Observer

Observer Agent is an open-source, lightweight, and efficient tool that collects Prometheus metrics from your infrastructure and securely transmits them to Observer for real-time monitoring and status page updates. It enables seamless metric polling, status evaluation, and webhook integrations, ensuring accurate and reliable status reporting.

Why Open-Source?

Observer Agent is fully open-source, giving you full visibility into how your data is handled. You can audit the code for security, contribute improvements, or even customize it to fit your specific needs. Transparency and control are at the core of our approach, ensuring that you can trust and modify the agent as needed.

How It Works

1. The agent fetches metric definitions from the Observer platform.
2. It periodically queries your Prometheus server for metric values.
3. The collected data is evaluated against predefined conditions to determine its status (healthy, degraded, unhealthy, or no data).
4. If a status change occurs, the agent sends an update to Observer, triggering webhooks if configured.

Key Features

Lightweight & Efficient – Designed to run with minimal resource usage.
Secure Data Transmission – Uses API key authentication for secure communication.
Customizable – Modify the source code to fit your specific monitoring needs.
Works with Any Prometheus Instance – Easily integrates with existing monitoring setups.
Supports Webhooks – Automate workflows by triggering alerts on status changes.

Next Steps

To get started with the Observer Agent, follow these steps:

• Installation - Set up the agent on your infrastructure.
• Configuration - Customize the agent’s behavior and settings.
• Running the Agent - Start and manage the Observer Agent in different environments.