Operations | Monitoring | ITSM | DevOps | Cloud

June 2020

Monitoring the Mattermost server with Prometheus and Grafana

Lately we’ve been working on improving different parts of the Mattermost server, including our monitoring and observability capabilities. We’ve been using Prometheus and Grafana to monitor our cluster for a while now, and you can read this great post where my colleague Stylianos explains how we have them working for our multi-cluster environment.

OpenTracing for Go projects

Large-scale cloud applications are usually built using interconnected services that can be rather hard to troubleshoot. When a service is scaled, simple logging doesn’t cut it anymore and a more in-depth view into system’s flow is required. That’s where distributed tracing comes into play; it allows developers and SREs to get a detailed view of a request as it travels through the system of services.

Automatically extend Mattermost sessions for less frequent logouts and happier end users

Frequent logouts are a frustrating experience for users, especially on servers with short session lengths configured. In v5.24 and later, you can enable the configuration setting for extending session length with activity to automatically extend sessions and keep users logged in as long as they are active in their Mattermost apps.

Mattermost Release v5.24 is now available

New feature release offers tighter integration with Office 365 and Active Directory and an improved end-user search and session experience. Mattermost Release v5.24 is generally available today. The new feature release offers tighter integration with enterprise tools such as Office 365 and Active Directory and an improved end-user experience for search and session management.

How to integrate Mattermost E20 with Office 365

Many Mattermost DevOps teams work in “Microsoft Shops”—organizations that use Office 365 apps with the Microsoft 365 business plan—and want to tightly integrate with Microsoft tools to more easily collaborate with the rest of the company. Mattermost E20 was architected from the ground up to be highly flexible. As such, integrating with other platforms including Microsoft is easy. Here’s how.

From OpenVPN to Pritunl VPN: The transition

Usually, organizations use an internal network to prevent unauthorized people from connecting to their private network. By using their own network infrastructure and connectivity, they can maintain their desirable level of security for their data. But it would be convenient for users to connect to that private network while they are away from the office through their own internet connection.