From c6f6e7c7195556c5b36d6c51dfc99b1f86659c22 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Alexander Lukyanchikov Date: Sun, 11 Aug 2019 22:11:40 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Update README.md --- README.md | 8 ++++---- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index f995a3a..df301cb 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ Sampler is a tool for shell commands execution, visualization and alerting. Conf ![sampler](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/6069066/56404396-70b14d00-6234-11e9-93cd-54461bf40c96.gif) ## Why do I need it? -You can sample any dynamic process right from the terminal - observe changes in the database, monitor MQ in-flight messages, trigger a deployment script and get notification when it's done. +One can sample any dynamic process right from the terminal - observe changes in the database, monitor MQ in-flight messages, trigger a deployment script and get notification when it's done. If there is a way to get a metric using shell command - then it can be visualized with Sampler momentarily. @@ -41,12 +41,12 @@ Using Sampler is basically a 3-step process: - Adjust components size and location on UI ## But there are so many monitoring systems already -Sampler is not an alternative to full-scale monitoring systems, but rather fast and easy to setup development tool. +Sampler is by no means an alternative to full-scale monitoring systems, but rather fast and easy to setup development tool. If spinning up and configuring [Prometheous with Grafana](https://prometheus.io) is complete overkill for you task, Sampler might be the right solution. No servers, no databases, no deploy - you specify shell commands, and it just works. -## Ok, then it should be installed on every server I monitor? -No, you can run Sampler on local, but still gather telemetry from multiple remote machines. Any visualization might have `init` command, where you can ssh to a remote server. See [SSH example](https://github.com/sqshq/sampler#ssh). +## Then it should be installed on every server I monitor? +No, you can run Sampler on local, but still gather telemetry from multiple remote machines. Any visualization might have `init` command, where you can ssh to a remote server. See [SSH example](https://github.com/sqshq/sampler#ssh) ## Contents