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How to Run Solr Cloud on Docker Containers | Setup Tutorial for Beginners - Sematext

Solr is one of the most powerful and popular open-source search engines. And being able to put Solr in docker is an absolute must for anyone looking to get into DevOps. In this video tutorial, we will discuss the benefits of putting solr in containers, the 2 types of architecture solr can utilize, and containerize solr cloud in docker.

A NetOps Guide to DDoS Defense

Join Kentik and Cloudflare as we discuss and analyze the latest in DDoS attack trends. (We’re seeing some really interesting patterns in our data!) Back by popular demand: Doug Madory, Kentik’s Director of Internet Research, will walk through how BGP monitoring can determine if DDoS mitigations are actually effective. What you’ll learn.

Product Update - Adaptive Zoom now live

We love to write and ship code to help developers bring their ideas and projects to life. That’s why we’re constantly working on improving our product to meet developers where they are, to ensure their happiness, and accelerate Time to Awesome. This week, we are covering a product release that helps all InfluxDB Cloud UI users get more from their graphs.

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What's a Status Page Aggregator and why you need one

Welcome to the future! SaaS (Software as a Service) rules the world. When just a few years ago businesses were buying software and installing it in-house, now they're renting it. There's a SaaS for everything. Actually, multiple SaaS for the exact same problem! Even technology companies with expert engineering teams are choosing to use off-the-shelf components (now in the form of SaaS) instead of developing in-house. It makes complete sense to buy something that would cost 100x more to develop in-house.

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The Importance of Observability for Site Reliability Engineers (SREs)

Site reliability engineers (SREs) play a crucial role in ensuring the reliability of systems. From creating software to improving system reliability in production, responding to incidents, and fixing issues, SREs are responsible for guaranteeing the health of applications.. And observability helps support SREs'. Because an observable system allows them to identify and fix issues promptly, resulting in SRE's being better equipped to fast-track development cycles.

Schedule Cronjob for the First Monday of Every Month, the Funky Way

The crontab man page (“man 5 crontab” or read online) contains this bit: What does it mean precisely? If you specify both the day of month and the day of week field, then cron will run the command when either of the fields match. In other words, there’s a logical OR relationship between the two fields.

Flask Monitoring and APM Benefits

Many renowned businesses use the well-known web framework Flask. Flask is quite famous among developers for making small and full-fledged applications. It is known for being a straightforward framework to learn hence why it is popular among established organizations. Monitoring your Flask application can be a challenge. Many important operations are happening inside of them, and if anything goes wrong, it can cause some damage.