Astra: Astra Monitoring

2025

Astra Monitoring 0.7 with the division of logs into server and client

Astra Group on April 21, 2025 announced the release of an updated version of the Astra Monitoring 0.7 IT infrastructure monitoring platform. The implementation of the system is focused on reducing the number of failures and increasing the availability of both system and business services, as well as on preventing critical situations. The platform facilitates the process of identifying the causes of accidents and accelerates the response to incidents. This improves the operational efficiency of companies and improves the stability of the services provided.

The Astra Monitoring software platform is a single infrastructure monitoring center that provides distributed collection of metrics and logs. The new release systematizes work with agents, exporters (special tools for collecting metrics and converting them into a monitoring system format) and logs for more transparent and prompt decision-making.

A key change is the concept of "self-monitoring." Now logs are divided into server and client. The former provide information about internal events of the system, and the latter - about the state of external components.

The filter structure has been improved to allow easier and faster detection of problems. The advanced list of criticality values in categorization parameters allows you to get detailed information about events, and convenient access to information about agents helps to quickly identify the sources of errors.

Another important improvement was the systematic mapping of agent connection nodes. All connection point information is now available in a single section, simplifying monitoring and management.

Astra Monitoring 0.7 has convenient tools for tracking exporters' status: they can be filtered by condition, and switching to host logs one click at a time significantly speeds up diagnostics and troubleshooting. The process of configuring agents has been greatly simplified: now everything is done not in configuration files, but in a convenient interface. Exporters can be regulated directly through the form of creating data sources, which supports both their own pre-configured exporters Astra Monitoring and third-party open source solutions.

Additional ease of use provides automatic updates of agent statuses and page content without completely reloading the interface. The configurable update interval automates real-time monitoring of data sources and saves system resources.

With increased security and IT independence requirements, infrastructure monitoring solutions become an integral part of protecting critical systems. Customers expect from us not only new functionality, services, but also speed and convenience, so that it is easier to quickly find potential causes of failures and problems. We sincerely hope that the new version of our platform, thanks to reliable advanced technologies, will help customers increase the level of predictability and fault tolerance of their IT landscapes, - said Ilya Zakharov, Director of the Monitoring Department of Astra Group.

Astra Monitoring 0.6 with full-text search

Astra Group"" On March 11, 2025, it announced the release of an updated version of Astra Monitoring, a universal monitoring platform for all layers of physical and virtual IT infrastructures system applications and business services.

In release 0.6, the functionality for working with log files has been significantly expanded. They can be tracked in the same environment as metrics and centrally managed. This makes it much easier to collect, aggregate, and analyze information from any host in the corporate IT landscape.

Another change in demand is full-text search. It allows you to quickly find critical messages and information that is important for analyzing complex incidents. New filter mechanisms help structure logs according to specified criteria and display in a universal dashboard. Also, in Astra Monitoring 0.6, you can configure monitoring of the appearance of certain messages in logs and configure alerts based on their analysis. All together, this helps to respond faster to emerging problems.

In addition, the developers unified the interface components to provide a seamless transition to the dashboard module, and added the ability to hide confidential corporate data found in log scripts, which increased their security.

Combining the monitoring of metrics and logs in a single environment opens up several important advantages for clients. These include centralized data management, prompt search for critical messages and setting warnings based on log analysis. The functionality that we have implemented in the current version of the product is in great demand: it allows you to detect and eliminate incidents in a timely manner, ensuring a high level of stability and security of the infrastructure. We always strive to ensure that Astra Group's innovative solutions help our customers stay one step ahead of any time challenges, "said Ilya Zakharov, Director of Astra Group's Monitoring Department.

2024: Astra Monitoring performance

Astra Group"" On September 25, 2024, it announced the release of a software solution - Astra Monitoring, designed to comprehensively monitor the company's products and all layers of physical and virtual IT infrastructures application, as well as system and business services.

The Astra Monitoring software platform is a single infrastructure monitoring center that provides distributed collection of metrics and logs, which allows you to receive data in real time, providing an understanding of the operation of the entire infrastructure. This is the own development of the Astra Group, built on the basis of several Open Source projects (Clickhouse, Victoria Metrics, PostgreSQL).

Astra Monitoring quickly diagnoses incidents and helps investigate the causes of accidents. Easy access to data through dashboards allows IT teams to quickly receive information and make informed decisions. The implementation of the system is aimed at reducing the number of failures and increasing the availability of system and business services, to prevent critical situations. The platform makes it easier to identify the causes of accidents and increases the speed of response to incidents. This helps companies improve operational efficiency and improve service stability.

This solution from Astra Group provides a number of advantages that make it a convenient tool for monitoring the IT infrastructure. First, a single monitoring console allows you to assess the state of all monitored systems, applications and services, which significantly reduces the burden on IT operations teams. Secondly, integration with Astra Group software products offers a pre-installed set of metrics and thresholds, as well as event templates. With varying degrees of importance, you can easily track the availability of product services and get up-to-date data through ready-made visualization panels. Third, distributed monitoring allows you to monitor infrastructure in complex, multi-layered environments, helping to spread the load. Finally, the role-based access model provides flexibility and control, allowing different employees to have access to only the information they need. Astra Monitoring provides information on the state of the infrastructure with varying degrees of detail for different groups of users. Operations teams, product managers, and management can access the data they need to help them make better decisions. The development team is open to any wishes of customers to develop the functionality of Astra Monitoring, and is ready to implement the most popular improvements and innovations in the market in future versions of the platform.

Astra Monitoring's licensing policy is tied to the number of monitoring objects that the customer has. The minimum price level is 100 objects, which means that the product can be used by companies of any scale, including representatives of medium and small businesses. The developers consider the target audience to be organizations following the path of import substitution, interested in an alternative to the products of Western vendors, as well as interested in means of monitoring critical information infrastructure.

The development of our own IT resource monitoring system can significantly strengthen our market position, increase Astra Group's competitiveness and reduce operational risks. We can better control the quality and functionality of our own infrastructure solutions. Our customers have the ability to fine-tune their information systems to work with our solutions, enabling deep integration and optimization of the entire stack. In addition, the presence of a monitoring system in the Astra Group product portfolio may be a noticeable advantage over competitors. We are confident that Astra Monitoring will become a key tool for companies seeking to improve their monitoring processes and increase the level of availability of IT infrastructure, "said Anton Shmakov, Technical Director of Astra Group.