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Chronos

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Chronos is a comprehensive developer tool that monitors the health and web traffic for containerized (Docker & Kubernetes) and non-containerized microservices communicated via REST APIs or gRPC, whether hosted locally or on Amazon Web Services (AWS). Use Chronos to see real-time data monitoring and receive automated notifications over Slack or email.

What's New?

Chronos 15.0

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Contributors: Arnold Pinkhasov, Ashley Bisram, Fridchard Chery, Peter Toussaint

</div> Updates: <li>Improved runtime by incorporating esbuild-loader, removing deprecated syntax/unused node modules, and other bundling optimizations.</li> <li>Refactored SASS by updating deprecated syntax and import statements.</li> <li>Grafana dashboard updates include deprecated syntax removal and a more intuitive layout, making it simpler for users to visualize key metrics in the newest version of Grafana.</li> <li>TypeScript migration allows contributors and users to catch errors early and work with a more robust codebase, making the app more reliable.</li> <li>Introduced ChroNotes, full documentation of our file structure and their purposes.</li> <li>Refactored the UI of the app to give it a more intuitive appearance regarding where/how to initialize network monitoring.</li>

<a href='https://ashleybisram.medium.com/a-new-chapter-for-chronos-introducing-version-15-0-12b83def342b'>Version 15.0 Medium Article</a>

Iteration Log

<details><summary>Chronos 14.0</summary> <ul> <div>

Contributors: Michael Tagg, Ted Pham, Sofia Sarhiri, Stephen Yang

</div> Updates: <ul> <li>Implemented a new visualization button (example) to expedite data rendering processes.</li> <li>Refactored microservices example, switched over to community version of MongoDB for easier URI implementation.</li> <li>Modularized cluttered components into modular units to improve code readability and reusability.</li> <li>Optimized startup scripts to reduce application load time and streamline environment configuration.</li> <li>Upgraded Material-UI from version 4 to version 5, adapting to new API changes and improving UI responsiveness. </li> <li>Refactored portions of the electron app </li> <li>Refactored data parsing logic to reduce unnecessary rerenders and improve app performance</li> <li>Fixed data bottle necks in the local npm packages, data is now able to flow to microservices for data visualization</li> </ul>

<a href='https://medium.com/@m.sofiasarhiri/a-tale-as-old-as-time-for-the-modern-developer-chronos-v-14-f84733fd4f93'>Version 14.0 Medium Article</a>

</ul> </details> <details><summary>Chronos 13.0</summary> <ul> <div>

Contributors: Elsa Holmgren, Mckenzie Morris, Kelly Chandler, Sean Simpson, Zhongyan Liang

</div> Updates: <ul> <li>Created new and improved microservices application with updated syntax to better demonstrate Chronos' capabilities</li> <li>Dockerized microservices application to demonstrate Chronos within a containerized environment</li> <li>Added visulization of Chronos' codebase to illustrate overall structure</li> <li>Simplified installation and startup instructions in the root directory README file</li> <li>Improved documentation in chronos_npm_package README file for easier on-boarding </li> </ul>

<a href='https://medium.com/@holmgren.e/crisis-averted-chronos-guards-against-development-disasters-8f3653f3c136'>Version 13.0 Medium Article</a>

</ul> </details> <details><summary>Chronos 12.0</summary> <ul> <div>

Contributors: Haoyu Liu, Edwin Leong, Eisha Kaushal, Tyler Coryell

</div> Updates: <ul> <li>Grafana charting and visualizer</li> <li>Increase in Prometheus and cAdvisor integration span</li> <li>Increased testing coverage to include unit testing and Selenium-based, end-to-end testing</li> <li>Integrated CI/CD which automates GitHub Action to run testing suites in order and create a publishing action to NPM Registry</li> </ul>

<a href='https://medium.com/@coryelltyler/grafana-charting-improved-testing-and-ci-cd-with-chronos-12-0-6a1156cae456'>Version 12.0 Medium Article</a>

