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Monitoring & Automation

Monitoring and automated workflows that catch problems before they become downtime.

Reference Architecture

How a deployment fits together.

Reference architecture for Monitoring & Automation deployments by KYCONNECTSTargetsServersWindows · LinuxNetwork gearswitches · firewallsCollectExportersnode · SNMPStorePrometheustime seriesVisualiseGrafanadashboardsActAlertsSMTP · severityn8nautomated fix
A representative monitoring & automation deployment. Every engagement is sized to your actual environment.

Stack & Delivery

What we build on, and how it runs.

Technology stack

MetricsPrometheus
DashboardsGrafana
Device monitoringSNMP
Automationn8n, self-hosted
Alert deliverySMTP, threshold rules

How monitoring flows

  1. 1

    Collect

    Prometheus exporters and SNMP polling across servers, switches, and firewalls.

  2. 2

    Store

    Time-series retention sized to how far back your team actually needs to look.

  3. 3

    Visualise

    Grafana dashboards built around the metrics you act on, not every metric available.

  4. 4

    Alert

    Threshold rules routed over SMTP, with a defined escalation path per severity.

  5. 5

    Automate

    n8n workflows that turn a recurring manual fix into a scheduled job.

Our Approach

We build automation around the operational reporting you actually need to see, using tools like n8n, Grafana, and Prometheus that we can hand over and you can extend, not a black-box platform that locks you in.

What's Included

Grafana & Prometheus Monitoring

Metrics collection and dashboarding with Prometheus and Grafana, so infrastructure state is visible instead of assumed.

GrafanaPrometheus

Infrastructure Monitoring

Server, network, and application uptime monitoring with SNMP-based alerting.

SNMP

n8n Infrastructure Automation

Operational workflows on n8n: report generation, data movement, and scheduled jobs your own team can open and extend.

n8n

Automated Reporting

Scheduled report generation and delivery pulled directly from operational data.

n8nSMTP

Log Aggregation & Alerting

Centralized logging with threshold-based alerts for early issue detection.

Scripted Provisioning

Standardised build and imaging scripts for faster, consistent rollouts.

Talk Through Your Requirements

We typically respond within 4–8 business hours.