Guides tagged “monitoring”
29 guides
Self-Hosted Monitoring Stack Guide: Uptime Kuma, Grafana, Prometheus, and Loki
Plan Self-Hosted Monitoring Stack Uptime Kuma, Grafana, Prometheus, and Loki with hosting, security, migration, and rollout risks for open source teams.
self · hosted · monitoring
How to Self-Host OpenStatus in 2026
Self-host OpenStatus in 2026 for uptime monitoring and status pages. Docker deployment, cron and region caveats, alerting setup, and production hardening.
openstatus · status-page · uptime
Open Source New Relic Alternatives 2026
Best open source alternatives to New Relic for APM, logs, metrics, and traces in 2026. SigNoz, Grafana, OpenObserve, Uptrace, and HyperDX side-by-side.
new-relic · open-source · self-hosted
How to Build a Homelab in 2026: Software Stack
Complete homelab software stack guide for 2026: OS, hypervisor, containers, storage, monitoring, media, DNS, and security. Docker Compose configs included.
homelab · self-hosting · docker
SigNoz vs Datadog: Self-Hosted Observability 2026
SigNoz vs Datadog: Apache 2.0, OpenTelemetry-native, and 80% cheaper. Datadog bills 3–12x higher than estimates. Full setup guide and cost breakdown in 2026.
signoz · datadog · observability
Uptime Kuma: Self-Hosted Monitoring for Homelabs 2026
Uptime Kuma gives you unlimited monitors, 90+ alert channels, and public status pages — free forever. Docker setup, homelab use cases, and limitations.
uptime-kuma · monitoring · homelab
Best Open Source Datadog Alternatives for Metrics, Logs, and APM in 2026
Datadog costs $15-35/host/month. The best open source alternatives: Grafana+Prometheus, Netdata, SigNoz, VictoriaMetrics, and Zabbix — compared by use case.
datadog · monitoring · observability
Grafana + Prometheus + Loki 2026
Set up a complete self-hosted observability stack with Grafana, Prometheus, and Loki in 2026. Metrics, logs, alerting, and pre-built dashboards — all in Docker.
grafana · prometheus · loki
Self-Host Beszel: Lightweight Server Monitoring 2026
Self-host Beszel in 2026: lightweight Go server monitoring with hub + agent setup, Docker stats, disk/CPU/RAM/network charts, and email/webhook alerts.
beszel · monitoring · server
Self-Host Dozzle: Real-Time Docker Log Viewer 2026
Self-host Dozzle in 2026. MIT license, ~6K stars, Go — lightweight real-time Docker container log viewer. Web UI, multi-host support, log search/filtering.
dozzle · docker · logs
How to Self-Host Glances 2026
Self-host Glances for system monitoring in 2026. LGPL 3.0, ~26K stars, Python — real-time CPU, RAM, disk, network, Docker, processes. Web UI, REST API.
glances · monitoring · system
Self-Host Grafana + Prometheus: Full Metrics Stack 2026
Self-host Grafana and Prometheus for infrastructure monitoring in 2026. Complete Docker Compose stack with Node Exporter, cAdvisor, Alertmanager, and Loki.
grafana · prometheus · monitoring
How to Self-Host Healthchecks: Cron Job Monitoring 2026
Self-host Healthchecks in 2026. BSD 3-Clause, ~8K stars, Python/Django — monitor cron jobs and scheduled tasks by expecting pings. Get alerted when your.
healthchecks · cron · monitoring
Self-Host Netdata: Performance Monitoring for Linux Servers 2026
Self-host Netdata for real-time performance monitoring in 2026. GPL 3.0, ~72K stars — 1-second granularity, 800+ metrics auto-collected, alerts, Grafana.
netdata · monitoring · metrics
Self-Host Netdata: Real-Time Server Monitoring 2026
Set up Netdata for real-time server monitoring in 2026. Per-second metrics, 800+ auto-discovered integrations, ML anomaly detection, and zero configuration.
netdata · monitoring · self-hosting
How to Self-Host OpenObserve: Datadog Alternative 2026
Self-host OpenObserve for logs, metrics, and traces in 2026. Open source Datadog alternative with 140x storage efficiency. Docker setup, ingestion now.
observability · monitoring · self-hosting
Self-Host Prometheus + Grafana 2026
Self-host the Prometheus + Grafana monitoring stack in 2026. Apache 2.0 — scrape metrics from servers, Docker, databases. Alertmanager for alerts now.
prometheus · grafana · monitoring
How to Self-Host Uptime Kuma: Website Monitoring 2026
Self-host Uptime Kuma for website and API monitoring in 2026, with Docker, HTTPS, alerts, status pages, backups, security hardening, and updates.
uptime-kuma · monitoring · uptime
Open Source Alternatives to Sentry Error Tracking 2026
Best open source Sentry alternatives for error tracking in 2026: GlitchTip, Highlight.io, and self-hosted Sentry compared. Docker setups, SDK integration.
sentry · error-tracking · glitchtip
How to Self-Host Netdata Monitoring 2026
Self-host Netdata in 2026. GPL 3.0, ~69K stars, C — per-second metrics for servers, containers, databases. 800+ integrations, anomaly detection, alerts.
netdata · monitoring · infrastructure
Best Open Source Alternatives to Datadog in 2026
Grafana, Prometheus, SigNoz, and Uptrace: open source Datadog alternatives — full-stack monitoring and observability without the bill shock in 2026 Updated.
datadog · monitoring · observability
Best Open Source Alternatives to Sentry in 2026
GlitchTip, Highlight.io, and self-hosted Sentry: open source error tracking alternatives — catch bugs without enterprise pricing in 2026 Free options covered.
sentry · error-tracking · monitoring
Best Open Source Monitoring Tools in 2026
Uptime Kuma, Grafana, Prometheus, and Netdata vs Datadog and Better Stack: compare open source monitoring for uptime, metrics, logs, and status pages.
monitoring · open-source · observability
GlitchTip vs Highlight.io: Error Tracking 2026
Compare GlitchTip and Highlight.io — lightweight Sentry alternative vs full-stack monitoring. Error tracking with different philosophies Updated for 2026.
glitchtip · highlight-io · error-tracking
GlitchTip vs Sentry (Community) 2026
Compare GlitchTip and self-hosted Sentry — the lightweight alternative vs the full platform. When does simpler win? Updated with current data for 2026.
glitchtip · sentry · error-tracking
Grafana vs Uptime Kuma 2026
Compare Grafana and Uptime Kuma — the complete observability platform vs the focused uptime monitor. Different tools for different needs Updated for 2026.
grafana · uptime-kuma · monitoring
Best Open Source Alternatives to PagerDuty in 2026
PagerDuty Business costs $41/user/month. These open source on-call management tools give you incident alerting, escalation policies, and on-call rotations.
pagerduty · on-call · incident-management
Self-Hosting Grafana for Observability 2026
Complete guide to self-hosting Grafana with Prometheus — Docker Compose setup, data sources, dashboard creation, alerting, and production tips for 2026.
grafana · monitoring · self-hosting
Uptime Kuma vs OpenStatus 2026
Compare Uptime Kuma and OpenStatus — the beloved self-hosted monitor vs the modern status page platform. Which fits your monitoring needs? Updated for 2026.
uptime-kuma · openstatus · monitoring
