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Announcing Preview Support for Windows Server Containers

Today we are announcing the support for Windows containers with Kubernetes 1.14 in Preview mode. As many users may know, Rancher 2.1.0 supported Windows containers in experimental mode. Now that SIG Windows and Microsoft have announced the general availability of containers in Windows Server 2019 with Kubernetes 1.14, we have upgraded Rancher to both support the latest version of Windows containers (and Kubernetes) and after the preview is over, make it generally available.

How to Monitor Amazon ECS with CloudWatch

Amazon ECS allows you to run Docker containers your application without having to actually manage physical hardware (or virtual hardware, in the case of the Fargate launch type). However, since it’s a managed service, you have less visibility with traditional monitoring tools. As such, it becomes even more important to take advantage of the available monitoring tools in AWS. In this post, we’ll explain how to use CloudWatch to monitor ECS and what is important to watch.

A CIO's Perspective on Intelligent Application and Service Monitoring - Wendy M. Pfeiffer, Nutanix

Wendy M. Pfeiffer, CIO of Nutanix, a Zenoss customer and technology partner, gives her perspective on intelligent application and service monitoring. During this interview, Pfeiffer shares the criteria for selecting Zenoss, advice for CIOs considering a monitoring solution, the benefits Nutanix has experienced, and how her organization measures success.

How to Streamline Infrastructure Monitoring with Sensu, InfluxDB, and Grafana

“To start, your monitoring stack should not cost you stacks,” Sensu Software Engineer Nikki Attea told the crowd at GrafanaCon L.A. “Avocado toast is really expensive. But the good news is your monitoring solution doesn’t have to be.” To prove it, Attea presented an easy developer-centric use case that leverages Sensu, a monitoring event pipeline which collects, processes, and roots different event types including discovery, availability, telemetry, and alerts.