monitoringput

Monitoringput is a term used in software operations to describe a standardized approach for sending telemetry data from agents to a central monitoring backend via HTTP PUT requests. It is designed to leverage idempotent PUT semantics to avoid duplication and to simplify ingestion in environments with intermittent connectivity or varying load.

Data payloads are typically structured as JSON objects containing a metric name, value, timestamp, optional unit, source identifier, and tags. Each data point is addressed by a resource path that encodes the source and metric, such as /telemetry/{source}/{metric}. The receiver validates against a schema, stores the point in a time-series store, and emits signals to dashboards or alerting systems.

An architectural pattern includes lightweight agents deployed on services or hosts, a central collector or gateway that accepts PUT requests, and a back-end storage layer with query and visualization capabilities. Security is achieved through TLS, API keys or OAuth, and access controls. The approach supports batching by allowing multi-point PUT payloads and deduplication by content hash.

Common use cases include performance monitoring, service level objective tracking, and operational dashboards. It is favored when reliable, idempotent ingestion is important and when existing HTTP-based instrumentation can be leveraged. It can complement streaming approaches by providing a durable ingress channel.

Limitations include potential inefficiency for very high-frequency data, since PUT requests create or update resources rather than appending, and the need for a stable keying scheme to ensure idempotence. It is typically compared with POST-based ingestion, or with dedicated time-series protocols.