Prometheus Uptime Alerts for 24/7 Streams: Know When It Breaks

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Monitor your 24/7 stream with simple uptime checks and alerts so you can restart quickly

Written by Jochem – Infrastructure Expert – 5-10 years experience in game server hosting, VPS infrastructure, and 24/7 streaming solutions. Read author bio →

Prometheus Uptime Alerts for 24/7 Streams: Know When It Breaks

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You cannot watch the stream all day. Alerts tell you when to act.

Alerts

Table of Contents

  1. What to monitor
  2. Simple alert rules
  3. Restart playbooks
  4. Common causes of outages
  5. VPS hosting notes

1. What to monitor

Is the stream live? Is the process running?

2. Simple alert rules

Alert if live status drops or process exits.

3. Restart playbooks

Have a quick restart plan ready.

4. Common causes of outages

Network issues, bitrate spikes, memory leaks.

5. VPS hosting notes

Run on a Streaming VPS for stable upload.

Jochem

About the Author

Jochem – Infrastructure Expert – Expert in game server hosting, VPS infrastructure, and 24/7 streaming solutions with 5-10 years experience.

Since 2023
500+ servers hosted
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I specialize in Minecraft, FiveM, Rust, and 24/7 streaming infrastructure, operating enterprise-grade AMD Ryzen 9 hardware in Netherlands datacenters.

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Prometheus Uptime Alerts for 24/7 Streams: Know When It Breaks