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6 Tips to Integrate Container Orchestration and APM Tools

Application performance monitoring (APM) setup and strategies vary based on the application’s infrastructure design. Containers managed by orchestration tools like Docker Swarm or Kubernetes are dynamic and ephemeral, significantly affecting monitoring strategies. Container development speeds up an organization’s ability to build, deploy and scale new features.

Scaling Monitoring & Observability for a Software Platform with Grafana Cloud | Builder.ai | Grafana

In this talk, Utsav and James from Builder.ai discuss their journey in scaling their composable software platform. Builder.ai empowers users, from entrepreneurs to enterprises, to build and innovate without dealing with technical complexities. The focus of the talk is on their Developer Service platform and the integration of Grafana Cloud for monitoring and observability.

How to Scale Observability with Grafana, Tempo, Loki, and Prometheus | Dojo | Grafana

In this talk, Roberto, a staff engineer at Dojo, outlines the company's journey toward achieving advanced observability, which has been crucial for their reliability efforts over the past three years. Dojo, a payments provider in the UK, has focused on evolving their observability practices, initially starting with basic monitoring and progressing towards comprehensive observability, encompassing metrics, traces, and logs.

etcd in Kubernetes: What is it and Why is it Important?

A Comprehensive Guide for SREs Build Foundational Knowledge on How etcd fits into the Kubernetes Ecosystem etcd is the single source-of-truth data store for the Kubernetes cluster. As a Key-Value store with advanced features, etcd stores mission-critical Kubernetes data: configuration data, the cluster state and metadata. This information is key for the Kubernetes cluster to scale and self-heal. If etcd malfunctions, it can cause failures on the Kubernetes cluster.

How to Deploy Grafana on Kubernetes Using Helm | Grafana | Tutorial

How to deploy Grafana on Kubernetes using Helm Charts, customize the default configurations from values.yaml and also debug the logs? Join Senior Developer Advocate Syed Usman Ahmad in this complete hands-on tutorial and learn to easily deploy Grafana into a Kubernetes namespace via Helm charts.

Shared Hosting vs VPS Hosting

Shared hosting and VPS hosting are two common web hosting options, each with its own pros and cons. Shared hosting is a cheap solution for small websites with low traffic, while VPS hosting gives dedicated resources and more flexibility for growing websites. In this article, we'll look at the differences between shared hosting and VPS hosting, helping you choose which option is best for your website's needs.