- Can I use michallkanak/symfony-open-system-monitor in a Laravel application?
- You can install it with Composer, but it ships as a Symfony bundle, so Laravel will not execute its wiring: no Bundle class registration, no DependencyInjection extension loading, and no Configuration tree. In practice you would consume the underlying collector classes directly and register them in a custom Laravel service provider. Budget for a small adapter you own and maintain, or skip the package if that cost outweighs the benefit.
- How do I install symfony-open-system-monitor with Composer?
- Run composer require michallkanak/symfony-open-system-monitor, which currently resolves to 0.1.1. Before committing, run composer why-not michallkanak/symfony-open-system-monitor 0.1.1 to confirm its Symfony constraints do not collide with your framework-bundle pin. The 0.1.1 release is a patch that only widened the supported range to include Symfony 8, with no new features or migration steps.
- Does this package support Laravel or only Symfony?
- It targets Symfony only. It is built around Symfony's bundle lifecycle, including the Bundle class, DI extension, config tree definitions, and tagged services, none of which Laravel runs. Laravel is built on Symfony components such as HttpFoundation and Process, but using those components is not the same as hosting a Symfony bundle.
- What does symfony-open-system-monitor actually monitor?
- Its description covers URLs, routes, database entities, and custom metrics with configurable rules and multi-channel notifications. For a Laravel integration the valuable layer is the collectors reading CPU, memory, disk, load, and uptime. Everything above that, including routing, config trees, and DI tags, is Symfony-specific and should be replaced with Laravel-native equivalents.
- How do I wire symfony-open-system-monitor into Laravel's service container?
- Create a thin service provider that binds the collector classes plus any rule or notification services, then expose results through a Laravel route or an artisan command. Do not try to boot the bundle itself, because Laravel will never call its extension or compile its configuration tree. Treat the package as a library with bundle sugar rather than as a bundle.
- Will this package conflict with Laravel's Symfony dependencies?
- Component-level constraints such as symfony/process or symfony/http-foundation usually resolve fine because Laravel pins those too. The real risk is a hard requirement on symfony/framework-bundle ^8.0 while your application pins an older framework-bundle or none at all. Verify resolution with composer why-not before you commit to the dependency.
- Is symfony-open-system-monitor stable enough for production use?
- It is at 0.1.x, which under semver permits breaking changes in any minor bump, and there are only two releases so far, so there is no API track record. The changelog credits a single contributor and there is no visible adoption signal. The dangerous failure mode is not a loud error but silently missing metrics.
- Does symfony-open-system-monitor work inside Docker containers?
- System monitors commonly degrade in containers, so test this on your own images before relying on it. Check cgroup v2 limits, /proc availability, and whether disk and load readings reflect the host or the container. Container behavior is not documented in the available material, so treat it as an open question.
- Does the monitor expose host metrics without authentication?
- This is not answered by the available documentation and should be treated as a security review gate, not a detail. A system monitor that exposes host metrics unguarded is an information-disclosure risk. If you surface its output through a Laravel route, put it behind auth middleware or restrict it to an internal artisan command.
- What are the Laravel alternatives to using a Symfony monitoring bundle?
- Laravel Pulse, Telescope, and packages such as spatie/laravel-health cover much of the same health and resource-monitoring ground with native Laravel wiring. If you mainly need uptime and URL checks, a hosted monitoring service is simpler than adapting a Symfony bundle. Choose this package only if its specific rule and notification model is something you cannot replicate cheaply.