A walkthrough on setting up CPU and memory monitoring for a VPS using AppSignal. Covers why infrastructure monitoring matters, how AppSignal compares to open-source tools like htop and Netdata, and step-by-step setup using both the Node.js package and Docker. Also demonstrates configuring anomaly detection triggers to receive email alerts when CPU or memory thresholds are exceeded.
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Why Do You Need to Monitor Your Infrastructure?Advantages of Using AppSignal to Monitor Your VPSMonitoring CPU and Memory on Your VPSSetup Alerts and NotificationsWrap-UpSort: