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Sloth

Sloth simplifies creating SLOs for Prometheus, generating consistent metrics and multi-window multi-burn alerts from a simple spec. It's a pragmatic approach to standardize service-level objectives.

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Questions & Answers

What is Sloth?
Sloth is a tool that generates Service Level Objectives (SLOs) for Prometheus. It uses a simple specification to create uniform and reliable Prometheus metrics and multi-window multi-burn alerts for services.
Who should use Sloth?
Sloth is designed for SREs, operations teams, and developers who need to define, monitor, and alert on SLOs consistently across various services using Prometheus. It is particularly useful for organizations looking to standardize their SLO implementation.
What are the key features of Sloth?
Sloth offers a simple, maintainable SLO spec and auto-generates Prometheus SLI recording rules and multi-window multi-burn alerts. It supports Kubernetes Operator mode with CRDs, custom SLI plugins, and includes a validation command for GitOps workflows.
When is Sloth most effective?
Sloth is most effective when an organization needs to implement a standardized way of defining and monitoring SLOs across multiple services. It streamlines the creation of Prometheus configuration for availability and performance objectives, integrating well with GitOps.
How does Sloth integrate with Prometheus?
Sloth integrates by generating Prometheus configuration, including SLI recording rules, SLO metadata rules, and multi-window multi-burn alert rules from a declarative YAML specification. These rules are then consumed directly by Prometheus.