I setup Zabbix[0] on a dedicated atom server and did all of the heavy leg work once (created templates, triggers, dashboards, auto-discovery ip ranges etc). The

I setup Zabbix[0] on a dedicated atom server and did all of the heavy leg work once (created templates, triggers, dashboards, auto-discovery ip ranges etc). Then I sit back and build my systems as usual and they all become monitored based on the tags applied to the vm. Notification is managed by zabbix which sends email alerts, has a tie in to twilio for sms notification and there are a few third party mobile apps for remote monitoring. This also means I am on call 24/7. I have rundeck [1] (the real star of this automated show) running on another host to tackle most common tasks for me like restarting services or backing up DBs. But sometimes I do have to phone a friend and ask for help or direct them through tasks to get things running (happened once over 12 years) My buddy and I are finishing up touches on a service monitoring SaaS which is just an html5 front end to the above system. If there is interest I will make a note to have a release party here on HN [0] - https://www.zabbix.com https://www.zabbix.com [1] - https://www.rundeck.com https://www.rundeck.com