Monitoring

Monitoring is critical for maintaining the reliability, security, and performance of your dApp. Effective monitoring allows you to detect issues early, respond to incidents quickly, and ensure a seamless experience for your users. It also helps with compliance and auditing, which are increasingly important in the blockchain space.

Types of Monitoring

Transaction Monitoring: Track on-chain transactions, failed/successful calls, and gas usage.
Smart Contract Monitoring: Watch for specific contract events, anomalies, or upgrades.
Infrastructure Monitoring: Ensure your RPC nodes, APIs, and backend services are healthy and performant.
User Activity Monitoring: Analyze user flows, wallet connections, and interaction patterns.

Providers

Tenderly Alerts

Tenderly Web3 Actions

Provider Overviews

Tenderly Alerts: Real-time notifications for on-chain events, errors, and custom triggers. Integrates with Slack, email, and webhooks.
Tenderly Web3 Actions: Automated workflows that react to blockchain events, enabling auto-responses and integrations.

Best Practices for dApp Monitoring

Set Up Alerts: Define thresholds and triggers for critical events (e.g., contract upgrades, large transfers, failed transactions).
Automate Incident Response: Use Web3 Actions or Defender Autotasks to automate responses to incidents.
Visualize Metrics: Build dashboards (e.g., with Grafana or Tenderly) for real-time and historical monitoring.
Log Everything: Maintain logs for all critical actions and events for auditing and debugging.
Test Regularly: Simulate incidents to ensure your monitoring and alerting are functioning as expected.

How to Get Started

Choose Monitoring Tools: Start with Tenderly for smart contract monitoring.
Integrate Alerts: Connect to Slack, email, or other channels for real-time notifications.
Automate Actions: Use Web3 Actions, Defender Autotasks, or custom scripts to automate responses.
Build Dashboards: Visualize key metrics and events for your team.
Review and Iterate: Regularly review your monitoring setup and improve based on new risks or requirements.