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Tech Talk #10 Building a VictoriaMetrics PaaS: Setting up Metrics, Logs, and Traces

From Blueprint to Reality This episode is designed to be a practical, step-by-step guide. We will show you how to leverage the VictoriaMetrics Kubernetes Stack—our "easier button"—to simplify the deployment process and get your components running quickly.

From SNMP to Modern Telemetry: A network Monitoring Journey

Simple Network Management Protocol (#SNMP) has been a backbone for network management since the 1980s. While it’s still useful for remotely devices, it’s showing its age. This Short takes you through the evolution of SNMP and shows how newer, more efficient methods for collecting network data are changing the game. Learn how to move beyond older protocols and better monitor and manage your modern network environment.

Monitoring Encrypted Network Traffic

How do you spy on a secret message? That's the challenge for network monitoring tools like Suricata today. Encryption is essential for privacy, but it creates massive blind spots for security. Dive into the modern-day cat-and-mouse game of monitoring encrypted traffic. How do you deal with security blind spots in your network?

Understanding NetFlow: The Key to Network Insights

Is your network data CRASHING your database? NetFlow offers incredible insights, but there's a hidden catch: cardinality explosion. Collecting every IP address can overload time-series databases (even VictoriaMetrics!), killing performance. Watch to learn how to tame the data beast! What's the worst 'cardinality explosion' you've ever witnessed?

The Importance of Community Knowledge in Tech

Tools alone aren’t enough. How you use them and the expertise you tap into make all the difference. In this Short, we explore why even the best tools need the proper guidance to unlock their full potential. Open-source communities are goldmines of knowledge and support Connecting with experts can save you serious time and headaches While enterprise support is valuable, the community often has your back. Get practical tips to get the most out of your tools, and remember: it’s not just what you use; it’s how you connect, learn, and grow along the way.

How We Built VictoriaLogs Cluster: A CTO's

Go behind the scenes with the VictoriaMetrics team! In this special talk, Marc Sherwood is joined by our CTO, Alexander Marshalov, to explore our powerful, open-source logging solution, VictoriaLogs. This isn't just a feature showcase. This is a deep dive into the engineering mindset that drives our development. Alexander shares firsthand insights into why we built VictoriaLogs Cluster, the technical challenges of creating a distributed system for logs, and the core principles of simplicity and efficiency that guide our architecture.

Building a VictoriaMetrics PaaS: The What, Why, and "Easier Button" - Tech Talk #9

Ready to tame your monitoring complexity? Join Mathias and Marc for the first episode of our brand-new series dedicated to building a robust, scalable, and user-friendly VictoriaMetrics Platform as a Service (PaaS)! As organizations grow, managing monitoring infrastructure becomes a major challenge. This series provides a practical, step-by-step guide to building your own VictoriaMetrics-based PaaS to reduce developer friction, improve reliability, and save on costs.

LibreNMS + VictoriaMetrics: The Ultimate Monitoring Duo

Get the best of both worlds! Love LibreNMS but need more power for long-term metrics? Integrate it with VictoriaMetrics! We show you a surprisingly simple way to combine these two powerhouses for advanced querying and storage, and even how to A/B test your setup. Want more ways to power-up your monitoring stack? Subscribe for more integration guides and pro tips!

Bridging the Gap Integrating Logs Metrics and Flow for Observability

In this video, we discuss handling both old and new systems in IT environments. From legacy SNMP setups to modern telemetry, most organizations juggle multiple data sources, which can make observability feel overwhelming. We explore how to combine logs, metrics, and flow data into one system that provides actionable insights. You’ll see practical examples of simplifying scattered tools and making sense of complex, disparate information. Understanding how these different types of data work together is key to getting observability right.