Observability Stack — Monitoring Suite
Full OpenTelemetry observability stack with metrics, logs, traces, and alerting for self-hosted infrastructure.
- Role
- Creator
- Year
- 2026
- Stack
- Grafana · Prometheus · Jaeger · Loki · Tempo · Docker
Context
Self-hosted services need enterprise-grade monitoring without the enterprise cost. Open-source solutions exist but require careful integration and tuning to work together seamlessly.
Approach
Deployed a complete OpenTelemetry stack: Prometheus for metric collection and alerting, Loki for log aggregation, Jaeger for distributed tracing, Tempo for trace storage, and Grafana for unified dashboards. All configured via Docker Compose with automated provisioning and 30-day retention policies.
Outcome
Single-pane-of-glass observability across all 15 HomeLab services. Automated alerts via Prometheus AlertManager. Mean time to detection reduced from hours to minutes with correlated metrics, logs, and traces.