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Need help monitoring the health and security of your @cosmos network?

Wondering how to manage roles and backup secrets?

We've got you...

Day 6 of our #OpenSource-athon - today we're sharing tools and methods we use to manage the @cheqd_io network

github.com/cheqd/infra

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First up, @datadoghq, a tool that provides monitoring of servers, databases, tools, and services, through a SaaS-based data analytics platform.

You can think it like a task manager on your laptop

Using @datadoghq we keep an eye on metrics from @Tendermint_Core (e.g. if a validator double signs a transaction) and the @cosmossdk (e.g. transactions / day) to ensure the network runs smoothly & any security vulnerabilities/issues that may impact consensus are quickly resolved

@datadoghq seamlessly connects with @SlackHQ, making it easy for our team to raise flags and anticipate, avoid and mitigate issues before they arise

Next, what we've used to manage roles.

When managing a network it’s important that those building it can gain access when they need it.

For this we’ve been using @Cloudflare Teams to SSH into one of our nodes.

#SSH (Secure Shell) is a communication protocol that enables two computers to communicate by providing password or public-key based authentication and encrypted connections between two network endpoints

For projects looking for a better way to manage roles, this could useful…

Similarly, sharing secrets in a secure fashion is vital - for this we’ve @HashiCorp Vault which offers a script that copies private keys and node keys over to a vault...

You can think of this like a @lastpass or @1password for network secrets (e.g. private keys).

This way, if for example a node is accidentally deleted and the private key is deleted for a validator, it’s easy to restore it

Check out this and more, all over on our #GitHub Infra repo today

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github.com/cheqd/infra