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How To Monitor NGINX using Telegraf and Graphite

When enterprises run online services, web servers play an essential role. They allow the software to surface on the world wide web and make it accessible through web browsers for customers worldwide. When the performance of a web server gets degraded or, even worst, if a web server is entirely down, it impacts not only the business bottom line but also the brand image for not providing reliable service to customers. Failure to manage web servers can also lead to security risks.

Hey! Let's talk AIOps-Part 2

Welcome back! In the previous blog, we discussed what AIOps is and the significant role it plays in ITOps with our panelists: Carlos Casanova, Principal Analyst at Forrester, and Gowrisankar Chinnayan, head of product management at ManageEngine. In this blog, I am going to walk you through the rest of our discussion. Our talk revolved around the reasons why organizations should adopt AIOps.

Container Monitoring Demo

Datadog Container Monitoring gives you real-time, end-to-end visibility into your containerized environments. In this demo, we show you how Container Monitoring helps you correlate container metrics with logs, traces, and network data to quickly detect and investigate anomalies across every layer of your Kubernetes clusters. We also walk you through setting up AI-enhanced monitors to receive automatic alerts for future issues.

Installing the Request Metrics Agent

The agent is a small piece of JavaScript that you include in your website or web application so that Request Metrics can capture detailed analytics and events about your system. The agent can be installed with a script tag, npm package, chrome extension, or tag manager. This tutorial will walk through the installation types.

How to build a Formula 1 real-time analytics stack with Azure Data Explorer and Grafana Cloud

For Formula 1, speed is about more than just how fast you go around the track. It’s also about having data at your fingertips in real time to make critical improvements before, during, and after the race. “Formula 1 is one of the most fascinating data-driven sports,” said Anshul Sharma, Senior Product Manager at Microsoft. “It’s so competitive that even one tenth-second advantage can change the outcome of the race.”

What You Need to Know About Log Management Architecture

You’ve made the decision to implement a centralized log management solution because you know that it’s going to save you time and money in the long term. However, to get the most bang for your log management buck, you need to understand how the different parts of your log management deployment work. Once you understand each resource, you can implement a more efficient log management architecture.

Why Observability Is Important for IT Ops

Everyday when you come into work, you’re bombarded with a constant stream of problems. From service desk calls to network performance monitoring, you’re busy from the moment you login until the moment you click the “shut down” option on your device. Even more frustrating, your IT environment consists of an ever-expanding set of network segments, applications, devices, users, and databases across on-premises and cloud locations.

When to Use Flux vs Python

If you’re new to InfluxDB you might wonder, “Why does InfluxDB have its own query and scripting language (aka Flux)?” You might also be thinking, “InfluxDB has client libraries. Why and when should I use the Python client library and when should I use Flux?” In this post we’ll discuss when developers should use Flux and when they should use Python for developing their IoT applications.