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Visualize HAProxy Metrics with InfluxDB

HAProxy generates over a hundred metrics to give you a nearly real-time view of the state of your load balancers and the services they proxy, but to get the most from this data, you need a way to visualize it. InfluxData’s InfluxDB suite of applications takes the many discrete data points that make up HAProxy metrics and turns them into time-series data, which is then collected and graphed, giving you insight into the workings of your systems and services.

Understanding The Move To Intelligent Networking

More CIOs are seeing the value of network automation, which can improve network efficiency and cost, as well as help them manage increasingly complex IT environments. But like the adoption of any new technology, network automation presents a number of challenges and considerations for CIOs. In our recent webinar, PCCW Global’s CTO Paul Gampe and VP of Development and Operations Jay Turner shared some tips and insights into how to begin the move to intelligent networking…

June 2021 Civo Roadmap Update

In October 2020 we released the community-driven roadmap for 2021. It's time to revisit and see all the things we have completed from the list! I am very proud to say that at Civo we have taken the community suggestions and implemented most of them during the launch on May 4th 2021. Let's dive into each of the features listed in the original blog post and see where we are with the 2021 Civo Roadmap.

FlashDrive and Chia cryptocurrency

Chia cryptocurrency is based on Proof Of Space, and distribute tokens according to a mechanism called plotting. In the last weeks, we've seen a lot of new accounts trying to launch and operate Chia miners from FlashDrive's infrastructure. Most of those accounts where created with fake/stolen credit cards for the sole purpose of getting Chia coins for free.

Use the improved infrastructure list to track your hosts' health

Datadog’s infrastructure list provides a central, high-level view of every host in your environment and pulls together metadata and relevant metrics from across Datadog to help you get the full picture of each one. You can easily filter and sort the list using any host tags, letting you quickly view the status of the parts of your infrastructure you need.

Data Warehouse Vs. Data Lake (Vs. Data Mart): A Full Breakdown

Big data analytics help organizations use data to explore both new and improvement opportunities. Whichever cloud data platform you choose, there are two data storage technologies you will want to understand. Data warehouses and data lakes are the two dominant data solutions commonly used for defining how an organization stores, queries, analyzes, and reports on big data. This post will define what a data warehouse and data lake are, how they work, and their differences.

US Executive Order on Cybersecurity: What it Means for DevOps

The United States Government equates cybersecurity with national security. That’s the crux of the recent Executive Order that will mandate that not only must software applications be vetted, but there will be upcoming regulations on providing all of the components that make up the software. As section 1 notes: “prevention, detection, assessment, and remediation of cyber incidents is a top priority and essential to national and economic security.”

Continuous deployment for Android libraries to Maven Central with Gradle

This article will take you through setting up CI/CD integration for building, testing, and publishing libraries to Maven Central using Gradle. With jCenter shutting down, Maven Central is once again the primary destination for all Android and Java libraries. Library publishers will need to port their libraries over to Maven Central to keep their libraries available after jCenter shuts down. This article focuses on CI/CD integration.