1979, a nuclear accident and SRE
Deep diving into the 'Normal accident' theory by Charles Perrow, and what it means for SREs.
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Ingest OpenTelemetry metrics with Prometheus natively
Native support for OpenTelemetry metrics in Prometheus.
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Kubernetes Monitoring Best Practices
Kubernetes can be installed using different tools, whether open-source, third-party vendor, or in a public cloud. In most cases, default installations have limited monitoring capabilities. Therefore, once a Kubernetes cluster is running, administrators must implement monitoring solutions to meet their requirements. Typical use cases for Kubernetes monitoring include: Effective Kubernetes monitoring requires a mix of tools, strategy, and technical expertise. To help you get it right, this article will explore seven essential Kubernetes monitoring best practices in detail.
The Medium is the Message: How to Master the Most Essential Incident Communication Channels
We’ve all seen it: a company experiencing a major incident and going radio silent, leaving their customers to wonder “Are they doing something about this?!”. If you’ve ever been on the inside of something like this, you know the answer is most likely yes, there are people working hard to put out the fire as quickly as possible. But when it comes to incidents, perception is reality for customers.
How we tame high cardinality in time series databases
Part 1 of the series of posts which talk about engineering design decisions to make high cardinality work in time-series databases.
Looking Beyond Atlassian StatusPage: The 5 Best Alternatives
Status Pages are crucial cogs in your Incident Communication process, they serve as vital channels to keep your stakeholders informed during periods of downtime. Although there are many proficient tools in the market, such as Atlassian Status Page and Status.io, these standalone Status Pages can come with a hefty price tag, with various pricing plans and tiers for both Public and Private Status Pages. Moreover, with Atlassian Cloud’s recent issues, its dependability is in question.
OpenTelemetry for dummies: ELI5
What is OpenTelemetry? Why is it important? Do SREs need to adopt OTel? An Explain It Like I'm 5.
OpenTelemetry vs. Prometheus
OpenTelemetry vs. Prometheus - Difference in architecture, and metrics.
Breaking Down the Pillars of Observability from Data to Outcomes
The world of cloud-native and distributed microservices has revolutionized software development and deployment. However, the sheer volume of data these systems generate can often lead to confusion and uncertainty. You're not alone if you've ever felt lost in the sea of observability data.
Webinar: Embracing Declarative Provisioning and Observability in cloud environments
Organizations face increasingly complex challenges in deploying and managing their systems in today's rapidly evolving technological landscape. Declarative provisioning and observability have emerged as a powerful approach to address these challenges. This talk delves into declarative provisioning and observability, exploring its benefits, principles, and practical implementation strategies.
Introduction to ELK Tech Stack
ELK Stack, also known as the Elastic Stack is a powerful and versatile open-source toolset that has revolutionized the way businesses manage and analyze their data. ELK Stack seamlessly integrates these three robust components to offer a comprehensive solution for searching, analyzing, and visualizing large volumes of data in real-time. So, buckle up, for a comprehensive overview of the ELK stack and its components, which will be a great starting point for beginners.
Pinpoint performance issues in downstream services with the Dependency Map Navigator
Visibility into the upstream and downstream dependencies of your services is key to maintaining a performant microservices environment. Application developers and SREs rely on this visibility to quickly trace issues back to the source, which is essential during incidents—when time is of the essence—throughout day-to-day operations, and as systems evolve and scale.
Enhanced Incident Response: Maximizing Microsoft Teams with Squadcast
Off late more and more businesses are relying on ChatOps tools like Microsoft Teams for a range of functions beyond simple communication. Incident management is no exception to this growing trend. However, Microsoft Teams alone may not possess all the necessary capabilities to efficiently perform these functions. To bridge this gap, integration with core applications becomes necessary.
Take back control of your Monitoring
The challenges in the monitoring world are known widely. We all know about these problems, what they are, and why they are important. While each one of the problems has its own solution, it all boils down to one thing – COST. How do we balance the tradeoffs without worrying about the huge costs of solving these challenges? For high-precision monitoring and observability, you need efficient and high-precision control levers. Take back control of your Monitoring with Levitate - a managed time series data warehouse.
What is OpenTelemetry Collector
What is OpenTelemetry Collector, Architecture, Deployment and Getting started.
How JCB is leveraging SRE to lead a successful digital transformation
How JCB improves team structure, risk management, and application and platform development.
InfluxDB vs. Thanos
InfluxDB vs Thanos: Overview, Pros and Cons, and Differences.
What Is Site Reliability Engineering? Understanding the complexities of this crucial function
Site reliability engineers manage a lot, and often in incredibly high-stakes environments. Remember that scene from "The Matrix" where Neo dodges bullets in slow motion? Of course you do. As an SRE, it can feel like you're the person getting hit by those bullets, frantically trying to investigate performance issues, automate away toil, and support the engineers around you, all before the next wave of attacks.
Improve Visibility and Capture More Data with Triage Incidents
As new incidents emerge, there are often many unknowns about the size, severity, and cause of the problem. Sometimes it’s not clear if the problem is an incident at all. That’s where introducing a triage stage to your incident management process can help. In this post, we’ll look at the benefits of adding a triage layer to your incident management, and how Rootly’s Triage feature allows you to seamlessly transition from triage to real incident (or false alarm).
What Site Reliability Engineering needs - A swarm of rogue bees
If all companies are software companies, all companies need better Observability to understand how performative their software is.
Prometheus vs. VictoriaMetrics (VM)
Comparing Prometheus vs. VictoriaMetrics (VM) - Scalability, Performance, Integrations.
Prometheus vs. Cortex
Comparing Prometheus vs. Cortex - Scalability, Cost, Performance, Known Weaknesses.
Docker Compose Logs: Guide & Best Practices
Docker Compose is a tool for defining and running multi-container Docker applications. It allows developers to streamline the process of configuring, building, and running multiple containers as a single unit with a docker-compose.yml. This configuration file specifies the services, networks, and volumes required for an application, and their relationships and dependencies. The docker-compose logs command displays the logs of all services defined in the docker-compose.yml file.