---
title: Node Provider Alerting Options
slug: node-alerting-options
description: Available monitoring and alerting tools that node providers can use to watch their node machines and data centers.
tags:
  - node-provider
  - alerting
  - monitoring
  - infrastructure
date: 2026-05-04
related:
  - node-provider-documentation
  - node-networking-guide
  - node-provider-maintenance
---

Node providers are expected to run their own alerting against their
nodes and data center infrastructure. There is no mandatory tool — each
provider can pick the approach that fits their existing operations
practice.

## Available tooling

A few community and DFINITY-maintained options are widely used:

- **Node Monitor by [Aviate Labs](https://www.aviatelabs.co/).**
  Available as a [free hosted service](https://www.aviatelabs.co/node-monitor)
  (sign up and receive monitoring with zero setup) and as
  [open-source code](https://github.com/aviate-labs/node-monitor)
  that can be self-hosted.
- **[DFINITY's basic Node Monitor](https://github.com/dfinity/nodeprovider-scripts/blob/main/node_monitor.sh).**
  A lightweight monitoring script maintained by DFINITY in the public
  [node-provider scripts repository](https://github.com/dfinity/nodeprovider-scripts).

Both tools are starting points rather than complete solutions; many
providers layer additional alerting on top — for example SNMP traps from
their switch fabric, BMC health checks, or external uptime probes.

> [!NOTE]
> Providers retain full discretion over their alerting stack. The
> network does not prescribe a specific platform or vendor — only that
> the provider be able to detect and respond to incidents on their own
> infrastructure.

## Where alerting fits

Alerting is one half of the operational picture. The other half is the
network monitoring that runs at the switch and BMC layer; see
[Node Provider Networking Guide](/wiki/node-networking-guide/) for SNMP
and gNMI guidance there. For incident response procedures once an alert
fires, see
[Node Provider Maintenance Guide](/wiki/node-provider-maintenance/) and
[Node Provider Troubleshooting](/wiki/node-provider-troubleshooting/).

## Related

- [Node Provider Documentation](/wiki/node-provider-documentation/)
- [Node Provider Networking Guide](/wiki/node-networking-guide/)
- [Node Provider Maintenance Guide](/wiki/node-provider-maintenance/)
- [Node Provider Troubleshooting](/wiki/node-provider-troubleshooting/)