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Monitive is an uptime monitoring service, where users sign up and input their website address, which we check every minute, from a random location around the world, and instantly notify them when their site is down.
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Raygun is a Software Intelligence Platform that gives companies visibility into software problems. Errors, crashes and slow loading pages and scripts affecting end users are automatically detected, enabling teams to build excellent user experiences.
How to perform incident management with ServiceNow and Elasticsearch
Welcome back! In the last blog we set up bidirectional communication between ServiceNow and Elasticsearch. We spent most of our time in ServiceNow, but from here on, we will be working in Elasticsearch and Kibana. By the end of this post, you'll have these two powerful applications working together to make incident management a breeze. Or at least a lot easier than you may be used to!
How Log Management Underpins The Internet of Things (IoT)
The Internet of Things (IoT) is a term for the ever growing number of internet connected devices that fall beyond the realm of your typical laptop, desktop computer or smartphone. Many of us already own and use IoT devices on a daily basis, these could be anything from "smart" versions of appliances like refrigerators, thermostats and coffee machines through to your expected IoT devices such as Amazon’s Alexa & Google’s home speakers.
5 Reasons to Add Network Monitoring to Your 2021 IT Budget
For many companies, the beginning of October is also the beginning of the fourth and final quarter of the fiscal year. In IT, it’s a time to prepare for the new year by defining our priorities and setting our budget. COVID-19 threw a wrench into all of our 2020 plans from last year and a lot has changed since then. But one thing that hasn’t changed is the need for a network monitoring system in your software stack.
Announcing the LogDNA Configuration API Beta
We’re excited to announce the launch of the LogDNA Configuration API, expanding on our existing API to allow users to manage their Views and Alerts programmatically. Use the new Configuration API to increase automation on LogDNA’s logging platform.
How to collect Prometheus metrics and store them anywhere (with Sensu!)
As my co-founder Caleb Hailey likes to say, collecting monitoring and observability data is essentially a solved problem. The only remaining challenges are related to getting that data where you want it to go. When dealing with different formats — say, collecting Prometheus metrics and storing them in Elasticsearch — this can be a non-trivial problem. Put simply, it’s like trying to put a square peg into a round hole.
All in on APM
It’s been just over six months since Splunk disrupted the Application Performance Monitoring (APM) market with the launched SignalFx Microservices APM, combining the technologies of SignalFx and Omnition. We have pushed ourselves harder and continued to invest in creating more value for our customers by making it easier for them to ingest ALL data and providing ever more powerful analytics on top of that data.
Splunk > Clara-fication: Job Inspector
Do you SPL? Well, if you do, you probably either already know about the job inspector, or you’re about to. Either way, you probably don’t know enough. Don’t worry though, that’s all about to change. There are a few different aspects of the job inspector that everyone should be familiar with. These include the execution costs, the search job properties, and the search.log. I’m going to walk us through these areas, and some others, and their importance.
Rancher: Kubernetes Master Class: Service Mesh with Istio in Rancher
The release of Rancher 2.5 introduced some significant changes to the Istio Service Mesh integration. In addition to those changes, the Istio project has also undergone some significant redesign in recent versions. Staying current in this fast moving space can be a challenge. Fear not! In this Master Class, Rancher Field Engineer Jason Skrzypek will summarize the notable changes, discuss the rationale behind some of them, and demonstrate the possibilities that this new implementation unlocks.
Elastic: Kibana Lens: An easy, intuitive way to visualize data
Welcome to Kibana Lens, a simple and intuitive way for everyone to visualize their data inside of Kibana. With a drag-and-drop interface, one-click data exploration features, and the power to provide visualization suggestions, Lens is the fastest way to uncover insights in your Elasticsearch data. Learn how Lens can help both experienced and brand new Kibana users. We'll run through how to streamline existing analysis activities and demo how easy it is to visualize your data.
Elastic: Processing Data with the Elastic Stack
Elasticsearch is a powerful search and analytics engine, but it's only as good as the data you put into it. Learn how you can transform your data using an ingest pipeline before you index it in Elasticsearch. We'll start with an overview of the various data ingest capabilities offered by the Elastic Stack. Then, you'll learn best practices for building scalable and highly available ingestion pipelines.