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April 2023

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Reducing Log Volume with Log-based Metrics

Apr 29, 2023 By Josh Williams In ObservIQ
As the amount of telemetry being collected continues to grow exponentially, businesses are continuously seeking cost-effective ways to monitor and analyze their systems. Data collection and monitoring can be expensive, especially when dealing with large volumes of logs. One approach to maintaining visibility while reducing the amount of data collected is through creating log-based metrics.
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How to Mask Sensitive Data in Logs with BindPlane OP Enterprise

Apr 21, 2023 By Ryan Goins In ObservIQ
Logs often contain sensitive data, including personally identifiable information (PII) such as names, email addresses, and phone numbers. To maintain security and comply with data protection regulations, it’s crucial to mask this data before storing it in your log analytics tool. BindPlane OP streamlines this process with the Mask Sensitive Data processor, ensuring your logs are safe and compliant.
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Adding a Log Record Attribute

Apr 21, 2023 By ObservIQ In ObservIQ
Check out how to standardize telemetry by adding metadata to the log record. By tagging appropriately, one can not only enrich, but also have the flexibility to route anywhere avoiding vendor lock-in. #telemetry #opensource #observability About ObservIQ: observIQ is developing the unified telemetry platform: a fast, powerful and intuitive next-generation platform built for the modern observability team. Rooted in OpenTelemetry, our platform is designed to help teams reduce, simplify, and standardize their observability data.
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Tracing Services Using OTel and Jaeger

Apr 12, 2023 By Nico Stewart In ObservIQ
At observIQ, we use the OTel collector to collect host/container-level metrics and logs from our systems. But to get more detailed monitoring of our applications (APM), we use the OTel SDK and instrumentation libraries. This post aims to provide a quick start to setting up tracing exporting to a local Jaeger instance.
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How to Reduce Duplicate Log Data with BindPlane OP

Apr 10, 2023 By ObservIQ In ObservIQ
Are you dealing with duplicate log data? This can get expensive💰 and be difficult to parse, so how can one solve? Check out the clip with our CEO, Michael Kelly, as he shows you how to reduce telemetry data at the edge, reducing cost but not impacting visibility👀 with BindPlane OP. #telemetry #opensource #observability
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How to Monitor Cloudflare with OpenTelemetry

Apr 5, 2023 By Sam DeHaan In ObservIQ
With observIQ’s latest contributions to OpenTelemetry, you can now use free open source tools to easily monitor Cloudflare. The easiest way to use the latest OpenTelemetry tools is with observIQ’s distribution of the OpenTelemetry collector. You can find it here. In this blog, the Cloudflare receiver is configured to monitor logs locally with OTLP– you can use the receiver to ship logs to many popular analysis tools, including Google Cloud, New Relic, OTLP, Grafana, and more.
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