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Monitoring as code with Terraform

We try to automate as much as possible in our environments, but we often treat monitoring as an afterthought. In this episode of Stack Doctor, we show you how to automate your monitoring configurations via Terraform. Watch to learn how you can automate the creation of common resources - such as uptime checks, alerting policies, and dashboards - with Terraform!

SolarWinds Kiwi Syslog Server Overview

SolarWinds® Kiwi Syslog® Server is an affordable on-premises solution designed to help you manage syslog messages, SNMP traps, and Windows event logs. It centralizes and simplifies log message management across network devices and servers. Kiwi Syslog Server lets you collect, filter, alert, react to, and forward syslog messages and SNMP traps, and it helps you adhere to regulatory compliance. Learn how to simplify syslog and SNMP trap management with SolarWinds Kiwi Syslog Server.

Alerts vs Incidents vs ITSM

In order to effectively address production issues in your application, you need to have a strong incident response strategy. Incident response starts with an alert which leads to mobilization and response, and finally results in a record of all that happened and was learned from addressing issues. In this session of Dissecting DevOps, learn about the lifecycle of incidents from alert to post mortem and why incident response is as much a strategy as a process.

Monitoring eCommerce - How to keep your Customers !!

Digital shopping has exploded over the last few months to levels no one could have planned for. Any kind of performance issue can negatively impact an eCommerce site and cause a drift in loyalty, bounce rates to go up and user conversions to go down. Not to mention how outages or slow page loading impacts employee productivity. In today’s tip, I’ll be going over the many traps that lie in wait that can steal away your eCommerce customers and why shifting to a proactive monitoring mindset is so important.