System logs play a crucial role in debugging and monitoring in Ubuntu. When a service misbehaves or an unexpected crash happens, logs hold the answers. They’re also great for keeping an eye on system performance. Knowing how to access, read, and manage these logs can save you hours of troubleshooting. This guide covers everything you need to know about Ubuntu system logs—from where they’re stored to how to analyze them efficiently.

Managing logs in Docker can quickly become overwhelming, especially when dealing with multiple containers. If you’ve ever tried to sift through a sea of log entries looking for a specific error or debugging message, you know the struggle. Fortunately, you can pipe docker logs output through grep to filter logs efficiently. This guide breaks down how to use docker logs grep it effectively, including practical examples to help you debug and monitor your containerized applications like a pro.

Let’s Encrypt has announced that it will no longer send certificate expiration notification emails. If you’ve relied on those emails to remind you when to renew your SSL/TLS certificates, it’s time to rethink your approach.

Effective observability is crucial for maintaining system performance and reliability. ELK Stack and New Relic are two widely used solutions that offer distinct approaches to monitoring, tracing, and logging. This comparison will help you understand their core features, use cases, and strengths, enabling you to make a more informed decision on which tool best aligns with your organizational goals. Lets get started!

Incidents are inevitable but how you react to them can make all the difference. Not all incidents are created equal but the main challenge that many SRE teams face is to find a way to react to the incidents properly. When an incident occurs, the major question you need to answer is "how severe is it?" We use incident severity levels that help determine the severity based on some predefined guidelines.

The weather may be frightful in most parts of the U.S. right now, but these cloud cost updates are pretty delightful (if we do say so ourselves). Here’s the top cloud news that dropped in January 2025: Enjoy!

A reliable notifications system can send highly scalable, multi-protocol messages — via email, SMS, or apps — all from one platform. For example, you can send timely cost anomaly alerts directly to your developers on Slack to alert them to potential overspending before it becomes a board meeting emergency. So, what does this have to do with Amazon SNS pricing? Let’s start at the beginning to better understand what you’re paying for when you get that AWS SNS bill.