#monitoring

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GuideFebruary 21, 2026·11 min read

5 n8n Patterns I Use for SSH-Based Server Monitoring

Concrete n8n patterns from building a homelab health dashboard: compound SSH commands with section delimiters, deduction-based scoring, dual-trigger workflows, structured JSON AI output, and graceful first-run handling.

GuideFebruary 21, 2026·10 min read

Monitoring Proxmox with Grafana and Prometheus: A Practical Setup

How to monitor Proxmox VMs, LXC containers, node health, and storage from Grafana using the PVE Exporter and Prometheus, with pre-built dashboards and alert rules.

TutorialFebruary 21, 2026·21 min read

Deploy a Complete Homelab Monitoring Stack with Docker Compose: Grafana, Prometheus, Loki, and 23 Alert Rules

Step-by-step tutorial for deploying a 9-service monitoring stack on any Linux server. Prometheus for metrics, Loki for logs, Grafana for dashboards, Alertmanager for notifications, plus Proxmox and Uptime Kuma. One docker compose up and you have 7 dashboards and 23 pre-configured alert rules.

Build LogFebruary 21, 2026·17 min read

I Built a 9-Service Homelab Monitoring Stack and Shipped It as a Product — Here's the Full Build Log

A chronological build log of creating a complete homelab monitoring stack with Grafana, Prometheus, Loki, cAdvisor, Alertmanager, and Uptime Kuma — 9 Docker services, 7 dashboards, 68 panels, 23 alert rules. Every decision and error documented.

GuideFebruary 21, 2026·10 min read

Homelab Monitoring in 2026: Prometheus vs Uptime Kuma vs n8n + AI

A real comparison of three approaches to monitoring 10-30 Docker containers on 1-3 servers. What each tool actually costs, what it misses, and when to pick it.

TutorialFebruary 21, 2026·11 min read

How to Monitor Your Homelab Server with n8n and AI (Step-by-Step Setup)

Step-by-step guide to setting up a 32-node n8n workflow that SSHes into your homelab, collects 30+ metrics, analyzes them with GPT-4o-mini, and delivers a 4-embed health dashboard to Discord every morning.

Build LogFebruary 21, 2026·11 min read

I Built a Homelab Health Dashboard with n8n and AI — SSH Metrics, Docker Stats, and a Daily Digest That Actually Tells You Something

Build log of creating a 32-node n8n workflow that SSHes into your homelab, collects 30+ system and Docker metrics, analyzes them with GPT-4o-mini, and delivers a 4-embed health dashboard to Discord — plus 5-minute critical alerts.