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The Best AWS Elastic Beanstalk Alternatives for 2022

AWS Elastic Beanstalk is an AWS-managed service. It is used by startups, small & mid-sized businesses for web application development. As it comes pre-configured with EC2 server and is efficient at using automatic provisioning of services and resources, handling application code and environment configurations seems easier with this PaaS solution. AWS Elastic Beanstalk is a go-to option for various startups, small & mid-sized businesses.

Create and navigate a documentation library with Notebooks

Datadog Notebooks enable your teams to create and manage key reports and documentation as they build out, monitor, and maintain their infrastructure. Notebooks can include both text and graphs of any telemetry data you have collected in Datadog, and they support collaborative editing so that multiple team members can edit and leave comments simultaneously.

Incident severity and priority 101

Severity and priority can be challenging for a company to nail. When an incident is declared, it's essential to have a system to define the impact and how urgently it should be handled. Incident severity and priority are the two knobs teams can leverage to define scope and urgency, and eventually, the appropriate process to take action. But how should we define them, and what are the differences?

Have a Worry-Free Upgrade

The waiting can be intensely stressful. You are mid-way through a critical production upgrade during the weekend. The schedule is tight. Suddenly there is an unexpected problem you aren’t able to resolve. You need help. So, you call in a support ticket. And that’s when the waiting starts. While you’re waiting for the support team to review and get back to you, questions race through your mind: How quickly will they respond to the ticket?