</ul> </details> <details><summary>Chronos 11.0</summary> <ul> <div>

Contributors: Brisa Zhu, Lucie Seidler, Justin Poirier, Jeffrey Na, Kelsi Webb

</div> Updates: <ul> <li>Interactive charting which can display and compare metrics in rendered graphs</li> <li>Increased user database security with user authorization to connect multiple</li> <li>services and databases and have instances persist without having to reconnect</li> <li>Improved documentation by adding ReadMes about how to initialize the app, how to use the given examples, and how to update config files</li> <li>Updated NPM Package to ‘increase reliability and ease of navigation</li> <li>Fixed bugs and improved test coverage</li> </ul>

<a href='https://medium.com/@zhu.brisa/interactive-charting-increases-user-engagement-with-chronos-11-0-61b6b8b7399b'>Version 11.0 Medium Article</a>

</ul> </details> <details><summary>Chronos 10.0</summary> <ul> <div>

Contributors: Brian Lim, Claire Tischuk, Lennon Stewart, Victor Ye,

</div> Updates: <ul> <li>Full user authentication integrating with a functional database which enables users to securely save their profile and data</li> <li>Updated microservices, gRPC, and Dockerized app examples</li> </ul>

<a href='https://medium.com/@br.lim89/taking-chronos-to-the-next-level-with-eks-monitoring-c9102a450b3c'>Version 10.0 Medium Article</a>

</ul> </details> <details><summary>Chronos 9.0</summary> <ul> <div>

Contributors: Brian Lim, Claire Tischuk, Lennon Stewart, Victor Ye

</div> Updates: <ul> <li>Added AWS - Users of Chronos are now able to monitor and visualize containers running in Amazon’s Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS)~Medium</li> <li>Ability to monitor cost metrics through Opencast integration</li> </ul>

<a href='https://medium.com/@br.lim89/taking-chronos-to-the-next-level-with-eks-monitoring-c9102a450b3c'>Version 9.0 Medium Article</a>

</ul> </details> <details><summary>Chronos 8.0</summary> <ul> <div>

Contributors: Vince Ho, Matt Giant, Derek Lam, Kit Loong Yee

</div> Updates: <ul> <li>Rewrite microservice in a language with a higher level of support such as GO or Java</li> <li>Use packages such as OpenTelementry to record data and export said data to an additional application like Zipkin or Prometheus</li> <li>Purchase a license to one of the few monitoring tools that support gRPC and Node.js.</li> </ul>

<a href='https://derekquoc.medium.com/monitoring-node-js-grpc-microservices-with-chronos-deac9b227122'>Version 8.0 Medium Article</a>

</ul> </details> <details><summary>Chronos 7.0</summary> <ul> <div>

Contributors: Yang Song, Giovanni Floreslovo, James Edwards, Alex Kolb

</div> Updates: <ul> <li>Ability to filter out specific metrics using a query tool</li> <li>Increased the number of metrics available from 12 to 100+</li> <li>Options to filter metrics by category</li> <li>Apache Kafka monitoring capabilities</li> <li>Bug fixes and UI improvements</li> </ul>

<a href='https://medium.com/@hannahsantoyo/introducing-chronos-7-a-complete-health-monitoring-tool-for-microservices-apache-kafka-clusters-f1ebad038074'>Version 7.0 Medium Article</a>

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With Chronos 15.0

<a href="https://chronoslany.com/"> <img src="assets/demo.gif" alt="Chronos" title="Chronos" align="center" height="500" width="auto" /> </a> <br>

Overview of the CodeBase

• In our ChroNotes, we have a full overview of all the files in the codebase, and their purpose. <a href='https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vTWIX6Is3uuvWX73ab5K521X7Ddr_fVN64F82bJ8l4VNF45cM9PbfDj2gVV9MVi_HhDrbNmZK51-dHP/pub'>Click here to view</a>! <img src='./assets/ChroNotes.png' alt='ChroNotes screenshot' align='center' height='500'/>
• If you want to visualize the way the files in the app are connected, we suggest using this data visualizer. Below, it's showing