Which alerts should I configure for Resilience testing with Grafana?

Incorporating alerts into your resilience testing framework with Grafana is crucial for monitoring the health and performance of your system under load. This setup helps identify failures and optimizes recovery processes, enhancing overall system reliability.

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Here are some key alerts you should configure for effective resilience testing:

  • Error Rate Alert: Monitor the percentage of requests that return an error status to quickly identify issues.
  • Latency Alert: Track response times to ensure they are within acceptable limits during load tests.
  • Resource Utilization Alert: Keep an eye on CPU, memory, and disk usage to prevent bottlenecks.
  • Service Availability Alert: Ensure that critical services are up and running, especially during stress or chaos engineering tests.
  • Dependency Monitoring Alert: Watch for response times and errors from third-party services or microservices that your application depends on.

Below is an example of how you can set up a simple alert in Grafana:

// Example Alert Configuration in Grafana { "alert": { "alertRuleName": "High Error Rate Alert", "conditions": [ { "type": "query", "query": "sum(rate(http_requests_total{status='500'}[2m])) > 0.1" } ], "frequency": "1m", "message": "High error rate detected!", "severity": "critical" } }

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