Guides
Practical comparisons and setup walkthroughs for teams evaluating Varta against familiar watchdog and observability patterns.
| Guide | When to read |
|---|---|
| Varta vs the alternatives | “I already have systemd / supervisord / k8s probes / an HTTP /health — why add this?” One decision matrix across all of them. |
Varta vs systemd WatchdogSec | You already rely on systemd unit watchdogs and want one observer for many agents. |
Varta vs HTTP /health checks | Every service exposes an HTTP probe today; you want sub-microsecond beats without a sidecar HTTP stack. |
| Prometheus setup walkthrough | You need scrape config, alert rules, and a Grafana dashboard in one sitting. |
The full operator reference remains in Monitoring & Alerting.
The loadable artefact bundle lives in observability/.