Agent skill · operations · aiskillstore
server-management
Server management principles and decision-making. Process management, monitoring strategy, and scaling decisions. Teaches thinking, not commands.
Why this skill is useful
Codifies server management principles and decision-making strategies that the AI could infer but doesn't have to guess.
What it needs
About 3k tokens when loaded. Last updated 2026-08-07. 405 stars on the source repository.
What this skill does
Server Management Server management principles for production operations. Learn to THINK, not memorize commands. --- 1. Process Management Principles Tool Selection Scenario Tool ---------- ------ Node.js app PM2 (clustering, reload) Any app systemd (Linux native) Containers Docker/Podman Orchestration Kubernetes, Docker Swarm Process Management Goals Goal What It Means ------ --------------- Restart on crash Auto-recovery Zero-downtime reload No service interruption Clustering Use all CPU cores Persistence Survive server reboot --- 2. Monitoring Principles What to Monitor Category Key Metrics ---------- ------------- Availability Uptime, health checks Performance Response time, throughput Errors Error rate, types Resources CPU, memory, disk Alert Severity Strategy Level Response ------- ---------- Critical Immediate action Warning Investigate soon Info Review daily Monitoring Tool Selection Need Options ------ --------- Simple/Free PM2 metrics, htop Full observability Grafana, Datadog Error tracking Sentry Uptime UptimeRobot, Pingdom --- 3. Log Management Principles Log Strategy Log Type Purpose ---------- --------- Application logs Debug, audit Access logs Traffic analysis Error logs Issue detection Log Principles 1. Rotate logs to prevent disk fill 2. Structured logging (JSON) for parsing 3. Appropriate levels (error/warn/info/debug) 4. No sensitive data in logs --- 4. Scaling Decisions When to Scale Symptom Solution --------- ---------- High CPU Add instances (horizontal) High memory Increase RAM or fix leak Slow response Profile first, then scale Traffic spikes Auto-scaling Scaling Strategy Type When to Use ------ ------------- Vertical Quick fix, single instance Horizontal Sustainable, distributed Auto Variable traffic --- 5. …
How to use it
Reference it in AdaL, Claude Code, Cursor or any coding agent — nothing to install:
@skills aiskillstore/server-management