In a separate article, we introduced the concept of performing synthetic transactions with LogicMonitor. An obviously crucial step of that process is actually scripting the automation. You can have all the right automation tools installed but how do you get started with the actual script? This article will help illustrate some of the preparation needed for developing a browser automation script.

This article analyzes the recent CNCF article, '9 Kubernetes Security Best Practices Everyone Must Follow' and discusses how Rancher, RKE, and RancherOS satisfy these by default. I also discuss the Rancher Hardening Guide, which covers 101 more security changes that will secure your Kubernetes clusters.

RUM and APM are two important acronyms to know if you work in software development or DevOps today. Moreover, not only is it important to be able to define RUM and APM — It’s also critical to understand the similarities and differences between each type of software monitoring process.

In many product development workflows, there are three main concerns: building, testing, and deployment. In this scenario, every change that is made to the code means something could accidentally go wrong, so to lessen the likelihood of this happening, developers assume many strategies to reduce incidents and bugs. One strategy is to adopt continuous integration tools (CI): used together with a source version software to verify if something has gone wrong for every update.

2018 was a busy and productive year in StatusHub. We received a lot of great feedback and suggestions from our customers and we would like to say thanks. Today, we want to share our most recent updates and give a sneak peek of upcoming improvements.