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+# Monitoring Guide - spotlight.cam
+
+Complete guide for monitoring spotlight.cam in production.
+
+## 📊 Monitoring Strategy
+
+### Three-Layer Approach
+
+1. **Application Monitoring** - Health checks, logs, metrics
+2. **Infrastructure Monitoring** - Docker containers, system resources
+3. **External Monitoring** - Uptime, response times, SSL certificates
+
+---
+
+## 🏥 Application Monitoring
+
+### Built-in Health Check
+
+**Endpoint:** `GET /api/health`
+
+**Response (healthy):**
+```json
+{
+  "status": "ok",
+  "timestamp": "2025-11-20T12:00:00.000Z",
+  "uptime": 3600,
+  "environment": "production"
+}
+```
+
+**Usage:**
+```bash
+# Check health
+curl https://spotlight.cam/api/health
+
+# Automated check (exit code 0 = healthy)
+curl -f -s https://spotlight.cam/api/health > /dev/null
+```
+
+### Health Check Script
+
+Use built-in health check script:
+```bash
+# Check all services
+./scripts/health-check.sh prod
+
+# Output:
+# ✅ nginx: Running
+# ✅ Frontend: Running
+# ✅ Backend: Running
+# ✅ Database: Running
+# ✅ API responding
+# ✅ Database accepting connections
+```
+
+---
+
+## 🐳 Docker Container Monitoring
+
+### Check Container Status
+
+```bash
+# List all containers
+docker compose --profile prod ps
+
+# Check specific container
+docker inspect slc-backend-prod --format='{{.State.Status}}'
+
+# View resource usage
+docker stats --no-stream
+```
+
+### Container Health Checks
+
+Built into docker-compose.yml:
+- **Backend:** `curl localhost:3000/api/health`
+- **Database:** `pg_isready -U spotlightcam`
+
+```bash
+# View health status
+docker compose --profile prod ps
+# Look for "(healthy)" in STATUS column
+```
+
+---
+
+## 📝 Log Monitoring
+
+### View Logs
+
+```bash
+# All services
+docker compose --profile prod logs -f
+
+# Specific service
+docker logs -f slc-backend-prod
+
+# Last 100 lines
+docker logs --tail 100 slc-backend-prod
+
+# With timestamps
+docker logs -f --timestamps slc-backend-prod
+
+# Filter errors only
+docker logs slc-backend-prod 2>&1 | grep -i error
+```
+
+### Log Rotation
+
+Configured in docker-compose.yml:
+```yaml
+logging:
+  driver: "json-file"
+  options:
+    max-size: "10m"
+    max-file: "3"
+```
+
+### Important Log Patterns
+
+**Authentication errors:**
+```bash
+docker logs slc-backend-prod | grep "401\|403\|locked"
+```
+
+**Database errors:**
+```bash
+docker logs slc-backend-prod | grep -i "prisma\|database"
+```
+
+**Rate limiting:**
+```bash
+docker logs slc-backend-prod | grep "Too many requests"
+```
+
+**Email failures:**
+```bash
+docker logs slc-backend-prod | grep "Failed to send.*email"
+```
+
+---
+
+## 🌐 External Monitoring
+
+### Recommended Services
+
+#### 1. UptimeRobot (Free)
+- **URL:** https://uptimerobot.com
+- **Features:**
+  - 5-minute checks
+  - Email/SMS alerts
+  - 50 monitors free
+  - Status pages
+
+**Setup:**
+1. Create account
+2. Add HTTP monitor: `https://spotlight.cam`
+3. Add HTTP monitor: `https://spotlight.cam/api/health`
+4. Set alert contacts
+5. Create public status page (optional)
+
+#### 2. Pingdom
+- **URL:** https://pingdom.com
+- **Features:**
+  - 1-minute checks
+  - Transaction monitoring
+  - Real user monitoring
+  - SSL monitoring
+
+#### 3. Better Uptime
+- **URL:** https://betteruptime.com
+- **Features:**
+  - Free tier available
+  - Incident management
+  - On-call scheduling
