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Log4j 2 Configuration Example: Tutorial on How to Use It for Efficient Java Logging

When it comes to troubleshooting application performance, the more information you have the better. Logs combined with metrics and traces give you full visibility into your Java applications. Logging in your Java applications can be achieved in multiple ways – for example, you can just write data to a file, but there are far better ways on how to do that, as we explained in our Java logging tutorial.

Getting started with PromQL - Includes Cheatsheet!

Getting started with PromQL can be challenging when you first arrive in the fascinating world of Prometheus. Since Prometheus stores data in a time-series data model, queries in a Prometheus server are radically different from good old SQL. Understanding how data is managed in Prometheus is key to learning how to write good, performant PromQL queries. This article will introduce you to the PromQL basics and provide a cheat sheet you can download to dig deeper into Prometheus and PromQL.

Performance Monitoring Support for React Native

March Mobile Madness continues with Performance support for React Native. Our friend, Jenn Meung shares how Performance supports his mobile appliction. In addition to working with Sentry, I also contribute to Tour, a travel app which helps people plan trips with a drag-and-drop interface. Because Tour is built with React Native, we’ve always had issues accurately gauging how people use our app and its performance.

The Top Query Languages You Should Know for Monitoring (and a couple more)

Sifting data can be fun for some people. Connecting the dots and finding correlations where they weren’t obvious before. It’s the crux of what drives people’s motivation in data science. It’s no different in any other field, especially in one involving systems observability, telemetry, or monitoring. And the best way to do that is to develop a fluency with query languages for different database structures and open source tools.

Getting Started with Logz.io's New Cloud SIEM Free Trial

The Logz.io Cloud SIEM team is excited to announce a new free trial! You’ll be able to ship 1 GB of security events per day for 21 days. Cloud SIEM makes it easy to centralize, prioritize, and investigate security events, so you can respond to threats faster than ever. Check out this short demo video to see how it works. Sound interesting? Check out the instructions for our 21 day free trial below!

Top ITSM Trends of 2021

ITSM is a hot topic for people who manage IT infrastructure. And due to the immense changes, we have experienced this past year, there are new developments that show where the industry is headed. ‘Automation’ has been all the craze for the past few years, but it is now more relevant than ever. Then there is ‘digital transformation’, the buzzword of 2021, which is a result of the rapid levels of digitization that all organizations are experiencing.

How to monitor your key process with Bleemeo?

This article explains how to monitor service process on your service with Bleemeo using MySQL as an example. This feature is what we called "Key Process Monitoring" and is described by our documentation. Currently, you can monitor any service process automatically discovered by Bleemeo. All metrics are detailed in our documentation, in a few words, metrics related to memory, cpu, network and i/o used by this process are gathered by the agent.

How to get mobile push notifications from any service

Love 'em or hate 'em, mobile push notifications can be very useful. They are not as intrusive as a phone call and have better information formats and control than text messages. Which is why it can be very frustrating to not get push notifications for your favorite product because it doesn't have a mobile app. In this post, we will see how to get mobile push notifications from any service, even if they don't have a mobile app.

Further Tips on our Database Migration to the Azure Cloud Session at MS Ignite 2021

I was really stoked to deliver a session at Microsoft Ignite with my long-time friend and fellow Head Geek™, Tom LaRock, on the topic of migrating an on-premises SQL Server database to the Azure cloud. You can watch the session on demand here. In addition, Microsoft MVP and SQL Server expert David Klee provides an excellent recap on each of the major elements Tom and I discussed.