-tricks-to-monitor-cloud-foundry-deployments-across-all-levels\/#Further_reading\" >Further reading<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/tips-and-tricks-to-monitor-cloud-foundry-deployments-across-all-levels\/#About_the_expert\" >About the expert<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_to_monitor\"><\/span>What to monitor?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>A real-life Cloud Foundry deployment involves several layers, starting with IaaS all the way to individual apps. Recently, we posted a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/using-centralized-logs-and-metrics-to-monitor-cloud-foundry-across-all-levels\/\">tutorial<\/a> on how to set up centralized logs and metrics to monitor each of the layers. Yesterday, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/author\/anton-soroko\/\">Anton Soroko<\/a> of Altoros provided more details on the topic during <a href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/tag\/cf-summit\/\">Cloud Foundry Summit Europe<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In his talk, Anton ploughed through each layer of a Cloud Foundry deployment, outlining which components and metrics should be tracked.<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Cloud-Foundry-CF-Summit-Europe-2017-Anton-Soroko-deployment-monitoring-v1-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Cloud-Foundry-CF-Summit-Europe-2017-Anton-Soroko-deployment-monitoring-v1-1.jpg\" alt=\"Cloud Foundry CF Summit Europe 2017 Anton Soroko deployment monitoring v1\" width=\"640\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-28438\" \/><\/a><small>Anton Soroko at the Cloud Foundry Summit Europe 2017<\/small><\/center><\/p>\n<p>According to Anton, within the <strong>IaaS<\/strong> layer, there is sense in monitoring availability of the infrastructure itself, including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 6px;\">Availability of data centers and availability zones<\/li>\n<li>Metrics and alerts for internal metrics (accessible through infrastructure API or vendor-specific monitoring)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In addition, for <strong>VMs<\/strong> at the IaaS level, Anton suggests to pay attention to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 6px;\">Readings for CPU, memory, network, as well as input and output<\/li>\n<li>Availability of the agent and host<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The next crucial layer in a Cloud Foundry deployment is <strong>BOSH<\/strong>. By <em>configuring e-mail notifications<\/em>, you can receive alerts about processes on VMs, SSH events, deploy events, etc. Another thing to configure is the <em>log forwarding and metrics<\/em> collection. For metrics, one can make use of tools like <a href=\"https:\/\/bosh.io\/docs\/\/hm-config.html\" target=\"_blank\">BOSH Health Monitor<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/cloudfoundry-attic\/bosh-hm-forwarder\" target=\"_blank\">BOSH HM Forwarder<\/a>, Anton says.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Cloud-Foundry-CF-Summit-Europe-2017-Anton-Soroko-deployment-monitoring-BOSH.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Cloud-Foundry-CF-Summit-Europe-2017-Anton-Soroko-deployment-monitoring-BOSH.jpg\" alt=\"Cloud Foundry CF Summit Europe 2017 Anton Soroko deployment monitoring BOSH\" width=\"640\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-28437\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;BOSH\u2019s Health Monitor will provide you with basic metrics from VMs and the health status of VMs. To gather more advanced metrics, use monitoring agents.&#8221; \u2014Anton Soroko<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The <strong>Cloud Foundry<\/strong> platform itself needs to be monitored, as well. Good practices involve:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 6px;\">Collecting <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.cloudfoundry.org\/loggregator\/architecture.html\" target=\"_blank\">logs<\/a> from both apps and the platform (via Firehose and syslog).<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 6px;\">Collecting metrics. Firehose will be sufficient for internal components, such as <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/cloudfoundry\/uaa\" target=\"_blank\">UAA<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/cloudfoundry\/api-docs\" target=\"_blank\">CC API<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/cloudfoundry\/diego-release\" target=\"_blank\">Diego<\/a>. For external components like MySQL and NGINX, utilize metrics collectors. (Lately, we covered which of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/cloud-foundry-deployment-metrics-that-matter-most\/\">Cloud Foundry metrics<\/a> matter most.)<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 6px;\">Configuring alerts based on logs and metrics.<\/li>\n<li>Configuring URL checks for UAA, CC API, etc.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;Setting up URL checks is a simple trick, but it gives you an opportunity to look at your Cloud Foundry deployment from the outside.&#8221; \u2014Anton Soroko<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>For <strong>services<\/strong>, it is essential to <em>collect metrics<\/em> (with Firehose or metrics collectors) and <em>configure alerts<\/em> based on vendor recommendations.