+  - Status pages
+
+### Monitor These Endpoints
+
+| Endpoint | Check Type | Expected |
+|----------|-----------|----------|
+| `https://spotlight.cam` | HTTP | 200 OK |
+| `https://spotlight.cam/api/health` | HTTP + JSON | `{"status":"ok"}` |
+| `spotlight.cam` | SSL | Valid, not expiring |
+| `spotlight.cam` | DNS | Resolves correctly |
+
+---
+
+## 📈 Metrics to Track
+
+### Application Metrics
+
+1. **Response Times**
+   - API endpoints: < 200ms
+   - Frontend load: < 1s
+
+2. **Error Rates**
+   - 4xx errors: < 1%
+   - 5xx errors: < 0.1%
+
+3. **Authentication**
+   - Failed logins
+   - Account lockouts
+   - Password resets
+
+4. **WebRTC**
+   - Connection success rate
+   - File transfer completions
+   - Peer connection failures
+
+### Infrastructure Metrics
+
+1. **CPU Usage**
+   ```bash
+   docker stats --no-stream --format "table {{.Name}}\t{{.CPUPerc}}"
+   ```
+
+2. **Memory Usage**
+   ```bash
+   docker stats --no-stream --format "table {{.Name}}\t{{.MemUsage}}"
+   ```
+
+3. **Disk Space**
+   ```bash
+   df -h
+   du -sh /var/lib/docker
+   ```
+
+4. **Database Size**
+   ```bash
+   docker exec slc-db-prod psql -U spotlightcam -c "SELECT pg_size_pretty(pg_database_size('spotlightcam'));"
+   ```
+
+---
+
+## 🚨 Alerting Setup
+
+### Email Alerts (Simple)
+
+Create alert script:
+```bash
+#!/bin/bash
+# /usr/local/bin/alert-spotlight.sh
+
+SUBJECT="⚠️ spotlight.cam Alert"
+RECIPIENT="admin@example.com"
+
+# Run health check
+if ! /path/to/spotlightcam/scripts/health-check.sh prod; then
+    echo "Health check failed at $(date)" | mail -s "$SUBJECT" "$RECIPIENT"
+fi
+```
+
+Add to crontab:
+```bash
+*/5 * * * * /usr/local/bin/alert-spotlight.sh
+```
+
+### Slack Alerts (Advanced)
+
+```bash
+#!/bin/bash
+# /usr/local/bin/alert-slack.sh
+
+SLACK_WEBHOOK="https://hooks.slack.com/services/YOUR/WEBHOOK/URL"
+
+if ! /path/to/spotlightcam/scripts/health-check.sh prod; then
+    curl -X POST "$SLACK_WEBHOOK" \
+         -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
+         -d '{
+           "text": "🚨 spotlight.cam health check failed",
+           "username": "Monitoring Bot"
+         }'
+fi
+```
+
+---
+
+## 📊 Dashboard (Optional)
+
+### Simple Dashboard with Grafana
+
+1. **Setup Prometheus:**
+```yaml
+# docker-compose.monitoring.yml
+services:
+  prometheus:
+    image: prom/prometheus
+    volumes:
+      - ./monitoring/prometheus.yml:/etc/prometheus/prometheus.yml
+    ports:
+      - "9090:9090"
+
+  grafana:
+    image: grafana/grafana
+    ports:
+      - "3001:3000"
+    volumes:
+      - grafana_data:/var/lib/grafana
+```
+
+2. **Add metrics endpoint to backend** (optional enhancement)
+
+---
+
+## 🔍 Troubleshooting Monitoring
+
+### Health Check Always Fails
+
+```bash
+# Test API manually
+curl -v https://spotlight.cam/api/health
+
+# Check nginx logs
+docker logs slc-proxy-prod
+
+# Check backend logs
+docker logs slc-backend-prod
+
+# Test from within container
+docker exec slc-proxy-prod curl localhost:80/api/health
+```
+
+### High CPU/Memory Usage
+
+```bash
+# Identify problematic container
+docker stats --no-stream
+
+# Check container logs
+docker logs --tail 100 slc-backend-prod
+
+# Restart if needed
+docker compose --profile prod restart backend-prod
+```
+
+### Logs Not Rotating
+
+```bash
+# Check Docker log files
+ls -lh /var/lib/docker/containers/*/*-json.log
+
+# Manual cleanup (careful!)
