In accordance with one embodiment, there are provided mechanisms and methods for creating a telemetry process for a service in a computing environment. With these mechanisms and methods, it is possible to deploy telemetry processes for the service based upon a specification of one or more operational metrics for determining the status of the service. This ability to deploy telemetry processes for the service based upon a specification of one or more operational metrics for determining the status of the service makes it possible to attain improved monitoring capabilities and more efficient usage of computing resources assigned to monitoring tasks for a service in a computer system.