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New in Grafana 6.4: The Logs Panel

At Grafana Labs, we are working to make it easier to visualize data that comes from many different sources and in many different ways. We know that our customers are usually using more than one system to track what’s going on within an infrastructure. If you are a system administrator, or even a curious developer, there is a very high probability that you are monitoring and quite regularly reviewing your logs to find valuable and important information in them.

A catastrophic flaw in Linux sudo command with a simple fix using Desktop Central

A critical vulnerability in sudo has been disclosed, that when exploited, enables users to bypass security restrictions and execute commands as the root user. This security flaw has to be swiftly remediated as sudo is one of the most integral and commonly used functionalities in Linux operating systems.

Launching JavaScript Error Tracking v1.0.

Good news, everyone! Today, we’re proud to announce the launch of our fully-fledged JavaScript error tracking for your front-end applications. From today, you’ll have even more complete insights into your Ruby and Elixir apps — your back-end errors, performance metrics, host metrics, custom metrics and your front-end errors can now all come together under a single interface.

The why, when and how of API Gateway service proxies

Serverless Hero Yan Cui explains when and why you should use API Gateway service proxies, and introduces an open source tool to make it easy to implement. One of the very powerful and yet often under-utilized features of API Gateway is its ability to integrate directly with other AWS services. For example, you can connect API Gateway directly to an SNS topic without needing a Lambda function in the middle. Or to S3, or any number of AWS services.

New Partnership with Ergo Group, Ireland

A new partnership between NiCE IT Management Solutions and Ergo will enable Microsoft Dynamics 365 customers to get more out of their investment through advanced performance and health monitoring. Microsoft Dynamics 365 is one of the fastest growing CRM solutions with more large-scale enterprises using it as their core business solution.

Real-User Monitoring for Single-Page Apps

Exoprise Service Watch, our real-user monitoring (RUM) product, recently improved support for monitoring Single-Page Apps (SPAs) which have become the foundation for many Software-as-a-Service applications like GSuite, Salesforce Lightening, or Microsoft’s Outlook Web Access. SPAs have unique requirements when it comes to capturing and monitoring end-user experience especially through different network configurations, proxies, firewalls and branch office users.

What It's Like Working Remotely as a Junior Dev

I am a junior software engineer in Slovakia. I feel incredibly lucky that I’ve had this amazing opportunity to join Grafana Labs, as it was among the top companies that I’ve ever dreamed about working for. The only thing that I was slightly scared of was the fact that Grafana Labs is remote-first, and I would be working full-time from home.

What is Developer Time Worth?

It’s remarkable to me how many developers have no idea what their time is worth. I speak with a lot of developers, and when I mention my work on TrackJS, I frequently hear “I could build that”. Yeah, you could. Observability tools aren’t rocket science. But you shouldn’t. Your time is too valuable to build better mousetraps. Your time is valuable and finite. Both to you and to your company.

Typespecs and Behaviours in Elixir

Today, we will dive into Typespecs and Behaviours. These are two Elixir features that we are ecstatic (pun intended) about. They are great examples of built-in features in Elixir that help get some of the advantages of statically typed code. Alright, let’s set the scene. Elixir is a dynamically typed language. This means that the type of each variable is not checked at compile-time, but rather at run-time. Like most things, this comes with advantages and disadvantages.

Troubleshooting Web Application Performance Meltdowns: A Real World APM Use Case

Today, it’s a common practice to SSL-enable web applications and websites. It’s beneficial for SEO and it is also needed for compliance. Many regulatory compliance standards mandate that websites are using SSL certificates. A key part of SSL-enabling a website is the configuring the SSL certificate.