<\/p>\n<p>When monitoring the <strong>applications<\/strong> layer, Anton suggests to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 6px;\">Configure URL checks<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 6px;\">Collect metrics by using APM or writing your own code<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 6px;\">Collect <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.cloudfoundry.org\/devguide\/services\/log-management.html\" target=\"_blank\">logs<\/a> with Firehose or stream logs for specific apps only<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Cloud-Foundry-CF-Summit-Europe-2017-Anton-Soroko-deployment-monitoring-v2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Cloud-Foundry-CF-Summit-Europe-2017-Anton-Soroko-deployment-monitoring-v2.jpg\" alt=\"Cloud Foundry CF Summit Europe 2017 Anton Soroko deployment monitoring v2\" width=\"640\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-28439\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;You can use APM to get metrics out of the box, but don&#8217;t expect these metrics to have much value automatically. Instead, write your own code and send metrics to a time-series database, so you can define metrics with real value.&#8221; \u2014Anton Soroko<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Keep_services_and_stemcells_updated\"><\/span>Keep services and stemcells updated<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>After configuring a monitoring system, it is always a good idea to keep track and install the latest versions of services and stemcells available. Updates not only add new features, but also address bugs and security flaws.<\/p>\n<p>Updating can be a tedious task, so Anton recommends using a continuous integration tool, such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/8-pro-tips-for-using-concourse-ci-with-cloud-foundry\/\">Concourse<\/a> (which was built specifically for Cloud Foundry), or any other CI tool, such as <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.pivotal.io\/partners\/altoros-jenkins\/\" target=\"_blank\">Jenkins<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>As cloud engineers, you would also want to keep an eye on the latest security threats. So, according to Anton, a new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cloudfoundry.org\/foundryblog\/security-advisory\/\" target=\"_blank\">security advisory<\/a> across common vulnerabilities and exposures by the Cloud Foundry Foundation will be of much help to you. Practice drills can ensure the right steps are taken in case of failure. Ideal scenarios to simulate include <em>VM crashes<\/em>, <em>data center outages<\/em>, and <em>network issues<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Cloud-Foundry-CF-Summit-Europe-2017-Anton-Soroko-deployment-monitoring-heartbeat.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Cloud-Foundry-CF-Summit-Europe-2017-Anton-Soroko-deployment-monitoring-heartbeat.jpg\" alt=\"Cloud Foundry CF Summit Europe 2017 Anton Soroko deployment monitoring heartbeat\" width=\"640\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-28441\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;Simulations will help you to ensure that your deployment won&#8217;t let you down at the time of a real-life failure.&#8221; \u2014Anton Soroko<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Nail_it_with_monitoring_tools\"><\/span>Nail it with monitoring tools<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Although monitoring Cloud Foundry deployments can sound complicated, there are tools available to simplify the process. Altoros has also developed a couple of solutions specifically designed for the purpose.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/heartbeat\">Heartbeat<\/a> is a full-stack monitoring tool for both open-source Cloud Foundry and the Pivotal CF distribution. Now <a href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/heartbeat-v1-0-provides-high-availability-for-full-stack-cloud-foundry-monitoring\/\">generally available<\/a>, Heartbeat combines data visualization, alerting, and metrics logging capabilities to enable scrupulous full-stack monitoring.<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Cloud-Foundry-Heartbeat-logging-monitoring-app-on-a-Diego-cell.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Cloud-Foundry-Heartbeat-logging-monitoring-app-on-a-Diego-cell.png\" alt=\"Cloud-Foundry-Heartbeat-logging-monitoring-app-on a Diego cell\" width=\"640\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-26771\" \/><\/a><small>Overview of apps on a Diego Cell using Heartbeat<\/small><\/center><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/network.pivotal.io\/products\/altoros-log-search\/\" target=\"_blank\">Log Search<\/a> is another tool\u2014offered as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/the-ecosystem-of-pcf-tiles-easier-deployment-and-upgrades\/\" target=\"_blank\">PCF tile<\/a>\u2014which extends the capabilities of Elasticsearch, Logstash, and Kibana (ELK) to enable centralized log management. The tool furnishes Pivotal CF operators and developers with a set of log aggregation and parsing algorithms, simplifying:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 6px;\">Collecting logs from all the Pivotal Cloud Foundry components, as well as data services available on the Pivotal Network<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 6px;\">Retrieving all application logs by default<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 6px;\">Using the Cloud Foundry UAA service to control access to Kibana dashboards based on a user role and rights within the platform<\/li>\n<li>Getting secure authorized access to Kibana dashboards useful for log analysis<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Cloud-Foundry-CF-Summit-Europe-2017-Anton-Soroko-deployment-monitoring-heartbeat-log-search.