+docker compose --profile prod down
+docker system prune -af
+docker compose --profile prod up -d
+```
+
+---
+
+## ✅ Monitoring Checklist
+
+### Daily Checks (Automated)
+- [ ] Health check endpoint responding
+- [ ] All containers running
+- [ ] Database accepting connections
+- [ ] No critical errors in logs
+
+### Weekly Checks (Manual)
+- [ ] Review error logs
+- [ ] Check disk space
+- [ ] Verify backups are running
+- [ ] Test restore from backup
+- [ ] Review failed login attempts
+
+### Monthly Checks
+- [ ] SSL certificate expiry (renew if < 30 days)
+- [ ] Update dependencies
+- [ ] Review and rotate secrets
+- [ ] Performance review
+- [ ] Security audit
+
+---
+
+## 📞 Incident Response
+
+### When Alert Triggers
+
+1. **Check severity**
+   ```bash
+   ./scripts/health-check.sh prod
+   docker compose --profile prod ps
+   ```
+
+2. **Check logs**
+   ```bash
+   docker logs --tail 100 slc-backend-prod
+   docker logs --tail 100 slc-db-prod
+   ```
+
+3. **Attempt automatic recovery**
+   ```bash
+   docker compose --profile prod restart
+   ```
+
+4. **If still down, investigate**
+   - Database connection issues
+   - Disk space full
+   - Memory exhaustion
+   - Network issues
+
+5. **Document incident**
+   - Time of failure
+   - Symptoms observed
+   - Actions taken
+   - Resolution
+
+---
+
+## 🎯 SLA Targets
+
+### Uptime
+- **Target:** 99.9% (43 minutes downtime/month)
+- **Measurement:** External monitoring (UptimeRobot)
+
+### Performance
+- **API Response:** < 200ms (95th percentile)
+- **Page Load:** < 2s (95th percentile)
+
+### Recovery
+- **Detection:** < 5 minutes
+- **Response:** < 15 minutes
+- **Resolution:** < 1 hour (non-critical)
+
+---
+
+**Last Updated:** 2025-11-20
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+# spotlight.cam - Operations Scripts
+
+Utility scripts for managing spotlight.cam deployment, backups, and monitoring.
+
+## 📋 Available Scripts
+
+### 1. Database Backup (`backup-db.sh`)
+
+Creates a timestamped backup of the PostgreSQL database.
+
+```bash
+# Backup development database
+./scripts/backup-db.sh dev
+
+# Backup production database
+./scripts/backup-db.sh prod
+```
+
+**Features:**
+- Automatic timestamping
+- Automatic cleanup (keeps last 7 days)
+- Backup size reporting
+- Error handling
+
+**Backups location:** `./backups/`
+
+**Setup cron job for automatic backups:**
+```bash
+# Edit crontab
+crontab -e
+
+# Add daily backup at 2 AM (production)
+0 2 * * * cd /path/to/spotlightcam && ./scripts/backup-db.sh prod >> logs/backup.log 2>&1
+```
+
+---
+
+### 2. Database Restore (`restore-db.sh`)
+
+Restores database from a backup file.
+
+```bash
+# Restore development database
+./scripts/restore-db.sh ./backups/backup_dev_20251120_120000.sql dev
+
+# Restore production database
+./scripts/restore-db.sh ./backups/backup_prod_20251120_120000.sql prod
+```
+
+**Safety features:**
+- Confirmation prompt
+- File existence check
+- Container status validation
+
+---
+
+### 3. Health Check (`health-check.sh`)
+
+Monitors all services and checks system health.
+
+```bash
+# Check development environment
+./scripts/health-check.sh dev
+
+# Check production environment
+./scripts/health-check.sh prod
+```
+
+**Checks:**
+- ✅ nginx container status
+- ✅ Frontend container status
+- ✅ Backend container status
+- ✅ Database container status
+- ✅ API health endpoint
+- ✅ Database connection
+
+**Exit codes:**
+- `0` - All systems operational
+- `1` - One or more services unhealthy
+
+**Setup monitoring:**
+```bash
+# Check every 5 minutes and send alerts on failure
+*/5 * * * * /path/to/spotlightcam/scripts/health-check.sh prod || /path/to/alert-script.sh
+```
+
+---
+
+## 🔧 Setup Instructions
+
+### Make scripts executable
+```bash
+chmod +x scripts/*.sh
+```
+
+### Create backups directory
