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Prevent Catastrophes With Actionable Monitoring and Alerts for Mendix Applications
Menno de Haas, Team Lead|Mendix Expert, WebflightTom de Groot, Product Manager, MendixAndrej Koelewijn, Product Manager, Mendix
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Agenda
• Value of monitoring• Exploration of new monitoring integration• Partner WebFlight
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Value of Monitoring
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Value of Monitoring
• Is my app running as required?• Am I meeting SLA requirements?• Why is my app not running as required?• Are my dependencies performing as expected?
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Monitoring instruments
• Measure:• Logs• Technical Metrics (CPU, Memory Usage)
• Act:• Predefined Dashboards• Predefined Alerts
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Sometimes, you want more monitoring
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Datadog
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Datadog: Monitoring instruments
• Measure:• Logs• Technical Metrics• Business Metrics (Count & Duration)
• Act:• Predefined Dashboards• Predefined Alerts• Custom Dashboards• Custom Alerts• Consolidated Logs
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Datadog: Business Metrics
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Datadog: Duration
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Datadog: Custom Dashboards
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Datadog: Custom Alerts
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Datadog: Landscape Management
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Mendix and Datadog
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Mendix and Datadog: How To Setup?
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Mendix and Datadog: How To Setup?
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Mendix and Datadog: How To use Monitoring Instruments?With one simple configuration, track the duration of:• Request handlers• Microflows• Activities
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Mendix and Datadog: How To use Monitoring Instruments?Mendix Datadog Connector Kit (Coming Soon)
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BUILD DIGITAL PRODUCTS THAT
MAKE PEOPLE SMILE
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USER CENTERED DEVELOPMENT
For more info about our User Centered Development visit our stand
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Monitoring levels
External
Application
Infrastructure
“Is my app running out of memory?”
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Monitoring levels
External
Application
Infrastructure
“How many orders did we process?”
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Monitoring levels
External
Application
Infrastructure
“Is the connection with my ERP system available?”
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Application monitoring
Infrastructure
External
Application
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RAI Huishoudbeurs
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RAI Huishoudbeurs
40.000registered app users
300.000visitors in one week
50.000downloaded
apps
Participate in prize rounds
Browseprograms
Browseexhibitors
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Demo
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What to monitor? Everything?
Risk Impact
Probability
Money
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Business logic
Monitor prize distribution?
Invalid prize request?
Empty prize request?
User valid?
Round active?
User already participated?
Prize in stock?
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Submit custom metrics
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Configure timeseries graph
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Enjoy the graph!
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Log analysis
Infrastructure
External
Application
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How about logs?
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Relate logs to graphs
?
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View logs and stack traces
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Monitor alerts work with logs
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External API monitoring
Application
Infrastructure
External
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Osawa ScrewGrinding Company
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Monitoring external dependencies
Mendix App ERP?
Webshop
PIM ?
?
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Monitoring availability
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Email alert
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Event stream
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What if the API specs change?
API contract tests
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Do not cause alert fatigue
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Load (stress) testing Application
Infrastructure
External
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Load testing – HTTP requests
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Load testing – Database connections
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Load testing – HTTP response times
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Q&A
