sentinel-dashboard

functions used by sentinel-dashboard

Requirements

• Configured aws-cli
• Node 7+ (tested with 7.9.0)

Setup

1. git clone [email protected]:christian-fei/sentinel-functions.git
2. Open config.js and change the bucketName

Installation

npm run stack:create

It takes about 10 seconds to setup (with AWS account configured):

~/D/p/sentinel-functions (master ⚡) time npm run stack:create

> [email protected] stack:create /Users/saiph/Documents/projects/sentinel-functions
> provisioning/create-stack

-> created bucket
-> created code zip
-> created code
-> created role
-> using arn arn:aws:iam::518086975627:role/sentinel-role
-> successfully created stack!
        9.83 real         0.89 user         0.10 sys
~/D/p/sentinel-functions (master ⚡)

Sentinel

Creates the code for the sentinel.

This function is scheduled to make an http request to an endpoint at a specific time interval.

Workers

A worker is a function that performs a task with the information that it received.

The CRUD worker

Persists some information in a data store.

(Not so) FAQ

What is a sentinel?

A "sentinel" is another word for a function that monitors a web service.

It just makes the specified request to an endpoint.

Then it passes some information (like latency, response time, etc.) to a worker responsible for persisting the data.

Namely the crud-worker.