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Best Practices for Using Git in Your Cribl Workflows

In this conversation, Sanjay Shrestha, Principal Detection Engineer at Bayer, and Raanan Dagan, Principal Sales Engineer from Cribl, talk about the integration of Git in Cribl Stream. They discuss how to manage configuration files and pipelines as code, simplifying their deployment. They also share a demo and give best practices for optimizing your GitOps workflow. In the 10+ years that Bayer has worked with Splunk, they’ve gone from processing just 80 GB/day to more than 13 TB/day.

How AppSignal Got Its (Domain) Name

In late 2012, we were getting somewhere with this unnamed side project that was supposed to replace our overpriced New Relic subscription. If we wanted to tell the world about it, it needed a name. This is a brief history of how we came up with the name, and how we landed appsignal.com. Besides being co-founder, I was also "the name guy” at 80beans, the consultancy where AppSignal was born; you know, the person that comes up with fun names and finds out the.com has been squatted.

We've Levelled up Our Top Monitoring Features

We've improved our core features to help you debug issues more efficiently and effectively. This article will walk you through the changes we've made to our Error Tracking, Performance Monitoring, Anomaly Detection, and Log Incidents features that enable you to gain the insights you need to dive deep into issues quicker than ever before.

Kubernetes Scheduler - A Comprehensive Guide

In the world of Kubernetes, where applications are encapsulated within containers and seamlessly distributed across diverse clusters of computers, the enigmatic Kubernetes scheduler takes centre stage. Think of it as the orchestra conductor of your Kubernetes cluster, orchestrating a symphony of resources to ensure seamless operations. This unassuming yet powerful component leverages a sophisticated algorithm to perform the intricate dance of optimizing resource allocation.

SEC Charges on SolarWinds: A Wake-Up Call for Cybersecurity and Risk Management

Cribl’s Ed Bailey and Jackie McGuire look into the recent SEC fraud charges leveled against SolarWinds and its CISO, concerning alleged fraud and internal control failures tied to known cybersecurity risks and vulnerabilities. These charges carry long-term implications for corporate handling of cybersecurity and risk management. Tune into the live stream for an engaging conversation, and come prepared with your questions and insights on the future of cybersecurity.

Understanding the Netdata Methodology: A Different Take on Monitoring

In the dynamic landscape of modern infrastructure and multi cloud environments, observing and understanding system performance requires a new breed of tools—ones that keep pace with the 'living' nature of modern infrastructure. This is the inflection point at which Netdata steps in, and aims to bring a fresh perspective to monitoring.

Combining frontend and backend performance with John Hill (Grafana Office Hours #18)

In this episode of Grafana Office Hours, Developer Advocates Marie Cruz and Nicole van der Hoeven speak with John Hill, a Web UI Test Engineer and Grafana k6 champion, to talk about how the Grafana and k6 ecosystems can be used to ensure performance in mission-critical applications like NASA’s Open MCT.

Monitoring Redis Performance Metrics

Redis, as an in-memory data store, excels at providing high-speed data access and manipulation. However, without effective monitoring, the potential advantages of Redis can be compromised due to performance bottlenecks, scalability issues, and resource constraints. By closely scrutinizing key metrics, Redis monitoring allows you to proactively detect and address potential problems, ensuring the stability, reliability, and high-performance operation of your Redis environment.

Streamlining configuration management: Unleashing the power of OpManager's module

Ensuring uninterrupted network availability is paramount for any organization relying on multiple network devices for their day-to-day operations. Two crucial metrics that govern network availability are performance and fault management. By implementing ManageEngine OpManager as your fault and performance monitoring tool, you gain invaluable insights into device health, CPU performance, and more.

Application Observability on RKE2 With SUSE Rancher and StackState

Please join Jeroen van Erp, StackState's Product Manager while he shows you how you can achieve full observability of your SUSE Rancher managed clusters. He'll demonstrate StackState's Kubernetes troubleshooting capabilities for development teams. You can easily manage your Rancher clusters and gain visibility into all your Kubernetes resources by installing the StackState agent from the SUSE Rancher marketplace. Jeroen will walk you through the service overview, service dependency map and powerful troubleshooting features that StackState offers.