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Monitor the health of your Temporal Server with Datadog

Temporal is an open source programming model that enables users to write and run scalable and reliable cloud applications. The Temporal Platform consists of a Temporal Cluster and Worker Processes, which together create a runtime for reentrant processes called Workflow Executions. Temporal’s workflows are resilient programs that execute tasks and react to external events, including timers and signals.

Introducing Grafana Beyla: open source ebpf auto-instrumentation for application observability

Do you want to try Grafana for application observability but don’t have time to adapt your application for it? Often, to properly instrument an app, you have to add a language agent to the deployment or package. And, in languages like Go, proper instrumentation means manually adding tracepoints. Either way, you have to redeploy to your staging or production environment once you’ve added the instrumentation.

One-Click Insights with Board Templates

Whether you’re a new Honeycomb user or a seasoned expert looking to uncover fresh insights, chances are you’ve sent tremendous amounts of data into Honeycomb already. The question is, now what? We have the answer: Board templates. Teams can now create Boards based on pre-built templates that generate visualizations with a single click.

Take Your Pick! The Best Server Monitoring Tools on the Market

IT professionals are always presented with myriad solutions when seeking additional software for their network infrastructure. When it comes to server monitoring solutions, there are multiple options available. After all, every organization has its own needs, individual infrastructure and software requirements. With that in mind, the following list is a guide to help IT professionals select what they believe may be the best possible server monitoring solution for their organization.

What even is DevRel?

DevRel is short for Developer Relations. Developer Relations is exactly what it means, a marketing policy that prioritizes relationships with developers. In general society, there is a word known as PR (Public Relations); you could say DevRel is the developer version of this. Its definition is very simple. People who do DevRel often have a technical background, having worked in the industry before switching to their role, but that is not a requirement.

Monitoring TLS Network Traffic for Non-FIPS Compliant Cipher Suites

FIPS compliant cipher suites hold the U.S. government's seal of approval, guaranteeing their suitability for federal systems. On the other hand, non-FIPS compliant cipher suites may present security vulnerabilities due to outdated cryptographic algorithms and potential lack of perfect forward secrecy. As a result, it becomes paramount to monitor TLS network traffic for non-FIPS compliant cipher suites.

Effective Logging in Threaded or Multiprocessing Python Applications

In Python development, logging is not only good practice; it is vital. Logging is critical for understanding the execution flow of an application and helps in debugging potential issues. The importance of logging for developing reliable and maintainable Python applications cannot be overstated. Python provides capabilities for running concurrent operations—either in a threaded (single process) or multiple process environment. But what implications do these different approaches have on logging?

Amazon RDS: managed database vs. database self-management

Amazon RDS or Relational Database Service is a collection of managed services offered by Amazon Web Services that simplify the processing of setting up, operating, and scaling relational databases on the AWS cloud. It is a fully managed service that provides highly scalable, cost-effective, and efficient database deployment.

Top 5 Server Monitoring Tools

The need to monitor the health of servers and networks is unanimous. You don't want to be a blind pilot who is headed for an inevitable disaster. Fortunately, there are many open source and commercial tools to help you do the monitoring. As always, good and expensive are not as attractive as good and cheap. So, we've put together the most valuable cloud and windows monitoring tools to get you started.