+```bash
+mkdir -p backups
+```
+
+### Test scripts
+```bash
+# Test backup
+./scripts/backup-db.sh dev
+
+# Test health check
+./scripts/health-check.sh dev
+```
+
+---
+
+## 📊 Monitoring Setup
+
+### Option 1: Cron-based monitoring
+```bash
+# Add to crontab
+crontab -e
+
+# Health check every 5 minutes
+*/5 * * * * /path/to/spotlightcam/scripts/health-check.sh prod || echo "Health check failed" | mail -s "spotlight.cam Alert" admin@example.com
+
+# Daily backup at 2 AM
+0 2 * * * /path/to/spotlightcam/scripts/backup-db.sh prod
+```
+
+### Option 2: External monitoring
+Recommended external services:
+- **UptimeRobot** - Free, checks every 5 min
+- **Pingdom** - Advanced monitoring
+- **StatusCake** - Free tier available
+
+Monitor these endpoints:
+- `https://spotlight.cam` - Frontend
+- `https://spotlight.cam/api/health` - Backend API
+
+---
+
+## 🚨 Troubleshooting
+
+### Backup fails
+```bash
+# Check if database container is running
+docker ps | grep slc-db
+
+# Check database logs
+docker logs slc-db-prod
+
+# Manually test connection
+docker exec slc-db-prod pg_isready -U spotlightcam
+```
+
+### Health check fails
+```bash
+# View detailed container status
+docker ps -a
+
+# Check specific service logs
+docker logs slc-backend-prod
+docker logs slc-db-prod
+
+# Restart services
+docker compose --profile prod restart
+```
+
+### Restore fails
+```bash
+# Check backup file integrity
+head -n 10 ./backups/backup_prod_20251120_120000.sql
+
+# Verify database is accepting connections
+docker exec slc-db-prod psql -U spotlightcam -c "SELECT version();"
+```
+
+---
+
+## 📝 Best Practices
+
+1. **Always test backups** - Regularly test restore process in dev environment
+2. **Monitor disk space** - Ensure backups directory has enough space
+3. **Secure backups** - Store backups off-server (AWS S3, Backblaze B2)
+4. **Regular testing** - Test health checks and disaster recovery procedures
+5. **Log rotation** - Use logrotate for script logs
+
+---
+
+**Last Updated:** 2025-11-20
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+#!/bin/bash
+# Database backup script for spotlight.cam
+# Usage: ./scripts/backup-db.sh [dev|prod]
+
+set -e
+
+# Default to development if no argument provided
+ENV=${1:-dev}
+
+# Configuration
+DATE=$(date +%Y%m%d_%H%M%S)
+BACKUP_DIR="./backups"
+
+# Create backup directory if it doesn't exist
+mkdir -p "$BACKUP_DIR"
+
+# Set container name based on environment
+if [ "$ENV" = "prod" ]; then
+    DB_CONTAINER="slc-db-prod"
+    DB_NAME="spotlightcam"
+    BACKUP_FILE="$BACKUP_DIR/backup_prod_$DATE.sql"
+else
+    DB_CONTAINER="slc-db"
+    DB_NAME="spotlightcam"
+    BACKUP_FILE="$BACKUP_DIR/backup_dev_$DATE.sql"
+fi
+
+echo "🔄 Starting database backup..."
+echo "📦 Environment: $ENV"
+echo "🗄️  Container: $DB_CONTAINER"
+echo "💾 Backup file: $BACKUP_FILE"
+
+# Check if container is running
+if ! docker ps --format '{{.Names}}' | grep -q "^${DB_CONTAINER}$"; then
+    echo "❌ Error: Container $DB_CONTAINER is not running"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+# Create backup
+docker exec "$DB_CONTAINER" pg_dump -U spotlightcam "$DB_NAME" > "$BACKUP_FILE"
+
+# Check if backup was successful
+if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
+    BACKUP_SIZE=$(du -h "$BACKUP_FILE" | cut -f1)
+    echo "✅ Backup completed successfully!"
+    echo "📊 Backup size: $BACKUP_SIZE"
+    echo "📁 Location: $BACKUP_FILE"
+else
+    echo "❌ Backup failed!"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+# Keep only last 7 days of backups
+echo "🧹 Cleaning old backups (keeping last 7 days)..."
+find "$BACKUP_DIR" -name "backup_*.sql" -mtime +7 -delete
+
+# Count remaining backups
+BACKUP_COUNT=$(find "$BACKUP_DIR" -name "backup_*.sql" | wc -l)
+echo "📚 Total backups: $BACKUP_COUNT"
+
+echo "✨ Done!"
