Cabot

Summary

This GitHub repository hosts Cabot, a self-hosted monitoring and alerts service similar to a lightweight PagerDuty. It allows users to monitor services and send alerts via various channels based on Graphite metrics, web endpoints, and Jenkins build statuses. While stable and used in production, the project is currently seeking maintainers.

Target Audience

The target audience includes DevOps engineers, system administrators, and IT professionals seeking a free, open-source, and self-hosted monitoring solution. It is particularly useful for teams already using Graphite/Statsd and those who find commercial solutions too expensive or complex. The 'maintainers wanted' note indicates a call for experienced developers to take ownership of the project.

Key Features

• Self-hosted monitoring and alerts
• Integration with Graphite, web endpoints, and Jenkins
• Alerting via telephone, SMS, HipChat, and email
• Web interface for service monitoring
• API for programmatic access
• Docker-based quickstart deployment

Pain Points

• Cost and complexity of existing monitoring solutions like PagerDuty, Server Density, Pingdom, and Nagios.
• Difficulty in integrating existing data from Graphite/Statsd into monitoring systems.
• Need for custom coding to set up monitoring and alerts.

Usage Instructions

To use Cabot, follow the official quickstart guide at cabotapp.com to deploy it using Docker. Configure Cabot to monitor your services, set up alert contacts, and define alert conditions based on metrics, HTTP status codes, or Jenkins build statuses. The API can be used for programmatic access and integration.