observability-control
SKILL.md
Observability Control
Manage the lifecycle of the observability stack for Claude Code telemetry.
Stack Locations
| Environment | Docker Compose Path |
|---|---|
| Primary Stack | /mnt/c/data/github/botaniqal-medtech/botaniqal-medtech/observability/docker-compose.yml |
| Skill-based Stack | /mnt/c/data/github/.observability/docker-compose.yml |
Components
| Service | Port | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| Grafana | 3000 | Dashboards and visualization |
| Prometheus | 9090 | Metrics storage |
| Loki | 3100 | Log aggregation |
| Tempo | 3200 | Distributed tracing |
| OTEL Collector | 4317/4318 | Telemetry receiver |
| Promtail | - | Log shipping |
Operations
start
Start observability stack.
docker compose -f /mnt/c/data/github/botaniqal-medtech/botaniqal-medtech/observability/docker-compose.yml up -d
stop
Stop stack gracefully (preserves data).
docker compose -f /mnt/c/data/github/botaniqal-medtech/botaniqal-medtech/observability/docker-compose.yml down
restart [service]
Restart specific service or all services.
# Restart all
docker compose -f /path/docker-compose.yml restart
# Restart specific
docker restart loki
status
Health check all components.
docker ps --format "table {{.Names}}\t{{.Status}}" | grep -E "(otel|loki|grafana|prometheus|tempo)"
Output: Running services, health status.
health
Verify service endpoints.
curl -s http://localhost:3000/api/health # Grafana
curl -s http://localhost:9090/-/healthy # Prometheus
curl -s http://localhost:3100/ready # Loki
curl -s http://localhost:3200/ready # Tempo
backup
Export dashboards and configurations.
# Backup dashboards
curl -s http://localhost:3000/api/search -u admin:admin | \
jq -r '.[].uid' | \
xargs -I {} curl -s http://localhost:3000/api/dashboards/uid/{} -u admin:admin > backup/dashboards.json
Output: .observability/backups/YYYYMMDD_HHMMSS/
restore <backup-path>
Restore from backup.
curl -X POST http://localhost:3000/api/dashboards/db \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-u admin:admin \
-d @backup/dashboards.json
logs [service]
View logs from stack components.
docker logs loki --tail 100
docker logs otel-collector --tail 100
docker logs grafana --tail 100
fix-permissions
Fix volume permission issues (common with Tempo).
docker volume rm observability_tempo-data
docker volume create observability_tempo-data
docker run --rm -v observability_tempo-data:/tempo alpine chown -R 10001:10001 /tempo
docker restart tempo
Quick Commands
# Check all services status
docker ps | grep -E "(otel|loki|grafana|prometheus|tempo|promtail)"
# View recent logs for issues
docker logs otel-collector --tail 50 2>&1 | grep -i error
# Test OTLP endpoint
curl -v http://localhost:4317
# Query Loki for recent data
curl -s "http://localhost:3100/loki/api/v1/labels"
# List Grafana dashboards
curl -s http://localhost:3000/api/search -u admin:admin | python3 -c "import sys,json; [print(d['title']) for d in json.load(sys.stdin)]"
Troubleshooting
OTEL Collector Unhealthy
docker logs otel-collector --tail 30
# Common fix: Ensure Prometheus has --web.enable-remote-write-receiver
Loki Unhealthy
docker logs loki --tail 30
# Common fix: Disable frontend_worker for single-node mode
Tempo Permission Denied
# Fix volume permissions
docker volume rm observability_tempo-data
docker volume create observability_tempo-data
docker run --rm -v observability_tempo-data:/tempo alpine chown -R 10001:10001 /tempo
docker restart tempo
No Data in Grafana
- Check telemetry env vars:
env | grep OTEL - Check hooks configured:
cat .claude/settings.json - Verify Loki receiving:
curl "http://localhost:3100/loki/api/v1/labels"
Access Points
| Service | URL | Credentials |
|---|---|---|
| Grafana | http://localhost:3000 | admin/admin |
| Prometheus | http://localhost:9090 | - |
| Loki | http://localhost:3100 | - |
| OTLP gRPC | localhost:4317 | - |
| OTLP HTTP | localhost:4318 | - |
Scripts
scripts/start-stack.sh- Start observability stackscripts/stop-stack.sh- Stop stack gracefullyscripts/health-check.sh- Check all service healthscripts/backup-dashboards.sh- Export Grafana dashboardsscripts/restore-dashboards.sh- Import dashboards from backup