Wow, that's _amazing_. I'm glad seeing this kind of effort in an ecosystem like the one of CouchDB, cool stuff!
Alessio On Wed, Sep 9, 2020 at 6:03 PM Jan Lehnardt <j...@apache.org> wrote: > Dear CouchDB Community, > > I’m happy to announce Opservatory https://opservatory.app, my company > Neighbourhoodie’s latest product for monitoring your CouchDB instances. > > Opservatory knows CouchDB better than any single human could. We’ve put > our combined multi-decade experience with supporting CouchDB > installations of all shapes into one tool that makes sure you are not > running into any trouble, ever. > > It continuously monitors your CouchDB installations and runs a number > of checks to ensure your CouchDBs are running correctly, fast and > securely. It also checks for conditions and configurations that have > the potential to cause production issues in the future. > > It compares metrics against settings to make real-time recommendations > for improving your CouchDB instance or cluster. It evaluates > configuration, metrics, and database information to ensure smooth > operation. It even evaluates your JavaScript code in design documents > for common mistakes and performance pitfalls. > > Here are just a few examples of the checks that Opservatory runs > periodically: > > - If you are just starting out with CouchDB, Opservatory checks if > you’ve got any quirks in your setup and configuration and gives you > recommendations for well-established best practices for running CouchDB > correctly, fast and securely. > > - If your production cluster ran into trouble and you don’t know > where to start looking for things to fix, Opservatory will give you the > top list of issues that you can resolve to make your problem(s) go away. > > - If your intern uploaded a design doc with an inefficient map > function (again), Opservatory will let you know, but it also catches > more common patterns used by seasoned CouchDB developers that can be > improved. > > - If you create a new database and forget to set the correct > _security object, Opservatory will warn you about publicly accessible > data that you might want to make private as soon as you get the > notification. > > Opservatory has over 80 checks that cover the five main areas of every > CouchDB installation: setup, configuration, metrics, databases and > queries/design docs. We have at least as many more in the backlog, and > we are constantly adding more as we find more issues during our > professional support service work. > > You can configure Opservatory to receive alerts via email or Slack, and > it covers all CouchDB versions: 1.x, 2.x and 3.x. It even works with > Cloudant! > > And while we are very happy with where we are already, we have big > plans to make maintaining CouchDB in production even easier with > features round capacity planning and seamless growth as well as helping > to automate common maintenance tasks safely. > > If you have any questions, I’m happy to answer off-list. > > If you think this is interesting, we welcome you to sign up for a free > trial at https://opservatory.app. > > Best > Jan > — > Professional Support for Apache CouchDB: > https://neighbourhood.ie/couchdb-support/ > > 24/7 Observation for your CouchDB Instances: > https://opservatory.app > > >
