Deployment¶

This section covers best practices for deploying Health Check Monitor in production.

Security Best Practices¶

Store sensitive information in environment variables rather than in the configuration file:

export SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL="https://hooks.slack.com/services/XXX"
export SMTP_USERNAME="username" 
export SMTP_PASSWORD="password"
export BASIC_AUTH="dXNlcjpwYXNz"  # Base64 of "user:pass"

Then reference them in your configuration:

headers:
  Authorization: Basic ${BASIC_AUTH}
  X-API-Key: ${API_KEY}

Resource Usage¶

Memory and CPU usage scale with the number of endpoints being monitored. To optimize resource usage:

Adjust concurrency_limit based on your system capabilities
Use longer intervals for non-critical services
Set appropriate timeouts to prevent hangs
Consider distributing monitoring across multiple instances for large deployments

Persistent Storage¶

For long-term tracking of health check status:

Mount a volume for logs if using Docker
Consider setting up a centralized logging system
Use a database for storing historical health data (if implemented)

Redundancy¶

For critical monitoring, consider:

Running multiple instances in different regions
Using different notification channels for redundancy
Setting up monitoring for the monitoring system itself

Container Orchestration¶

Health Check Monitor works well with container orchestration platforms:

Use Kubernetes for automatic scaling and failover
Set resource limits to prevent excessive resource usage
Use a service mesh for secure communication
Use secrets management for storing sensitive information