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February 2022

Apache Flink SQL Ask-Me-Anything

One of the greatest things about Apache Flink (and there are many!) is that it’s available in a variety of programming languages: from the low level APIs accessible in Java and Scala all the way to Python and SQL. The Flink SQL APIs offer very powerful SQL with many useful features and functions: spanning from the definition of time windows, late events or aggregations and also covering advanced topics like pattern detection via MATCH_RECOGNIZE.

How Aiven helps you build engineering value

Companies trust engineers to write code and build systems that create value for their customers. But all too often, engineers are not included when procuring the software or services that they will use every day. Today our Solution Architect Jason Hepp will tell you how Aiven empowers your engineers with the right tools and provides intrinsic trust and value in your organization.

Efforts to Secure OSS fired up after Log4Shell

Who would have thought software could rattle the White House? But a vulnerability in Log4J, a popular open source software project, exposed critical digital infrastructure to remote code execution attacks. This prompted the US Government to engage big tech, infosec professionals, and open source organizations to come together to help secure open source software.

Just Launched ValidKube. Here Are 7 Other K8s Open Source Projects We Love!

I am excited to share that we’ve just launched our first open source project called ValidKube. The idea behind Validkube is to fuse together the capabilities of three other popular open-source projects (kubeval, kubectl-neat and trivy by Aqua) and present them in a single view, providing users with a way to ensure YAML code hygiene and security, all at the same time and with just a few clicks of the button.

PromQL cheat sheet

PromQL is the dedicated query language for the metrics and monitoring Stack known as Prometheus. PromQL is well know for having a steep learning curve. Because of this we've created a helpful cheat sheet as a reference to help you with understanding the most common PromQL queries. Please feel free to save the sheet below and share it with any team members that you think would appreciate learning some of the most important queries of PromQL.

Open Source Cybersecurity: Towards a Democratized Framework

Today, anyone can contribute to some of the world’s most important software platforms and frameworks, such as Kubernetes, the Linux kernel or Python. They can do this because these platforms are open source, meaning they are collaboratively developed by global communities. What if we applied the same principles of democratization and free access to cybersecurity?

A Beginner's Guide for Grafana Loki (Open-source Log Aggregation by Prometheus)

Many logging solutions are available on the market to deal with log data, each focusing on a different part of the logging issue including log aggregation. These solutions are open-source and proprietary software and tools incorporated into cloud provider platforms, as well as a variety of capabilities to fulfill your requirements. Grafana Loki is a new industry solution, so let's take a closer look at what it is, where it originated from, and whether it can suit your logging requirements.

10 tips for log shipping using Fluentd

Fluentd is an open-source data collector that unifies data collection and consumption. It has different types of plugins that retrieve logs from external sources, parse them, and send them to log management tools like Site24x7 AppLogs. tail, forward, udp, tcp, http, syslog, exec, and windows_eventlog are common input plugins.

Open source cloud platform: meet OpenStack

Are you looking for an open source cloud platform and you don’t know where to start? Are you getting lost in all the independent rankings and cloud platform comparison pages? Try OpenStack and get your open source cloud platform up and running today. OpenStack works at any scale: from a single workstation to thousands of nodes and installs in minutes. Sounds impossible? Give it a try or continue reading to explore where is it coming from.

Using GitOps, Multiple Argo Instances, and Environments with Argo CD at Scale

As open-source software evolves and grows, it’s important that organizations, both large and small, can scale to keep up with their end user’s needs. At Codefresh, we are announcing a new release of our platform, Codefresh Software Delivery Platform, powered by Argo (CSDP) which delivers a scalable deployment management platform with Argo. Some of the major new features include the following support: These are some of the major new features in Codefresh’s new platform.