Server metrics monitoring and reporting for centos?

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  1. node_exporter

    Exporter for machine metrics

    The node_exporter gives you all the host level metrics for CPU, memory, etc.

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  3. prometheus

    The Prometheus monitoring system and time series database.

    This is exactly what Prometheus Monitoring was created for.

  4. mtail

    extract internal monitoring data from application logs for collection in a timeseries database

    For nginx, you'll need to setup a log parser like mtail because it doesn't really have much for metrics to begin with.

  5. Caddy

    Fast and extensible multi-platform HTTP/1-2-3 web server with automatic HTTPS

    Alternatively, you can replace nginx with something more modern like Caddy Server. It provides built-in metrics-based monitoring.

  6. Netdata

    The open-source observability platform everyone needs

    If you want the least amount of config to get everything you're looking for, Netdata is the one to use. https://github.com/netdata/netdata

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