Monitor CSGO – Counter Strike: Global Offensive with Prometheus

The blog post provides a detailed guide on setting up and monitoring a Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CSGO) server using Prometheus, specifically within a cloud instance like an EC2 running Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. It outlines the installation of necessary software like Docker and Docker Compose to manage the CSGO server alongside Prometheus and various exporters such as SRCDS Gameserver Prometheus exporter, cAdvisor, and Node Exporter. The article explains how to configure Prometheus and the server, emphasizing the importance of updating passwords and creating a Steam token for security. It describes using metrics to monitor player counts and resource usage, offering insights into optimizing the server's performance and potentially reducing operational costs. The author encourages using a port-forwarding method for secure access to the Prometheus dashboard and provides specific metrics to analyze server performance, memory, and CPU usage, while noting the limitations in measuring latency due to UDP protocol use. The post concludes with a festive note, inviting readers to enjoy their gaming experience and explore Sysdig's managed Prometheus service for enhanced monitoring.