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Getting Started with GROK Patterns

If you’re new to logging, you might be tempted to collect all the data you possibly can. More information means more insights; at least, those NBC “the more you know” public services announcements told you it would help. Unfortunately, you can create new problems if you do too much logging. To streamline your log collection, you can apply some filtering of messages directly from the log source. However, to parse the data, you may need to use a Grok pattern.

Splunk Edge Processor Enhancements Offer Greater Data Access and Improve Data Management

On the heels of an exciting GA in March and the April announcement of its regional expansion, we are excited to share the latest updates to Splunk Edge Processor that will make it even easier for customers to have more flexibility and control over just the data you want, nothing more nothing less.

Four reasons to try our next-gen dashboards

When you need to troubleshoot faster, rich out-of-the-box content lets you easily monitor the tools in your technology stack. Dashboards are key to our customers’ success — offering you deep insights at a glance and the ability to drill into the details most important to you. A couple years ago, we debuted a new style of dashboards, built on top of a scalable, flexible and extensible charting system.

OpenTelemetry demo app with Grafana, Loki, Prometheus, Tempo (Grafana Office Hours #06)

DevOps Engineer Blueswen Li 劉義瑋 joins us to walk us through some OpenTelemetry demo apps he created, instrumented with Grafana, Loki, Prometheus, and Tempo. He is joined by two of our Developer Advocates, Paul Balogh and Nicole van der Hoeven.

10 Best Pingdom Alternatives [2023 Comparison]

In today’s digital landscape, website performance is paramount. To ensure seamless functionality and reliability, businesses rely on Synthetic Monitoring tools. While Pingdom has been a popular choice, it’s essential to explore alternative solutions. In this article, we’ll dive into the top alternatives to Pingdom in 2023, examining their advanced features, functionalities, and integration capabilities.

Cribl Search Adds 500% More Searchable Datasets

It’s been about 8 months since we first launched Cribl Search. For our early adopters, it’s been a game changer, and with each monthly release, we continue to innovate — expanding access to new datasets and adding new functionalities. If Crib Search is new to you, here is a quick recap. Cribl Search flips the observability data search paradigm on its head. You no longer have to collect, ingest, and index your data before you can search it.

Up to 70% metrics storage savings with TSDS enabled integrations in Elastic Observability

The latest versions of Elastic Observability’s most popular observability integrations now use the storage cost-efficient time series index mode for metrics by default. Kubernetes, Nginx, System, AWS, Azure, RabbitMQ, Redis, and more popular Elastic Observability integrations are time series data stream (TSDS) enabled integrations.

Elastic Search 8.9: Hybrid search with RRF, faster vector search, and public-facing search endpoints

Elastic Search 8.9 introduces hybrid search with Reciprocal Rank Fusion (RRF) to combine vector, keyword, and semantic techniques for better results. This release also brings performance improvements in vector search and ingestion with response times that are up to 30%+ faster. Users also have more ingestion options with the new SharePoint Online connector, which includes document-level security.