IT operations are a constant juggling act. Too many tools, too much data, and not enough time to proactively avoid outages. But what if AI could not only streamline your tools but help you make sense of the chaos? That’s the power of AIOps.

Have you ever admired those cool graphics on the web? They look nice but can be the wolf in sheep’s clothing. In this post you will learn about SVG injections and how to avoid them.

Infrastructure as Code (IaC) has emerged as a cornerstone for efficiently managing and provisioning infrastructure. Among the many tools available, Terraform has gained unparalleled popularity, offering a declarative approach to defining and deploying infrastructure. But as organizations increasingly embrace IaC to achieve scalability, consistency, and agility, a critical challenge emerges: how to ensure compliance and authorization for infrastructure changes.

As the landscape of real-time monitoring evolves, so does the diversity and complexity of use cases that our community brings to Netdata. Our mission has always been to democratize monitoring by making it accessible, powerful, and scalable for everyone. With the rapid growth of our user base and their expanding needs, it's become clear that our plan structure must evolve to maintain this mission sustainably.

In today's digital world, how fast a website works is very important for any business. If a website loads slowly, is often not available, or has errors, it can make users unhappy, lower its visibility on search engines, and affect profits. As we enter 2024, many people are looking for better tools to check their websites. They are thinking about other options besides the popular Pingdom. They want tools that provide more benefits, are more cost-effective, or both.

Memory is a surprisingly difficult thing to get right in cloud environments. The amount of memory (also called RAM, or random-access memory) in a system indirectly determines how many processes can run on a system, and how large those processes can get. You might be able to run a dozen database instances on a single host, but that same host may struggle to run a single large language model.

Is your DevOps tool stack out of control? I feel like every day, I talk to someone who feels this pain. The technological golden age of the past few years created a lot of niche tools, but now that CFOs and boards alike are demanding budget restraint, many of these tools are being scrutinized. The reality of the situation is that it’s not good enough for a tool to do one thing anymore.

Phorest wanted a tool to help foster a culture of observability among the engineers at an affordable and predictable price. With their application stack hosted on AWS, Phorest delivers a premier software solution that empowers their salon and spa business customers to thrive. Ensuring every engineer has access to an observability tool is integral to the company's success model, enabling them to deliver great code for their designated software services.

journalctl is a command-line utility in Linux systems that allows users to query and view logs collected by systemd's logging service, known as the journal. This logging service captures a wide range of system events, including kernel messages, service status changes, user logins, and more, providing a complete view of system activity. Users can use journalctl to filter logs based on various standards such as time range, severity level, specific units (system services), or even custom fields.

Another year, another quantum leap in public cloud spending. 2022 saw organizations spend $491 billion on the public cloud; not to be outdone, 2023’s $563.6 billion marked the first year that public cloud spending exceeded half a trillion dollars. Accelerating cloud spend mixed with shaky macroeconomic conditions meant one thing: Efficiency has never been a higher priority for cloud-driven organizations.