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Log Formatting: 8 Best Practices for Better Readability

Logs act as silent sentinels, recording every whisper of your application’s activity. They are invaluable chronicles illuminating system behavior, diagnosing issues, and providing crucial insights into your application’s health. However, the true power of logs lies not just in their existence, but in how they are formatted. Log formatting is pivotal in transforming these raw data streams into actionable intelligence.

How to automate adding nodes to rooms in Netdata?

How we organize nodes (and the Netdata agents that are running on those nodes) across different rooms should reflect our architectural decision because the room is a logical container with its own user members and notification rules. So if we are monitoring large infrastructure we should be consistent with these rules and one way to achieve this is to choose automation.

Observability and Monitoring | The First Myth of Apache Spark Optimization

It's valuable to know where waste in your applications and infrastructure is occurring, and to have recommendations for how to reduce that waste—but finding waste isn't necessarily fixing the problem. Check out this conversation between Shashi Raina, AWS Partner Solution Architect, and Kirk Lewis, Pepperdata Senior Solution Architect, as they dispel the first myth of Apache Spark optimization: observability and monitoring.

Workshop: Kubernetes Challenge

You are entering the mysterious world of the Kubernetes where secrets and challenges await your discovery. Watch our interactive “Kubernetes Challenge Workshop” while learning the clue on how to solve complex application mysteries in real time with StackState. Colonel Mustard, Professor Plum, and our own Ms. Scarlett will guide you through the game to help you unravel the clues to the mysteries within Kubernetes.

Unlock The Power of Dynamic Instrumentation for Enhanced Software Observability

In software development, dynamic instrumentation is a powerful linchpin between the development and debugging workflows. With software complexity reaching unprecedented levels, it is also a key enabler in boosting developer productivity in the pursuit of building performant and error-free software. Let’s explore the concept of dynamic instrumentation and understand how it boosts software development processes with unparalleled insights into the source code.

Grafana OnCall: Use the new bi-directional ServiceNow integration for seamless alert flows

Every moment counts when you’re managing incidents that can affect your services and customers. That’s why we’re excited to introduce a new bi-directional integration between Grafana OnCall and ServiceNow, a popular platform many large organizations rely on to help manage their incidents.

Ultimate Guide: How to Monitor Any Changes in File and Folder in a File Server

If protecting your file server's integrity is crucial, mastering how to monitor any changes in files and folders in a file server becomes a top priority. This guide takes you through critical steps to track alterations, set up security audits, and employ third-party software for advanced monitoring. Whether facing internal policy compliance or external cyber threats, learn how to immediately detect and react to any unauthorized change to maintain the security of your data.

Isolation: A New Wave of Experiences to Help Teams Work Side by Side

Cribl offers a suite of tools designed to optimize data pipelines, with different components tailored for managing and orchestrating data flows at scale across different teams and data sources. One of the biggest problems with building and running a multi-team data engine is isolation. This blog will cover how we at Cribl have handled the challenge of data, configuration, and access isolation for growing teams.