GitHub Actions Academy · Enterprise Template Library

Observability Template Pack

Standardise metrics, logs, traces, dashboards, alerts and service-level objectives.

Objective: Ensure every delivered service includes actionable production observability.

Practical guidance

Plan and design

01

Define service objectives and critical signals

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02

Select telemetry sources and retention

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03

Map alert ownership and escalation

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Practical guidance

Build and validate

01

Create dashboards and alert rules

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02

Test signal quality and failure detection

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03

Validate cost and access controls

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Practical guidance

Evidence and review

01

Publish dashboard links and runbooks

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02

Capture alert-test evidence

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03

Review noise and coverage regularly

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