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A practical guide to data collection with OpenTelemetry and Prometheus

Grafana Labs has always been actively involved in the OpenTelemetry community, even working with the predecessor projects OpenTracing and OpenCensus. We have been supporting OTLP as the primary input protocol for our distributed tracing project, Grafana Tempo, since its inception, and our Grafana Agent embeds parts of the OpenTelemetry Collector.

Real user monitoring in Grafana Cloud: Get frontend error tracking, faster root cause analysis, and more

The frontend of a web application is the part that users directly interact with. It’s the last mile of the digital service you deliver to your customers and it’s directly associated with customer satisfaction and business objectives. Knowing performance metrics such as CPU or memory is helpful, but at the end of the day, what you care most about is if the user experience is affected.

Grafana Agent v0.35 release: horizontal auto scaling, easy Flow mode migration, and more

Grafana Agent v0.35 is here! The latest release of the Grafana Agent brings with it loads of new features and enhancements. Today, we’ll highlight our work on horizontal scalability and making it simpler than ever to get started using the Agent. Let’s take a look!

Dashboard Fridays: Antarctic Observation Center

This Antarctic Observation Center dashboard shows important weather data for each of the four key research stations, information on the areas of research that they cover, and the human capacity of each station. Built for fun using the SquaredUp Web API plugin, this dashboard streams data from multiple websites including OpenWeatherMap and the British Antarctic Survey, and combines them into one easy view.

Celebrating Grafana 10: Top 10 Grafana features you need to know about

Since Grafana started 10 years ago, there have been more than 43,000 commits to the open source project. Grafana founder Torkel Ödegaard has made more than 7,600 of those commits, and he recently reflected on some personal favorites he’s worked on, ranging from early query builders to the latest navigation updates. Torkel isn’t the only one who has strong feelings.

How to Build an Effective Network Monitoring Dashboard

Whether you're a small startup or a large enterprise, the health and performance of your network infrastructure are critical to your success. This is where network monitoring comes into play. Network monitoring involves the continuous observation and analysis of network traffic, devices, and performance metrics to ensure smooth operations, detect anomalies, and troubleshoot issues promptly.