This document discusses Drupal monitoring and introduces a new tool called DrupalMonitor.com. It aims to provide simple, easy to install monitoring of Drupal sites without additional server software. The tool will monitor key metrics over time through graphs and alerts. An initial version is available now for free with the goal of gathering feedback to build the best Drupal monitoring solution based on user needs.

1. drupal
monitoring
drupalmonitor.com
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2. we are
drupal pur
www.netnode.ch
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3. Why monitoring?
- “know where the fire is”
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4. What to monitor?
- Is my site up?
- Is my site up to date?
- Is something strange happening?
- Lots of page not founds...
- Page load is suddenly slow...
- Suddenly lot’s of files uploaded...
- user base trend...
- etc.
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5. 3 ways to monitor
- you monitor manually
- client “monitors” for you
- you have a tool
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6. Existing solutions for Drupal
- nagios + d.o/project/nagios (used by 841 sites)
- munin + d.o/project/munin (used by 26 sites)
- cacti + d.o/project/cacti (used by 7 sites)
- droptor.com + d.o/droptor (used by 697 sites)
- d.o/sentry_server & client (used by 193 sites)
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7. Other monitoring tools
- New Relic http://newrelic.com/
- Groundwork http://www.gwos.com/
- Zenoss http://www.zenoss.com/
- ...
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8. Modules related to “monitoring”
- d.o/project/prod_check
- d.o/project/hacked
- d.o/project/hosting_stats
- d.o/project/variable_changes
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9. Idea “Drupal Monitor”
our problem
- 50+ sites
- hosted on different servers
our solution
- we use munin for server monitoring
- “monitoring” on intranet extensions
new wishes
- no graphs, not all metrics we like to have
- new solution -> drupalmonitor.com
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10. drupalmonitor.com - what we don’t want
- no server monitoring
- load, traffic, memory, etc.
- no google analytics copy
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11. drupalmonitor.com - what we want
- 100% Drupal focus (application level)
- simple solution
- easy to install
- no additional server side software
- just one additional module (no dependencies)
- no configuration
- rrd graphs = data over time
- not just a “ping check”
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12. Version 1.5
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13. Architecture drupalmonitor.com
ALERTS
mysite.com
every 2 min
drupalmonitor.com DB CRAWLER othersite.com
immediately
greatsite.com
IMG RRD-Tool ALERTS
updated every 5 min
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14. Demo
- install the module on a site
- setup site on drupalmonitor.com
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15. Future
- more “out of the box” graphs
- cache monitoring (cache table, memcache)
- custom graphs with hook_monitor()
- source code check (is my site hacked?)
- drush integration
- additional development based on client feedback
- weekly reports per e-mail
- hints
- missing seo modules
- prod_check integration
- performance checklist
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16. Start using it - it’s free!
- Help to build the best monitoring tool
- http://drupalmonitor.com/survey
- what metrics are important to you?
- Tell friends about it
- Tweet about it
- I’m looking for a beta tester audience (!)
- Check our blog www.drupalmonitor.com/blog
My contacts:
- lukas.fischer@netnode.ch
- @lukasfischer
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17. Questions & Discussion
- Do you monitor your sites?
- How do you monitor your sites?
- How do you like the drupalmonitor.com approach?
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