agentic-data-stack-community/data-core/checklists/monitoring-setup-checklist.md

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# Monitoring Setup Checklist - Community Edition

## Overview
Essential monitoring setup for community data projects to ensure basic observability and alerting.

**Checklist ID**: `monitoring-setup-checklist-community`  
**Version**: 1.0.0  
**Category**: Operations & Monitoring  
**Created**: 2025-01-24

## Basic Monitoring Infrastructure

### Logging Setup
- [ ] **Application Logging**: Core application events logged appropriately
- [ ] **Error Logging**: All errors captured with sufficient detail
- [ ] **Log Rotation**: Log rotation configured to prevent disk space issues
- [ ] **Log Format**: Consistent, parseable log format implemented
- [ ] **Log Storage**: Logs stored in accessible location with appropriate retention

### Metrics Collection
- [ ] **System Metrics**: Basic system metrics (CPU, memory, disk) collected
- [ ] **Application Metrics**: Key application performance metrics tracked
- [ ] **Data Pipeline Metrics**: Pipeline execution time and success rates monitored
- [ ] **Data Quality Metrics**: Basic data quality indicators tracked
- [ ] **Business Metrics**: Key business metrics monitored

### Health Checks
- [ ] **Service Health**: Basic service health endpoints implemented
- [ ] **Database Connectivity**: Database connection health monitored
- [ ] **External Dependencies**: External service dependencies monitored
- [ ] **Data Source Availability**: Data source connectivity verified regularly
- [ ] **End-to-End Testing**: Basic end-to-end health checks implemented

## Alerting Configuration

### Critical Alerts
- [ ] **Service Down**: Immediate alerts when core services fail
- [ ] **Data Pipeline Failures**: Alerts when data pipelines fail
- [ ] **Data Quality Issues**: Alerts when data quality thresholds breached
- [ ] **Security Events**: Basic security event monitoring and alerting
- [ ] **Resource Exhaustion**: Alerts when system resources nearly exhausted

### Alert Delivery
- [ ] **Alert Channels**: Email/messaging channels configured for alerts
- [ ] **Alert Escalation**: Basic escalation procedures defined
- [ ] **Alert Priority**: Different alert levels (critical, warning, info) configured
- [ ] **Alert Suppression**: Duplicate alert suppression implemented
- [ ] **Alert Testing**: Alert delivery tested and verified

### Alert Response
- [ ] **Response Procedures**: Basic alert response procedures documented
- [ ] **Contact Information**: On-call contact information maintained
- [ ] **Escalation Matrix**: Clear escalation paths defined
- [ ] **Resolution Tracking**: Method for tracking alert resolution implemented
- [ ] **Post-Incident Review**: Basic incident review process defined

## Dashboard Setup

### Operational Dashboards
- [ ] **System Overview**: High-level system health dashboard
- [ ] **Pipeline Status**: Data pipeline execution status dashboard
- [ ] **Data Quality Dashboard**: Basic data quality metrics visualization
- [ ] **Performance Dashboard**: Key performance indicators displayed
- [ ] **Error Tracking**: Error rates and trends visualized

### Business Dashboards
- [ ] **Business Metrics**: Key business KPIs displayed
- [ ] **Data Freshness**: Data freshness indicators visible
- [ ] **Usage Analytics**: Basic usage patterns tracked
- [ ] **Trend Analysis**: Historical trends visualized
- [ ] **Stakeholder Views**: Appropriate views for different stakeholder groups

## Performance Monitoring

### Response Time Monitoring
- [ ] **API Response Times**: Service response times monitored
- [ ] **Database Query Performance**: Slow query detection implemented
- [ ] **Pipeline Execution Time**: Data pipeline duration tracked
- [ ] **User Experience Metrics**: End-user experience metrics collected
- [ ] **Performance Baselines**: Performance baselines established

