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Zabbix plugin for Grafana: Grafana Labs will manage and maintain the popular plugin

I’m happy to share some exciting news! Grafana Labs is taking ownership of the Zabbix plugin, one of the most popular third-party data sources for Grafana over the years. The Zabbix plugin for Grafana allows you to visualize data from the Zabbix monitoring system, offering a quick and powerful way to create dashboards. I personally started the project in 2015, with the goal of bringing a better dashboarding experience to Zabbix users.

A Basic Introduction to OpenTelemetry Python

Think of a tool that simplifies application monitoring and helps developers and staff trace, collect logs and measure performance metrics. That is what OpenTelemetry Python provides. OpenTelemetry (OTel) Python acts as a guiding light, offering insights into the behaviors and interactions of complex, distributed systems and enabling a deeper understanding of performance bottlenecks and system dependencies. The significance of OTel lies in its pivotal role in modern software development.

What MSPs Need to Know About Our Partner Program

MSPs using CloudHealth are in for an abrupt start to 2024. VMware, which acquired CloudHealth, is ending its partner programs. Instead, they’re rolling out the exclusive Partner Program, starting from February 5, 2024. The switch will impact solution providers, resellers, and cloud services partners. With this new selective partner program, MSPs face fresh challenges in meeting the latest standards.

Mastering Internet Performance Monitoring: A Best Practices Series

The digital landscape has dramatically transformed since the world’s first website went live at CERN on August 6, 1991. What began as a single webpage has exploded into a sprawling, intricate web of interconnected services and systems. The modern web is mind-bogglingly vast, complex, and, when it works, beautiful in its precision and technological harmony.

StatusGator Alternatives in 2024

In this realm of cloud and SaaS service uptime, StatusGator offers unparalleled monitoring of nearly 3,000 services. This article delves into the alternatives to StatusGator in 2024, but first, let’s understand what sets StatusGator apart. Unlike typical status page aggregators, StatusGator offers advanced status aggregation with unique capabilities. StatusGator collects the status of almost 3,000 services from official, published, status pages to gain as much information as possible.

Collecting OpenShift container logs using Red Hat's OpenShift Logging Operator

This blog explores a possible approach to collecting and formatting OpenShift Container Platform logs and audit logs with Red Hat OpenShift Logging Operator. We recommend using Elastic® Agent for the best possible experience! We will also show how to format the logs to Elastic Common Schema (ECS) for the best experience viewing, searching, and visualizing your logs. All examples in this blog are based on OpenShift 4.14.

Incident Response Plans: The Complete Guide To Creating & Maintaining IRPs

Speedily minimizing the negative impact of an information security incident is a fundamental element of information security management. The risks — loss of credibility in the eyes of users and other stakeholders, loss of business revenue and critical data, potential regulatory penalties — can significantly jeopardize your organization’s mission and objectives.