Monitor CPU and Memory Usage of External Services Accessed by your Go Application

The performance and reliability of external services your Go application depends on play a crucial role in ensuring the overall efficiency and user experience. Monitoring the CPU and memory usage of these external services is vital to identify potential bottlenecks, resource constraints, and possible points of failure that could impact your application’s performance.

Saashound, a powerful real-time event tracking tool, offers a comprehensive solution for monitoring the CPU and memory usage of external services accessed by your Go application. By integrating Saashound directly into your application, you can gain valuable insights into the performance of external services, set up custom alerts for critical thresholds, and take proactive measures to optimize your application’s interactions with these services.

The Importance of Monitoring External Services

Your Go application often relies on various external services, such as databases, APIs, and third-party platforms. Monitoring the CPU and memory usage of these external services is crucial for the following reasons:

  1. Performance Optimization: Tracking resource utilization helps identify performance bottlenecks and optimize interactions with external services for faster response times.

  2. Service Reliability: Monitoring CPU and memory usage allows you to detect potential service overloads or resource constraints that could impact reliability.

  3. Resource Management: Efficient resource utilization helps ensure optimal utilization of resources, reducing operational costs and improving scalability.

Connecting Saashound to Your Go Application

To start monitoring CPU and memory usage of external services accessed by your Go application using Saashound, follow these simple steps:

  1. Sign up for a free Saashound account to begin tracking your application’s events.
  2. Create your first project from the intuitive dashboard.
  3. Access the settings and securely copy your unique API token.

Go Integration for Monitoring External Services

Integrating Saashound into your Go application to monitor external services is straightforward. Use the following code snippet to track CPU and memory usage events. Replace API_TOKEN with your actual Saashound API token and update the project name to match your project.

Using net/http
package main
import (
"bytes"
"encoding/json"
"fmt"
"net/http"
)
func logEvent() {
apiURL := "https://api.saashound.co/log-event"
payload := map[string]interface{}{
"project": "my-second-proect",
"channel": "server-status",
"event": "High CPU Usage",
"description": "CPU for my-second-project has been over 95% for 1 Hour!.",
"icon": "🔥",
"notify": true
}
payloadBytes, err := json.Marshal(payload)
if err != nil {
fmt.Println("Error marshaling payload:", err)
return
}
req, err := http.NewRequest("POST", apiURL, bytes.NewReader(payloadBytes))
if err != nil {
fmt.Println("Error creating request:", err)
return
}
req.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
req.Header.Set("Authorization", "Bearer API_TOKEN")
client := http.DefaultClient
resp, err := client.Do(req)
if err != nil {
fmt.Println("Error sending request:", err)
return
}
defer resp.Body.Close()
if resp.StatusCode >= 200 && resp.StatusCode < 300 {
fmt.Println("Log event sent successfully!")
} else {
fmt.Println("Failed to send log event. Response code:", resp.StatusCode)
}
}
func main() {
logEvent()
}

Saashound Benefits

Saashound provides several benefits for monitoring CPU and memory usage of external services in your Go application:

  • Real-Time Monitoring: Saashound offers real-time insights into CPU and memory usage, allowing you to respond to service performance changes immediately.
  • Custom Alerts: Set up custom rules to receive instant notifications when CPU or memory usage exceeds specified thresholds, empowering you to take proactive action.
  • Event Filtering: Customize the events you wish to track and analyze, focusing on specific external services critical to your application.
  • Cross-Platform Push Notifications: Saashound sends push notifications to your preferred devices, ensuring you stay informed about critical events.

By utilizing Saashound’s monitoring capabilities, you can ensure the optimal performance and reliability of external services that your Go application relies on. Keep your application running smoothly and deliver an exceptional user experience with Saashound.

Other use-cases for SaasHound

  1. Monitor API Authorization and Access Control in your Go Application
  2. Monitor API Response Times in your Go Application
  3. Monitor CPU Usage in your Go Application
  4. Monitor when a Database Goes Down in your Go Application
  5. Monitor Database Query Performance in your Go Application
  6. Monitor High Disk Usage in Your Go Application
  7. Monitor when a user changes their email address in your Go application
  8. Monitor failed logins in your Go application
  9. Monitor failed payments for your Go application
  10. Monitor memory usage in your Go application
  11. Monitor MySQL downtime in your Go application
  12. Monitor when a new feature is used in your Go application
  13. Monitor your Postgres downtime in your Go application
  14. Monitor Redis downtime in your Go application
  15. Monitor Server Health and Uptime in your Go Application
  16. Monitor suspicious activity in your Go application
  17. Monitor when a user is being rate limited in your Go application
  18. Monitor when a user exceeds the usage limit for your Go service
  19. Get a notification when your Go code is done executing
  20. Send push notifications to your phone or desktop using Go
  21. Track A/B Testing and Feature Rollouts in your Go Application
  22. Track canceled subscriptions in your Go application
  23. Track Cron Jobs in Go
  24. Track when a file is uploaded to your Go application
  25. Track when a form is submitted to your Go application
  26. Track your Go cron jobs
  27. Track payment events via Go
  28. Track User Engagement Metrics in your Go Application
  29. Track user sign in events in Go
  30. Track user signup events via Go
  31. Track waitlist signup events via Go