Operations | Monitoring | ITSM | DevOps | Cloud

How to create your ChatOps bot

Communication within organizations has evolved from email threads to real-time chats. With the vast potential of real-time messaging, organizations are beginning to explore how they could make these chat applications do more. We now even have a name for this phenomenon — ChatOps. To get a taste of the power of ChatOps in action, let’s build a ChatOps bot that sits in a Mattermost channel with Errbot.

Business-to-Business Middleware (B2B Integration) Market is Booming Worldwide with Microsoft, Oracle, IBM, etc.

The latest updated report published by Data Lab Forecast of COVID-19 titled “global Business-to-Business Middleware (B2B Integration) market analysis and forecast 2022-2030” includes information regarding the market share, industry’s growth prospects, scope, and challenges. The study comes up with the research objectives, detailed overview, import-export status, market segmentation, market share, and Business-to-Business Middleware (B2B Integration) market size evaluation.

The 5Ws (and 1H) of InfluxDB's Native MQTT Collector

MQTT is a messaging protocol used widely in the IoT space. Its publish/subscribe model is ideal for IoT because multiple devices can send data to a single MQTT broker, which MQTT clients can then access. The MQTT integration for InfluxDB’s native collector feature is a fast and easy way to create cloud-to-cloud data pipelines. Here’s the lowdown on using the Native MQTT collector. Who: Users and companies that rely on MQTT to provide time series data for their applications.

Sponsored Post

How Is Machine Learning Used In AIOps?

When we think of computers, we typically think in terms of exactness. For example, if we ask a computer to do a numeric calculation and it gives us a result, we are 100% sure that the result is correct. And if we write an algorithm and it gives an incorrect result, we know we have coded improperly and it needs to be corrected. This exactness however, is not the case when dealing with Machine Learning. As a matter of fact, it is par for the course, that Machine Learning will be incorrect a percentage of the time.

How to avoid losing your Slack message history

We understand how critical a message archive can be to your organization. Empowering you with complete control over your data—including your message history—is a key tenet of our mission here at Mattermost! If you’re part of one of the many teams and communities that use Slack to collaborate – take note: After September 1st, 2022, you will no longer be able to access your Slack message history older than 90 days on your free workspaces.

Middleware 101

In computer science, systems are typically divided into two categories: software and hardware. However, there is an additional layer in between, referred to as middleware, which is a software pipeline—an operation, a process, or an application between the operating system and the end user. This article aims to define middleware and reflect on its necessity, as well as address controversies about when and where it applies.

Easy Kubernetes metrics and cluster management with K9s, Kubectx, and Kubens

Efficiently retrieving Kubernetes metrics is the beginning of cluster performance optimization. Cluster metrics such as logs and resources descriptions are crucial as they map the health of your cluster. There’s a Kubernetes tool called K9s that lets you access your Kubernetes cluster metrics swiftly using short keys. K9s prioritizes aesthetics and performance as it displays its contents and functions in an aesthetically pleasing UI.

What is OpenTelemetry?

OpenTelemetry is a collection of tools and APIs for collecting, processing, and exporting telemetry data from software. It is used to instrument applications for performance monitoring, logging, tracking, tracing, and other observability purposes. What is Telemetry? The word is derived from the Greek “tele” meaning “remote,” and metron meaning “measure.” So, it’s the collection of metrics and their automatic to a receiver for monitoring.