### Resource Utilization
- [ ] **CPU Utilization**: CPU usage patterns monitored
- [ ] **Memory Usage**: Memory consumption tracked
- [ ] **Storage Usage**: Disk space utilization monitored
- [ ] **Network Performance**: Network latency and bandwidth monitored
- [ ] **Capacity Planning**: Basic capacity planning metrics collected

## Data Quality Monitoring

### Data Validation
- [ ] **Schema Validation**: Data schema compliance monitored
- [ ] **Data Completeness**: Missing data detection automated
- [ ] **Data Accuracy**: Basic accuracy checks implemented
- [ ] **Data Consistency**: Cross-system consistency validated
- [ ] **Data Freshness**: Data staleness detection implemented

### Quality Metrics
- [ ] **Quality Scorecards**: Regular data quality scorecards generated
- [ ] **Trend Analysis**: Data quality trends tracked over time
- [ ] **Threshold Monitoring**: Quality thresholds monitored and alerted
- [ ] **Exception Reporting**: Data quality exceptions captured and reported
- [ ] **Improvement Tracking**: Quality improvement initiatives tracked

## Security Monitoring

### Access Monitoring
- [ ] **Authentication Events**: Login events monitored
- [ ] **Authorization Failures**: Failed access attempts tracked
- [ ] **Privilege Changes**: Changes to user privileges monitored
- [ ] **Data Access Patterns**: Unusual data access patterns detected
- [ ] **Administrative Actions**: Administrative activities logged

### Security Events
- [ ] **Failed Login Attempts**: Multiple failed login attempts detected
- [ ] **Unauthorized Access**: Unauthorized access attempts monitored
- [ ] **Data Export Events**: Large data exports tracked
- [ ] **Configuration Changes**: System configuration changes monitored
- [ ] **Security Scan Results**: Security vulnerability scan results tracked

## Backup and Recovery Monitoring

### Backup Validation
- [ ] **Backup Completion**: Backup job completion monitored
- [ ] **Backup Integrity**: Backup integrity verified regularly
- [ ] **Backup Storage**: Backup storage capacity monitored
- [ ] **Recovery Testing**: Regular recovery testing scheduled
- [ ] **Retention Compliance**: Backup retention policies enforced

### Disaster Recovery
- [ ] **Recovery Procedures**: Recovery procedures tested and documented
- [ ] **RTO/RPO Monitoring**: Recovery time and point objectives monitored
- [ ] **DR Site Status**: Disaster recovery site status monitored
- [ ] **Data Synchronization**: Data synchronization status tracked
- [ ] **Failover Testing**: Regular failover testing conducted

## Documentation and Training

### Monitoring Documentation
- [ ] **Setup Documentation**: Monitoring setup procedures documented
- [ ] **Alert Runbooks**: Alert response runbooks created
- [ ] **Dashboard Guides**: Dashboard usage guides created
- [ ] **Troubleshooting Guides**: Common issue troubleshooting documented
- [ ] **Contact Information**: Current contact information maintained

### Team Training
- [ ] **Monitoring Tools**: Team trained on monitoring tools usage
- [ ] **Alert Response**: Alert response procedures communicated
- [ ] **Dashboard Interpretation**: Dashboard reading skills developed
- [ ] **Escalation Procedures**: Escalation procedures understood
- [ ] **Continuous Improvement**: Monitoring improvement process established

## Sign-off

**Monitoring Setup Approved By:**
- [ ] Technical Lead: _________________ Date: _________
- [ ] Operations Team: ______________ Date: _________
- [ ] Business Owner: _______________ Date: _________

**Monitoring Review Schedule:**
- [ ] Weekly Reviews: ______________ 
- [ ] Monthly Assessments: _________
- [ ] Quarterly Improvements: ______

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*This community edition monitoring checklist covers essential observability. For enterprise-grade monitoring with advanced analytics, AI-powered anomaly detection, and comprehensive compliance monitoring, consider the Enterprise Edition.*