monitoring.md

Monitoring and Infrastructure Strategy

Logging

• Application logs are collected via docker logs
• Nginx access logs help identify traffic patterns
• Azure Monitor / ELK stack can be integrated for centralized logging

Downtime Handling

• Docker container restart policies improve resilience
• Healthcheck endpoint ensures service availability
• Load balancer can be added for redundancy

Scaling Strategy

• Horizontal scaling using multiple containers
• VM Scale Sets or Kubernetes for auto-scaling
• Stateless architecture to allow scaling

API Credit Monitoring

• Middleware can track API usage
• Threshold alerts can notify via email or Slack

Cost Optimization

• Use smaller VM size for staging
• Schedule non-production shutdown during low usage
• Use autoscaling to match demand

Secrets Management

• GitHub Secrets
• Azure Key Vault
• Avoid storing secrets in codebase