Anomaly detection in the Uptime app

The Uptime app allows simple availability and response time monitoring of services via a variety of network protocols, including HTTP/S, TCP, and ICMP:

1. Often classified as synthetic monitoring, the Uptime app uses Heartbeat to actively probe network endpoints from one or more locations:

     

   Figure 8.25 – The Uptime app in Kibana

2. If you would like to enable anomaly detection on a monitor, simply click on the monitor name to see the monitor detail. Within the Monitor duration panel, notice the Enable anomaly detection button:

     

   Figure 8.26 – Enabling anomaly detection for an Uptime monitor

3. Clicking on the Enable anomaly detection button creates the job in the background and offers the user the option to create an alert for anomalies surfaced by the job:

     

   Figure 8.27 – Creating an alert on the anomaly detection job in the Uptime app

4. Once the anomaly detection job is available, any anomalies...