Deploying Signoz on Excloud

SigNoz is an open-source observability platform that helps you monitor your applications and services. It provides powerful features including:

• Application Performance Monitoring (APM)
• Distributed Tracing
• Metrics Monitoring
• Log Management
• Custom Dashboards

This guide will walk you through deploying SigNoz on Excloud, making it easy to monitor your applications.

Prerequisites

Before you begin, ensure you have:

• An active Excloud account Sign up for free here
• Basic familiarity with Linux commands
• SSH client installed on your local machine

Step 1: Create a New Instance

1. Log in to your Excloud Dashboard
2. Click on the “Launch a VM” button
3. Configure your instance with these specifications:
   • Instance Type: n1.2c (2 vCPU, 8 GB RAM)
   • Operating System: Ubuntu (latest LTS version)
   • Storage: 110 GB (included by default)

Step 2: Connect to Your Instance

Once your VM is running:

1. Connect to your instance:

ssh -i your-key.pem ubuntu@your-instance-ip

Step 3: Install SigNoz

1. Update your system packages:

sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y

2. Install SigNoz using the official installation script:

git clone -b main https://github.com/SigNoz/signoz.git
cd signoz/deploy/
./install.sh

The installation process may take a few minutes to complete.

Step 4: Access SigNoz Dashboard

1. Once installation is complete, open your web browser
2. Navigate to: http://your-instance-ip:3301
3. Create your admin account on first login

Security Considerations

Remember to:

• Configure your instance’s security group to allow traffic only on required ports (3301 for UI, 4317 for OTLP)
• Use strong passwords for your SigNoz admin account
• Keep your Ubuntu system and SigNoz updated regularly

Next Steps

After successful installation, you can:

• Configure your applications to send telemetry data to SigNoz
• Set up alerts and notifications
• Create custom dashboards for your metrics

For more information on using SigNoz, visit their official documentation.