Anomalous
Infrastructure
server monitoring
SHOW HN2013
50points
33comments
#501of 1,739 in 2013
Top 29%of 2013 by points
How HN took it
CuriousMostly questions and neutral comments
1 positive, 13 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 10 critical, out of 24 comments about the project. Thread score -0.39.
Privacy: 0 for, 3 againstDocs: 0 for, 2 againstIdea: 1 for, 1 againstPricing: 0 for, 2 againstExecution: 0 for, 1 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Looks nice, a mix of Papertrail and New Relic
From 1 comment
Looks nice, kinda like a combination of Papertrail and New Relic? Going to give a try.
tlongren on HN
Objections
Install script piped to sudo bash is unsafe
From 3 comments
``` curl https://getanomalous.com/install.sh 2>/dev/null | sudo bash -s your_app_key your_api_key ``` Please do not use this kind of install solution! Piping arbitrary commands…
falcolas on HNPlease do not use [curl https://.... | sudo bash] Provide packages, please, not arbitrary tarballs from s3. Besides a well-behaved package being automatically uninstallable,…
tbrownaw on HNWell, packages can be signed, packages can be pinned using internal repos, and lists of installed packages (and their versions) can be easily generated. Packages are also easier…
falcolas on HN
Too expensive per server, especially for virtualized hosts
From 2 comments
Just a quick note, for what it's worth. I work for an ISP/MSP. In addition to our servers and network, we manage those of many of our customers. We would never pay…
jlgaddis on HNWhat sucks is that they are charging for it. When your talking about monitoring 100 servers, that's $1000/month. Currently I use Check_mk/OMD and it works beautifully. Oh, and…
numberwhun on HN
Limited features compared to Nagios, Datadog and others
From 2 comments
``` curl https://getanomalous.com/install.sh 2>/dev/null | sudo bash -s your_app_key your_api_key ``` Please do not use this kind of install solution! Piping arbitrary commands…
falcolas on HNWell, using DataDog I can 1) increase a counter when something happens -- like an error or an expected user action and 2) setup an alert when the average amount of events over a…
Erwin on HN
No company information or About section
From 1 comment
For this sort of service an "About" or a "Company" section is a must. Few people will want to "install the server agent" with an always-on link to the mothership by some unknown…
huhtenberg on HN
API keys sent over non-SSL endpoint
From 1 comment
I don't like how it's POSTing to an non-SSL endpoint. Is it safe to send API keys out in plaintext?
misframer on HN
Requests
Provide installable packages instead of a script
From 2 comments
``` curl https://getanomalous.com/install.sh 2>/dev/null | sudo bash -s your_app_key your_api_key ``` Please do not use this kind of install solution! Piping arbitrary commands…
falcolas on HNPlease do not use [curl https://.... | sudo bash] Provide packages, please, not arbitrary tarballs from s3. Besides a well-behaved package being automatically uninstallable,…
tbrownaw on HN
Windows support
From 1 comment
No Windows?
tucaz on HN
Plugin list visible without sign-in
From 1 comment
Try to see a list of plugins, the docs tell me to click on the servers page, which tells me: You need to sign in or sign up before continuing. I'm not signing up just to see that.
benjarrell on HN
Questions
Relationship to Errplane
From 1 comment
``` © 2013 Errplane Inc. ``` Can anyone clarify the relationship between this and Errplane - is this a rebranding, a new complementary product, a new iteration of the existing…
samstokes on HN
How anomalies are defined, user-set or automatic
From 1 comment
Can you explain how the set of possible anomalies are defined? Does each user decide them for their own application, or does Anomalous try to figure out when something weird has…
CyrusL on HN
Alternatives named
Datadog
From 2 comments
I'd love to see a comparison of features between: https://getanomalous.com http://www.graphdat.com http://www.datadoghq.com/ http://www.serverdensity.com/ http://newrelic.com/…
nodesocket on HNWell, using DataDog I can 1) increase a counter when something happens -- like an error or an expected user action and 2) setup an alert when the average amount of events over a…
Erwin on HN
Nagios
From 1 comment
``` curl https://getanomalous.com/install.sh 2>/dev/null | sudo bash -s your_app_key your_api_key ``` Please do not use this kind of install solution! Piping arbitrary commands…
falcolas on HN
Check_mk/OMD
From 1 comment
What sucks is that they are charging for it. When your talking about monitoring 100 servers, that's $1000/month. Currently I use Check_mk/OMD and it works beautifully. Oh, and…
numberwhun on HN
New Relic
From 2 comments
Looks nice, kinda like a combination of Papertrail and New Relic? Going to give a try.
tlongren on HNI'd love to see a comparison of features between: https://getanomalous.com http://www.graphdat.com http://www.datadoghq.com/ http://www.serverdensity.com/ http://newrelic.com/…
nodesocket on HN
Splunk
From 1 comment
Hi Drew, I just sent you an email. For anyone else interested in real time monitoring of servers and applications in ways that logs cannot help, please take a look at…
JCBC on HN