Webhooks and Nebius Cloud Monitoring Integration

Input and output integration overview

The Webhooks plugin allows Telegraf to receive and process HTTP requests from various external services via webhooks. This plugin enables users to collect real-time metrics and events and integrate them into their monitoring solutions.

This plugin allows users to effortlessly send aggregated metrics to Nebius Cloud Monitoring, leveraging the cloud’s monitoring solutions.

Integration details

Webhooks

This Telegraf plugin is designed to act as a webhook listener by starting an HTTP server that registers multiple webhook endpoints. It provides a way to collect events from various services by capturing HTTP requests sent to defined paths. Each service can be configured with its specific authentication details and request handling options. The plugin stands out by allowing integration with any Telegraf output plugin, making it versatile for event-driven architectures. By enabling efficient reception of events, it opens possibilities for real-time monitoring and response systems, essential for modern applications that need instantaneous event handling and processing.

Nebius Cloud Monitoring

The Nebius Cloud Monitoring plugin serves as an intermediary to send custom metrics to the Nebius Cloud Monitoring service. It is designed specifically to facilitate the monitoring of applications and services running within the Nebius ecosystem. This plugin is especially useful for users of the Nebius Cloud Platform who need to leverage cloud-based monitoring capabilities without significant configuration overhead. The plugin’s integration relies on Google Cloud metadata, allowing it to automatically fetch the necessary authentication credentials from the Compute instance it operates within. Key technical considerations include the management of reserved labels to ensure metrics are recorded correctly without conflicts.

Configuration

Webhooks

[[inputs.webhooks]]
  ## Address and port to host Webhook listener on
  service_address = ":1619"

  ## Maximum duration before timing out read of the request
  # read_timeout = "10s"
  ## Maximum duration before timing out write of the response
  # write_timeout = "10s"

  [inputs.webhooks.filestack]
    path = "/filestack"

    ## HTTP basic auth
    #username = ""
    #password = ""

  [inputs.webhooks.github]
    path = "/github"
    # secret = ""

    ## HTTP basic auth
    #username = ""
    #password = ""

  [inputs.webhooks.mandrill]
    path = "/mandrill"

    ## HTTP basic auth
    #username = ""
    #password = ""

  [inputs.webhooks.rollbar]
    path = "/rollbar"

    ## HTTP basic auth
    #username = ""
    #password = ""

  [inputs.webhooks.papertrail]
    path = "/papertrail"

    ## HTTP basic auth
    #username = ""
    #password = ""

  [inputs.webhooks.particle]
    path = "/particle"

    ## HTTP basic auth
    #username = ""
    #password = ""

  [inputs.webhooks.artifactory]
    path = "/artifactory"

Nebius Cloud Monitoring

[[outputs.nebius_cloud_monitoring]]
  ## Timeout for HTTP writes.
  # timeout = "20s"

  ## Nebius.Cloud monitoring API endpoint. Normally should not be changed
  # endpoint = "https://monitoring.api.il.nebius.cloud/monitoring/v2/data/write"

Input and output integration examples

Webhooks

1. Real-time Notifications from Github: Integrate the Webhooks Input Plugin with Github to receive real-time notifications for events such as pull requests, commits, and issues. This allows development teams to instantly monitor crucial changes and updates in their repositories, improving collaboration and response times.

2. Automated Alerting with Rollbar: Use this plugin to listen for errors reported from Rollbar, enabling teams to react swiftly to bugs and issues in production. By forwarding these alerts into a centralized monitoring system, teams can prioritize their responses based on severity and prevent escalated downtime.

3. Performance Monitoring from Filestack: Capture events from Filestack to track file uploads, transformations, and errors. This setup helps businesses understand user interactions with file management processes, optimize workflow, and ensure high availability of file services.

4. Centralized Logging with Papertrail: Tie in all logs sent to Papertrail through webhooks, allowing you to consolidate your logging strategy. With real-time log forwarding, teams can analyze trends and anomalies efficiently, ensuring they maintain visibility over critical operations.

Nebius Cloud Monitoring

1. Dynamic Application Monitoring: Integrate this plugin with your application to continuously send metrics related to resource usage, such as CPU and memory utilization, to Nebius Cloud Monitoring. By doing so, you can gain insights into the performance of your application, allowing for adjustments in real-time based on the metrics received.

2. Incident Response Automation: Use the Nebius Cloud Monitoring plugin to automatically send alerts and metrics when certain thresholds are reached. For instance, if a particular service’s uptime drops below a certain percentage, the plugin can be configured to report this directly to the monitoring service, enabling quicker incident response and resolution.

3. Comparative Service Analysis: Set up the plugin to send metrics from multiple cloud instances running different versions of the same application to Nebius Cloud Monitoring. This approach allows for a comparative analysis of resource usage and performance, helping teams determine which version performs best under similar workloads.

4. Aggregated Metrics Dashboard: Use this plugin to create a centralized dashboard displaying metrics from various services across your cloud instances. By aggregating different application metrics into one interface, stakeholders can assess the overall health and performance of their cloud environment easily.

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