diff --git a/scripts/health-check.sh b/scripts/health-check.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+# Health check script for spotlight.cam
+# Usage: ./scripts/health-check.sh [dev|prod]
+
+set -e
+
+ENV=${1:-dev}
+
+# Set service names based on environment
+if [ "$ENV" = "prod" ]; then
+    NGINX_CONTAINER="slc-proxy-prod"
+    FRONTEND_CONTAINER="slc-frontend-prod"
+    BACKEND_CONTAINER="slc-backend-prod"
+    DB_CONTAINER="slc-db-prod"
+    API_URL="https://spotlight.cam/api/health"
+else
+    NGINX_CONTAINER="slc-proxy"
+    FRONTEND_CONTAINER="slc-frontend"
+    BACKEND_CONTAINER="slc-backend"
+    DB_CONTAINER="slc-db"
+    API_URL="http://localhost:8080/api/health"
+fi
+
+echo "🏥 spotlight.cam Health Check"
+echo "📦 Environment: $ENV"
+echo "================================"
+echo ""
+
+# Function to check container status
+check_container() {
+    local container=$1
+    local service=$2
+
+    if docker ps --format '{{.Names}}' | grep -q "^${container}$"; then
+        local status=$(docker inspect --format='{{.State.Status}}' "$container")
+        if [ "$status" = "running" ]; then
+            echo "✅ $service: Running"
+            return 0
+        else
+            echo "⚠️  $service: Container exists but not running (status: $status)"
+            return 1
+        fi
+    else
+        echo "❌ $service: Container not found"
+        return 1
+    fi
+}
+
+# Check all containers
+ALL_OK=true
+
+check_container "$NGINX_CONTAINER" "nginx" || ALL_OK=false
+check_container "$FRONTEND_CONTAINER" "Frontend" || ALL_OK=false
+check_container "$BACKEND_CONTAINER" "Backend" || ALL_OK=false
+check_container "$DB_CONTAINER" "Database" || ALL_OK=false
+
+echo ""
+
+# Check API health endpoint
+echo "🔌 API Health Check:"
+if curl -f -s "$API_URL" > /dev/null 2>&1; then
+    echo "✅ API responding at $API_URL"
+else
+    echo "❌ API not responding at $API_URL"
+    ALL_OK=false
+fi
+
+echo ""
+
+# Database connection test
+echo "🗄️  Database Connection:"
+if docker exec "$DB_CONTAINER" pg_isready -U spotlightcam > /dev/null 2>&1; then
+    echo "✅ Database accepting connections"
+else
+    echo "❌ Database not accepting connections"
+    ALL_OK=false
+fi
+
+echo ""
+echo "================================"
+
+if [ "$ALL_OK" = true ]; then
+    echo "✅ All systems operational!"
+    exit 0
+else
+    echo "⚠️  Some services are not healthy"
+    exit 1
+fi
diff --git a/scripts/restore-db.sh b/scripts/restore-db.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+# Database restore script for spotlight.cam
+# Usage: ./scripts/restore-db.sh <backup-file> [dev|prod]
+
+set -e
+
+# Check if backup file is provided
+if [ -z "$1" ]; then
+    echo "❌ Error: Backup file not specified"
+    echo "Usage: ./scripts/restore-db.sh <backup-file> [dev|prod]"
+    echo "Example: ./scripts/restore-db.sh ./backups/backup_dev_20251120_120000.sql dev"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+BACKUP_FILE=$1
+ENV=${2:-dev}
+
+# Check if backup file exists
+if [ ! -f "$BACKUP_FILE" ]; then
+    echo "❌ Error: Backup file not found: $BACKUP_FILE"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+# Set container name based on environment
+if [ "$ENV" = "prod" ]; then
+    DB_CONTAINER="slc-db-prod"
+    DB_NAME="spotlightcam"
+else
+    DB_CONTAINER="slc-db"
+    DB_NAME="spotlightcam"
+fi
+
+echo "⚠️  WARNING: This will REPLACE the current database!"
+echo "📦 Environment: $ENV"
+echo "🗄️  Container: $DB_CONTAINER"
+echo "💾 Backup file: $BACKUP_FILE"
+echo ""
+read -p "Are you sure you want to continue? (yes/no): " -r
+echo
+
+if [[ ! $REPLY =~ ^[Yy][Ee][Ss]$ ]]; then
+    echo "❌ Restore cancelled"
+    exit 0
+fi
+
+# Check if container is running
+if ! docker ps --format '{{.Names}}' | grep -q "^${DB_CONTAINER}$"; then
+    echo "❌ Error: Container $DB_CONTAINER is not running"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+echo "🔄 Starting database restore..."
+
+# Restore backup
+cat "$BACKUP_FILE" | docker exec -i "$DB_CONTAINER" psql -U spotlightcam "$DB_NAME"
+
+# Check if restore was successful
+if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
+    echo "✅ Restore completed successfully!"
+else
+    echo "❌ Restore failed!"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+echo "✨ Done!"