Scout Realtime
Infrastructure
server monitoring
SHOW HN2014
How HN took it
4 positive, 30 neutral or asking, 3 mixed, 16 critical, out of 53 comments about the project. Thread score -0.25.
Execution: 2 for, 6 againstDesign: 2 for, 4 againstPerformance: 0 for, 5 againstDocs: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Clean, nice-looking real-time charts
From 3 comments
They said they use it on their own production servers so of course I couldn't resist... http://scoutapp.com:5555/ Really nice looking monitoring, though. I think it's fun to see…
jakejake on HNI like it, but why not use something like htop? [1] Perhaps it's not entirely comparable, but you do not need to open any extra ports or run any extra processes. It looks really…
flexd on HNI've recently released a similar tool for Python. Definitely not as pretty but with a focus on providing a lot of details: https://github.com/Jahaja/psdash The more the merrier! :)
jahaja on HN
Useful for quickly seeing what the server is doing
From 1 comment
I love htop too, but the great thing about scout_realtime is the couple minutes of context provided the charts. Sometimes, nothing beats seeing a chart to quickly see what's…
acl on HN
Objections
Browser CPU and memory use is high, fans spin up
From 4 comments
It is burning my CPU (browser side, not server side) http://i.imgur.com/NgXi4LG.png The author should provide configuration so it does not get data from stats.json every second.
keimoon on HNLooks nice, but it slowly turns my laptop into a fireball and pegs an entire core (older laptop).
stock_toaster on HNkills the cpu on my mac with Chrome Version 34.0.1847.11 beta
hnriot on HNThe web page makes firefox gobbles more and more RAM until it crashes. You've found a firefox bug :) (FF 27.1 Linux).
wazoox on HN
Fails on OSX and FreeBSD because it relies on procfs
From 2 comments
Thanks again for reporting - we've released version 1.0.1 to fix the issue: gem install scout_realtime Note that OSX support is limited as there is no "/proc" support.
itsderek23 on HNCan you guys add a if/else clause in sinatra and add a FreeBSD logo?[1] I see tux in my FreeBSD server and feels weird. [1]…
atmosx on HN
Requires Ruby and is awkward to install
From 3 comments
Nice, but it requires ruby :S I been using this https://github.com/abimaelmartell/system_monitor, easy to install and dont eat too much ram :P
steve02 on HNNoob to Ruby here...any thoughts on why gem_original_require is screwing me up? Thanks for the cool looking tool! /usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:36:in…
telot on HNI just tried out the main product and while it's easy to setup i ran into snags with the plugins right away. Both redis and postgres (the first two i tried) failed to install and…
tijs on HN
Requests
Add HTTPS and login authentication
From 1 comment
Any way of enforcing HTTPS and login/password auth? I would love to be able to use this on a set of public servers...
Therac20 on HN
Bind to localhost only
From 1 comment
And I should add that this thing is awesome! It wouldn't install for me unless I was root, but that might be a ruby configuration thing, since this is also the first ruby app…
primo44 on HN
Configurable refresh rate
From 2 comments
It is burning my CPU (browser side, not server side) http://i.imgur.com/NgXi4LG.png The author should provide configuration so it does not get data from stats.json every second.
keimoon on HNThis looks nice but that /s refresh it might cause issues, maybe add a setting so refresh can be set by user? Shameless plug - If anyone is looking for a python/django…
k3oni on HN
Support for publishing custom data over a socket
From 1 comment
Did you roll your own SVG chart lib for this? If not, mind sharing which one you're using? It's very nice. If you were to make it so I can open a socket or websocket to it…
benjamincburns on HN
Questions
How much CPU does the daemon use?
From 1 comment
Quick question. How much CPU usage/time does the monitoring tool itself utilize ?
jggonz on HN
How does it compare to New Relic?
From 1 comment
Does this solve the same problem that new relic does? If not, what is the difference?
jonahx on HN
How to view multiple servers on one screen?
From 1 comment
how to view multiple servers on one screen?
executive on HN
Alternatives named
htop
From 1 comment
I like it, but why not use something like htop? [1] Perhaps it's not entirely comparable, but you do not need to open any extra ports or run any extra processes. It looks really…
flexd on HN
glances
From 1 comment
That is true, charts are nice. I actually mostly use glances [1]. I forgot to mention glances in my comment. [1] https://pypi.python.org/pypi/Glances
flexd on HN
New Relic
From 1 comment
Does this solve the same problem that new relic does? If not, what is the difference?
jonahx on HN
Nagios
From 1 comment
I just tried out the main product and while it's easy to setup i ran into snags with the plugins right away. Both redis and postgres (the first two i tried) failed to install and…
tijs on HN