github.com/stakater/IngressMonitorController@v1.0.103/docs/kubernetes-uptime.md (about) 1 # Kubernetes & Uptime 2 3 Monitoring uptime is very important; and when using microservices it becomes even more important to ensure all services 4 are up and running; and get alerts when they go down. There is nothing worse then your website going down and you hearing 5 about it from someone else. When it comes to downtime, every second counts. Uptime is one such service which sends alerts 6 when services become unavailable. IngressMonitorController from Stakater automates the management of URL endpoint 7 monitors in Uptime using kubernetes events. 8 9 ## Use Cases / Questions: 10 11 - How to monitor microservices deployed on kubernetes/openshift? 12 - How to have automatic monitoring of kubernetes cluster with Uptime? 13 - How to ensure that web applications deployed on kubernetes cluster are up and available right now using Uptime? 14 - How to ensure that when a new web application is deployed its monitored automatically using Uptime? 15 - How to get notified when a web application, REST API or microservice running on kubernetes become unhealthy or unreachable? 16 - How to have web URL availability monitoring for applications deployed in Kubernetes using Uptime? 17 - How to have uptime monitoring for web applications or microservices deployed on kubernetes? 18 - How to have web application availability monitoring when deployed to kubernetes? 19 - If something deployed on kubernetes does go down, how to know about it immediately? 20 - How to get notified by SMS or email if your website is down? 21 - How to proactively monitor your websites and online services & receive immediate notification when a problem is detected so you can quickly resolve the root cause and prevent potential escalation when deployed on kubernetes?. 22 23 IngressMonitorController (IMC) offers exactly these features: 24 25 - Automatically create new URL endpoint monitors in Uptime when new applications / services / microservices / REST API's are deployed in Kubernetes 26 - Automatically update URL endpoint monitors in Uptime when applications / services / microservices / REST API's are changed/updated in Kubernetes 27 - Automatically delete URL endpoint monitors in Uptime when applications / services / microservices / REST API's are deleted/removed in Kubernetes 28 29 ## Free Monitoring of Apps Deployed to Kubernetes 30 31 Uptime offers 21 day FREE trial; which is really awesome to get started! And with IngressMonitorController its even easier to get started and have free monitors for the services/apps/microservices deployed to Kubernetes.