How can I get a production server alert log in my Slack channel?, so that if there is a problem I will be notified as soon as possible

Question

Current Situation:

1. Our production server experiences frequent downtime due to:

   1. High CPU loads (100%)

   2. Uncaught exceptions causing crashes

2. Lack of visibility into API behavior leads to:

   1. Delayed issue identification relying solely on user complaints

   2. Increased downtime resolving problems after they occur

Impact:

1. Downtime disrupts user experience and damages our reputation.

2. A reactive approach to troubleshooting is inefficient and leads to further downtime.

3. The lack of API behavior monitoring hinders proactive problem detection and preventative measures.

Desired Outcome:

• Implement a system that proactively sends alerts to a designated Slack channel for production server issues, including:

  • High CPU usage

  • Server crashes

  • API errors

• Gain real-time visibility into API behavior to identify and address potential problems before they cause downtime.

• Achieve faster reaction times to production server issues, minimizing downtime and improving user experience.

Answer 1

Using Slack Bot alert you can solve this problem

here I made a global function for slack alert

const axios = require("axios");
exports.responseInClientSlack = async (body) => {
  try {
    return await axios.post(process.env.SLACK_URL, body);
  } catch (error) {
    console.log(error);
  }
};

After Define this global function you can use in your node JS project

I have you this in global error handle function Here is example of this code

 responseInClientSlack({
        attachments: [
          {
            title: `error`,
            text: `\n\nstatusCode: ${err?.status} \n\nMessage : ${err?.message}\n\n stack: ${err?.stack} \n\n user:${req?.user?.id}`,
            color: "#FF0000",
          },
        ],
      });

For set webhook inside slack and get SLACK_URL you can prefer this you tube video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxtC40gUS2A

Answer 2

Backend Monitoring can be easily done by the Wooffer. Here by implementing the Below steps, you can achieve more future than a description of the question.

Step 1 : Install

npm i wooffer

or

yarn add wooffer

Step 2 : Setup ENV

token = "<Your Token>";
serviceToken = "<Your Service Token>";

Note : get your token and Service Token from https://app.wooffer.io/

Step 3 : Add Wooffer to Root directory

const wooffer = require("wooffer");
const express = require("express");

wooffer(process.env.woofferToken, process.env.woofferServiceToken);

// Add this code to track endpoint usage(Optional)
const app = express();
app.use(wooffer.requestMonitoring);

Now You can track

1. API Usage
2. Logs
3. Bugs
4. Real-time Usage
5. Resource Usage

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