Articles & technical guides
Feedback, tutorials and thoughts on monitoring, Docker and self-hosting.
Why I Built Maintenant
The story behind Maintenant: why I decided to create a unified monitoring tool for Docker and Kubernetes, and the problems I set out to solve.
Monitor Your Docker Stack in 2 Minutes
Quick tutorial to install Maintenant and monitor your entire Docker Compose stack in under 2 minutes.
Maintenant vs Uptime Kuma: An Honest Comparison
Detailed comparison between Maintenant and Uptime Kuma for self-hosted monitoring. Strengths, weaknesses, and use cases for each tool.
Maintenant vs Grafana + Prometheus: When Simple Is Better
Why deploying Grafana + Prometheus + cAdvisor is often overkill for small Docker stacks, and how Maintenant simplifies monitoring.
The Complete Docker Compose Monitoring Guide
Everything you need to know to effectively monitor a Docker Compose stack: containers, endpoints, certificates, cron jobs and system resources.
Monitoring Cron Jobs with Maintenant: A Practical Guide
How to monitor your scheduled tasks and cron jobs with Maintenant's heartbeat system. Configuration, best practices and examples.
Container Auto-Discovery: How It Works Under the Hood
Technical deep-dive into Maintenant's auto-discovery mechanism: Docker socket, Kubernetes API, runtime detection and metrics collection.