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In this Elasticsearch/Docker tutorial, we will install and run an Elasticsearch cluster on a single Docker host. We will pull an Elasticsearch Docker image (and Kibana), create a Docker network for the cluster, and deploy it on a local host. Containerizing instances of Elasticsearch helps create a scalable and mobile infrastructure, while not sacrificing system performance. Follow along to create and configure a truly open-source Elasticsearch cluster in Docker.

Get started with Docker using these basic Docker commands. Whether you are in DevOps or development, you will probably end up using Docker containers. In this Docker commands tutorial for beginners, we will offer examples of how to pull a Docker container, start and stop the containers, list your Docker network, and delete unused containers. While there are many more features to uncover, these are the most useful and common Docker commands you should learn as you’ll use them on a daily basis.

Find out which are the key Docker metrics you should be monitoring when deploying your containers to ensure the health and performance of your system. Monitoring Docker containers is an essential step in development but is not always an easy thing to do. Even though Docker helped overcome some of the challenges of migrating from a monolithic architecture to a distributed system, it does come with a potential downside when it comes to monitoring. Having multiple containers across a wide variety of hosts that change their scale in milliseconds makes traditional monitoring tools totally obsolete.

Real user monitoring tools give you business-critical data directly from the end-users. While most monitoring and testing tools receive their data from scripts and bots, RUM tools give you valuable insights into how your real users are interacting with your application. While bots may be having a good time navigating through your site, real humans may not be able to.

Sematext Log is a centralized cloud-based platform for all of your Logs. With hundreds of integrations, you can have one centralized location for all of your log files. Compare logs across apps and systems. Quickly search through thousands of log files from various environments. With sematext logs, you can apply filters or create your own query to analyze your logs. Shipping logs is easy. The sematext agent is installed and automatically discovers and sends logs to your sematext cloud account. The Sematext agent also parses and enriches your logs with metadata.

Sematext Cloud is a comprehensive cloud monitoring platform that provides all the tools you need to ensure your systems are running at peak performance, through a single pane of glass. Get end-to-end visibility, drill down on what really matters, and receive alerts when anomalies occur. Whether you work in the front-end or the back-end, Sematext has you fully covered.

Learn what are the most common Docker mistakes so you can easily avoid doing them yourself. These tips will help you create healthy containers that are ready for production and ultimately save you tons of time and effort in the long run.

Sematext infrastructure Monitoring platform is an easy and effective way to monitor a full-stack. Monitoring a monolithic system was an easy task. But as software becomes more distributed, DevOps, SysAdmins, and run-of-the-mill developers need to have monitoring tools that are capable of monitoring dynamic distributed systems.

Find out what synthetic monitoring is and how it works. Discover the benefits of using synthetic testing tools for website performance and how to choose the right one for your use case. Synthetic monitoring (also known as synthetic testing and active or proactive monitoring) is one of the many tools developers use to oversee their websites. Synthetic testing removes the user and their device as variables and lets your test your deployed site. This helps ensure the website and all its third-party APIs are accessible and functioning as they should.

Sematext’s Synthetic monitoring tool is a website monitoring solution that lets you track the availability and performance of your websites. Monitor your entire website or an individual HTTP request, including 3rd party APIs. Get the best website monitoring tools with Sematext’s synthetics and Real User monitoring tools.