Monitoring remains a critical part of managing any IT system, while the challenges associated with monitoring microservices are especially unique. An example is how traditional monolithic systems, deployed as a single executable or library, have different points of failure and dependencies than those deployed with a microservices architecture.

This week we highlight articles featuring the ultimate guide to monitoring Kubernetes using Prometheus and Grafana, how to build effective dashboards, and a guide to help demystify PromQL.

First, a TL;DR: on how much money I’m making. Healthchecks.io has around 90 paying customers, and the monthly revenue is a little above $700/mo. The bulk of that goes back into running costs.

Over the past few years, cybersecurity has become an integral part of operating an organization. Yet there are still plenty of small businesses that know very little about security or where to start. Most think they can get away without paying too much attention to security since they’re not a big target and they don’t have much that is worth stealing.

Ensure VDI Connections For End Users-03It’s amazing to see just how far we’ve come in terms of connectivity and how we leverage digital resources. As standalone analog devices give way to connected digital devices, the latter will generate vast amounts of data that will, in turn, allow us the chance to refine and improve our systems and processes in previously unimagined ways.

Today, we are excited to announce PagerTree now officially supports Single Sign-On and iCal integrations! Both of these features are truly game changers and make PagerTree even easier to use with the tools you already know and love.

Announcing the following integrations: Atlassian Bamboo, StackStorm

Since launch, we didn’t pay too much attention to the front end performance of the main Checkly web app. Shame on us. What better reason to dive into this than the publishing of the excellent The Cost of Javascript in 2018 by Google’s Addy Osmani? TL;DR: it took about half a day to go from an abysmal 34 to a 100 Lighthouse score on our Vue.js app.

Sumo Logic is no different than most companies — we are in the service of our customers and we seek to build a product that they love. As we continue to refine the Sumo Logic platform, we’re also refining our feedback loops. One of those feedback loops is internal dogfooding and learning how our own internal teams such as engineering, sales engineering and customer success, experience the newest feature. However, we know that that approach can be biased.