This is the first part of our 12-day Advent of Monitoring series. In this series, Checkly's engineers will share practical monitoring tips from their own experience. Hey there! Here is my take on what synthetic monitoring means and why it’s awesome! I think it’s a very complicated word for a very straightforward concept. In fact, I am convinced, that once you've used it, you will never want to live without it.

In the ever-evolving world of data analysis, the ability to interact directly with live API endpoints is a significant advancement for practitioners. Cribl Search now offers this capability, enhancing your data analysis toolkit. This new feature allows you to gain broader visibility into the periphery of your infrastructure, enabling a more comprehensive analysis of user journeys and operational trends.

We're excited to share that Checkly has been named a 2023 Winter Intellyx Digital Innovator. This recognition resonates deeply with our Monitoring as Code (MaC) workflow and the values we uphold in delivering Checkly to cloud-native engineers, solving uptime and reliability challenges to ship with confidence.

The VMware ESX API is an essential tool for modern IT professionals tasked with managing VMware vSphere environments. This Application Programming Interface (API) acts as a bridge between the VMware ecosystem and various automation, scripting, and integration solutions, streamlining and enhancing the management of virtual infrastructure. At its core, the ESX API provides a powerful way to interact with the vSphere environment programmatically.

Our previous post was all about dipping your toes into the wonderful world of API interaction. By leveraging Cribl’s API you can automate many parts of your event pipeline management and tasks. So we got that goin’ for us. Which is nice. One of the common use cases for the API I hear about is kicking off data collection automatically. Use cases include: Cribl gives you the tools to collect data when you want, from where you want, and to where you want.