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The CrowdStrike Pack

CrowdStrike is a class-leading endpoint monitoring solution. It collects a wealth of activity data from each managed endpoint that can be fairly voluminous. This includes network connectivity, DNS request, process activity, health checks, and the list goes on. In fact, there are over 400 event types reported by CrowdStrike! These events are a gold mine for threat hunters and blue teams looking for unusual or malicious activity.

How to monitor Cassandra using OpenTelemetry

We are constantly working on contributing monitoring support for various sources, the latest in that line is support for Cassandra monitoring using the OpenTelemetry collector. If you are as excited as we are, take a look at the details of this support in OpenTelemetry’s repo. The best part is that this receiver works with any OpenTelemetry collector: including the OpenTelemetry Collector and observIQ’s distribution of the collector.

Unlocking Cribl Stream's LDAP Integration

Cribl Stream has supported external Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) authentication since version 2.0 was released in late 2019. LDAP directories offer many features, and it’s up to clients to implement them for compatibility. Here is a non-exhaustive list of LDAP features that Cribl Stream does not support: This blog post explores how Cribl Stream implements LDAP for user authentication and assumes you have a working knowledge of the topic.

Sematext Logs Product Overview | Centralized Logging for all of your Applications

Sematext Log is a centralized cloud-based platform for all of your Logs. With hundreds of integrations, you can have one centralized location for all of your log files. Compare logs across apps and systems. Quickly search through thousands of log files from various environments. With sematext logs, you can apply filters or create your own query to analyze your logs. Shipping logs is easy. The sematext agent is installed and automatically discovers and sends logs to your sematext cloud account. The Sematext agent also parses and enriches your logs with metadata.

How to configure Grafana Loki with a Node.js e-commerce app

I recently changed teams within Grafana and now I get the chance to work with Grafana Loki, our highly effective open source log aggregation system that stores and queries logs from your infrastructure or applications. At Grafana, we always dogfood our products so what better way to learn more about Loki than trying out a simple use case that I can actually benefit from.

How to monitor JVM with OpenTelemetry

We are constantly working on contributing monitoring support for various sources, the latest in that line is support for JVM monitoring using the OpenTelemetry collector. If you are as excited as we are, take a look at the details of this support in OpenTelemetry’s repo. The best part is that this receiver works with any OpenTelemetry collector: including the OpenTelemetry Collector and observIQ’s distribution of the collector.

geeks+gurus: Modern Application Architecture

In this episode of geeks+gurus, Sumo Logic's Melissa Sussmann and NGINX's Damian Curry will discuss the 4 key pillars of modern application architecture: Portability, Scalability, Resilience, and Agility. We then delve into a discussion around Open Telemetry (OTel) in the context of collection and logs management for modern applications. Disparate tracing, metrics, and logging can make it difficult to abide by the modern app pillars we outline. However, OTel offers a unified standard that can elevate observability in your deployment cycles.

geeks+gurus: Tackling Common DevOps and Security Issues in Game Development

In this 25-minute conversation, Melissa Sussmann and Jason Dunne will lead a discussion with special guest Yuval Dovrat - Amazon Web Services, Solutions Architect. Discussion will cover the unique challenges gaming presents for DevOps practitioners and security engineering teams. We will cover.

geeks+gurus: Sumo Logic's Debut in the Gartner APM (&O!) Magic Quadrant

Sam Fell (host) Erez Barak (VP, Product Development) Mitch Ashley (Principal Analyst, TechStrong Research) The recent publication of the 2022 Gartner Magic Quadrant (MQ) for Application Performance Monitoring caused quite a stir in some circles with the addition of “and Observability” to the title! What does that mean? And what other changes did we spot in this year’s report?!