SLO Implementation
Framework for defining and implementing Service Level Indicators (SLIs), Service Level Objectives (SLOs), and error budgets.
Purpose
Implement measurable reliability targets using SLIs, SLOs, and error budgets to balance reliability with innovation velocity.
When to Use
- Define service reliability targets
- Measure user-perceived reliability
- Implement error budgets
- Create SLO-based alerts
- Track reliability goals
SLI/SLO/SLA Hierarchy
Defining SLIs
Common SLI Types
1. Availability SLI
2. Latency SLI
3. Durability SLI
Setting SLO Targets
Availability SLO Examples
Choose Appropriate SLOs
Consider:
- User expectations
- Business requirements
- Current performance
- Cost of reliability
- Competitor benchmarks
Example SLOs:
Error Budget Calculation
Error Budget Formula
Example:
- SLO: 99.9% availability
- Error Budget: 0.1% = 43.2 minutes/month
- Current Error: 0.05% = 21.6 minutes/month
- Remaining Budget: 50%
Error Budget Policy
SLO Implementation
Prometheus Recording Rules
SLO Alerting Rules
SLO Dashboard
Grafana Dashboard Structure:
Example Queries:
Additional patterns and templates
More detailed templates and worked examples live in references/details.md. Read that file for the full pattern library.


