[tor-bugs] #5212 [Metrics Website]: Write up wiki page with requirements, questions etc for a basic monitoring infrastructure

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#5212: Write up wiki page with requirements, questions etc for a basic monitoring
infrastructure
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 Reporter:  runa             |          Owner:  runa 
     Type:  task             |         Status:  new  
 Priority:  normal           |      Milestone:       
Component:  Metrics Website  |        Version:       
 Keywords:                   |         Parent:  #4407
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Changes (by atagar):

  * parent:  => #4407


Comment:

 From the dev meeting here's the thoughts that I recall...

  * Ideally this would replace my consensus tracker script, Karsten's
 consensus health checker, and SoaT. Those all would be plugins for this
 system.
  * I suggested using the onionoo protocol for this, in which case the
 first step would be to make an onionoo client in whatever language the
 alarming framework would use.
  * I asked Roger for thoughts on other things that we could monitor and he
 suggested...
   * Entropy of bandwidth authority weights, so we know when the authority
 heuristics radically change.
   * Tor weather notice for when people should get a shirt. Ideally we'd
 then reach out to them to figure out how their experience as a relay
 operator was going.
   * Notice about new especially large big relays.
  * After some more thought I realized that we should also look around to
 see what sort of alarming frameworks already exist. That might save us a
 lot of work and maybe provide a nice UI too.

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