Cloud-native monitoring and management tools are designed to handle the dynamic, scalable, and distributed nature of cloud-native applications. These tools provide observability, automation, and control for containers, microservices, and orchestration platforms like Kubernetes.
Key Categories and Examples:
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Monitoring & Metrics Collection
- Tools like Prometheus collect metrics from applications and infrastructure, enabling real-time monitoring.
- Tencent Cloud Monitor (TCM) extends this with cloud-native integration, offering metrics for containers, clusters, and services.
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Log Management
- Fluentd and Loki aggregate and query logs from distributed systems.
- Tencent Cloud CLS (Cloud Log Service) provides scalable log collection, storage, and analysis for cloud-native workloads.
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Tracing & Distributed Systems Observability
- Jaeger and OpenTelemetry track requests across microservices to identify bottlenecks.
- Tencent Cloud's APM (Application Performance Monitoring) service integrates with OpenTelemetry for end-to-end tracing.
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Cluster & Orchestration Management
- Kubernetes Dashboard and Lens provide UIs for managing clusters.
- Tencent Cloud TKE (Tencent Kubernetes Engine) includes built-in monitoring, auto-scaling, and logging for Kubernetes clusters.
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Automation & Policy Enforcement
- ArgoCD manages GitOps workflows for deployments.
- Tencent Cloud TEM (Tencent Serverless Cloud Function) automates serverless function management with built-in observability.
For cloud-native environments, Tencent Cloud offers a suite of services like TCM, CLS, TKE, and APM to streamline monitoring and management.