Re: [IBMiOSS] Monitoring Nodejs servers remotely...

[Aaron Bartell <aaronbartell@xxxxxxxxx>]

Lots of options ranging from things like uptimerobot.com to NewRelic.
NewRelic gives you A LOT more info about the health of your app.

On Thu, Mar 15, 2018, 11:13 AM Bradley Stone <bvstone@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Here's a scenario.. I think I know the answer, but I want to make sure.
>
> Let's say I am helping a client and putting together nodejs applications
> for them.  I have found and love pm2 to keep things running, logging, etc.
>
> But, is there any way to monitor without needed to be on through their
> VPN?  like sending the server a ping of some sort and having it return
> info?
>
> Or if it goes down hard, errors etc have it let me know?  Maybe call a
> program (CL, RPG, etc) or something else?  Send a text, email, etc.
>
> Maybe what I'm asking for is best practices for nodejs server
> monitoring/catching/notifying.
>
> We should assume the client has no experience with PASE or node and will
> rely on a 3rd party to do most of the heavy lifting.
>
> There just seems like so much that can go wrong.  I'm used the the apache
> server and RPG more.  With pm2 things are better, but I still don't trust
> it as much.  :)  If that makes any sense.
>
>
> Bradley V. Stone
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