monitoring Archives

Monitoring HomeLab Environment with ESPHome and Home Assistant: A Step-by-Step Guide

June 2, 2026

Learn how to build a professional-grade environment monitoring system for your HomeLab. Using an ESP32, a BME280 sensor, and ESPHome, you can track temperature and humidity locally within Home Assistant.

HomeLab

Automate Your Internet Performance Monitoring: A 6-Month Speedtest Tracker Review

May 6, 2026

Is your ISP delivering the speeds you pay for? Learn how to deploy Speedtest Tracker on Docker to automate performance logging 24/7 with this 6-month stability review.

Networking

Mastering Smokeping: How to Kill the ‘2 AM Network Ghost’ on Linux

May 6, 2026

Learn how to deploy and configure Smokeping on Linux. Track network latency, jitter, and packet loss over time with historical RRDtool graphs to solve intermittent connectivity issues.

DevOps

Centralized Logging with Grafana Loki: A Cost-Effective Guide for Kubernetes and Linux

May 3, 2026

Ditch the heavy ELK stack. Discover how to build a high-performance, low-cost logging system using Grafana Loki and Promtail on Kubernetes and Linux.

Networking

Linux Network Performance Monitoring with Prometheus and Grafana: A to Z Guide

April 28, 2026

Learn how to monitor Linux network performance using Prometheus, node_exporter, and Grafana. This guide covers installation, key PromQL queries for TCP retransmits and packet drops, Grafana dashboard setup, and production alerting rules — based on real-world experience tracking down silent network saturation issues.

HomeLab

Install Changedetection.io on Docker: Monitor Website Changes and Get Instant Telegram Alerts in Your HomeLab

April 28, 2026

Changedetection.io is a self-hosted tool that monitors website content changes and sends instant alerts. This guide walks through setting it up with Docker Compose and configuring Telegram notifications for your HomeLab — including JavaScript-rendered pages via Playwright.

Linux

eBPF: A High-Performance Path to Linux Kernel Observability

April 23, 2026

Discover how eBPF provides deep Linux kernel observability without the risks of traditional modules. Learn to use BCC and bpftrace for real-time system troubleshooting.

HomeLab

Self-Hosting Uptime Kuma on Docker: Stop Guessing and Start Monitoring Your HomeLab

April 22, 2026

Tired of silent server crashes? Learn how to deploy Uptime Kuma using Docker Compose to monitor your HomeLab and receive instant alerts via Telegram and Email.

HomeLab

Stop Relying on the Cloud: Self-Host Gotify for Instant HomeLab Alerts

April 12, 2026

Tired of missing critical HomeLab alerts when the internet goes down? Learn how to self-host Gotify on Docker to create a private, high-performance push notification server that keeps you informed 24/7.

Networking

Fixing the 2 AM Bandwidth Spike: Practical Traffic Analysis with NetFlow and ntopng

April 11, 2026

Don't let a 2 AM bandwidth spike crash your cluster. Master NetFlow and ntopng to identify top talkers and detect DDoS attacks using metadata analysis.