Monitor your automation systems like you monitor your network. Failures should trigger alerts, not discoveries.
Pipeline execution. Track success rates, duration, failure points. Dashboards show trends over time.
Configuration drift. Compare deployed state to desired state. Alert when devices drift from automation-managed configs.
Device changes. Log all configuration changes, automated or manual. Detect unauthorized modifications.
Credential usage. Track when automation credentials are used. Unusual patterns may indicate compromise.
Good monitoring catches problems early. You fix small issues before they become outages.