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Cloud-Foundry-CF-Summit-Europe-2017-Anton-Soroko-deployment-monitoring-heartbeat-log-search.png\" alt=\"Cloud Foundry CF Summit Europe 2017 Anton Soroko deployment monitoring heartbeat log search\" width=\"640\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-28457\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"General_recommendations\"><\/span>General recommendations<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>At the conclusion, Anton provided a few more ideas to keep in mind while monitoring Cloud Foundry deployments:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 6px;\"><strong>Create a knowledge base.<\/strong> Write postmortems and add new cases after dealing with them.<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 6px;\"><strong>Configure alerts<\/strong> for basic use cases and metrics. Set up notifications for availability, error rates, etc.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Ensure sufficient coverage.<\/strong> Too many alerts and graphs will generate information noise and will disrupt your monitoring, so keep away from overdoing this.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Following these practices and recommendations, it is easier to &#8220;never leave your Cloud Foundry deployment unattended,&#8221; in Anton&#8217;s words.<\/p>\n<p>(We hope, a video recording of the speech will be uploaded within a week by the CF Summit organizers. Stay tuned!)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Related_slides\"><\/span>Related slides<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.slideshare.net\/slideshow\/embed_code\/key\/l30ksHX1TTDlro\" width=\"595\" height=\"485\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" style=\"border:1px solid #CCC; border-width:1px; margin-bottom:5px; max-width: 100%;\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Further_reading\"><\/span>Further reading<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/using-centralized-logs-and-metrics-to-monitor-cloud-foundry-across-all-levels\/\">Using Centralized Logs and Metrics to Monitor Cloud Foundry Across All Levels<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/cloud-foundry-deployment-metrics-that-matter-most\/\">Cloud Foundry Deployment Metrics That Matter Most<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/heartbeat-v1-0-provides-high-availability-for-full-stack-cloud-foundry-monitoring\/\">Heartbeat v1.0 Provides HA for Full-Stack Cloud Foundry Monitoring<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/altoros-heartbeat-adds-full-stack-monitoring-for-pivotal-cloud-foundry\/\">Altoros Heartbeat Adds Full-Stack Monitoring for Pivotal Cloud Foundry<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"About_the_expert\"><\/span>About the expert<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<div>\n<div style=\"float: right;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Soroko_bio-150x150.png\" alt=\"Soroko_bio\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-23607\" \/><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 600px;\"><small><a href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/author\/anton-soroko\/\">Anton Soroko<\/a> is a Senior Cloud Foundry Engineer at Altoros. He has a strong background in system administration, website reliability engineering, and IT infrastructure support. Anton has an extensive experience with monitoring systems that maintain dozens of thousands of servers and hundreds of services. In addition, he has a proven track record of delivering quality solutions as part of system monitoring and continuous integration tasks.<\/small><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<p><small>This post was written by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/author\/carlo\/\">Carlo Gutierrez<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/author\/anton-soroko\/\">Anton Soroko<\/a><br \/>\nwith assistance from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/author\/alex\/\">Alex Khizhniak<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/author\/sophie.turol\/\">Sophie Turol<\/a>.<\/small><\/p>\n<p><\/center> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What to monitor?<\/p>\n<p>A real-life Cloud Foundry deployment involves several layers, starting with IaaS all the way to individual apps. Recently, we posted a tutorial on how to set up centralized logs and metrics to monitor each of the layers. 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