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Kubernetes Monitoring Demo: How to Lower Costs and Improve Fleet Efficiency | Grafana

The Kubernetes Monitoring app in Grafana Cloud helps you visualize infrastructure costs across providers, identify unallocated and idle resources, and visualize and optimize Kubernetes resources. In this video, Vijay Tolani shows how to lower costs and improve fleet efficiency with the Kubernetes Monitoring app in Grafana Cloud.

Deep dive into any tile - introducing our Data Explorer

With the release of the Data Explorer, users can now dig into the data behind any tile and slice, dice and explore as needed. This is perfect for those ad-hoc ‘scratchpad’ style scenarios where you want to get some answers without creating yet another dashboard. A couple of weeks ago, we released an awesome new feature that we haven’t had a chance to showcase yet. It’s called The Data Explorer, and I think it’s pretty cool. Let’s dive in!

How to authenticate with third-party APIs in your Grafana app plugin

Whether they’re for synthetic monitoring, large-language models, or some other use case, Grafana application plugins are a fantastic way to enhance your overall Grafana experience. Data for these custom experiences can come from a variety of sources, including nested data sources. However, they can also come from third-party APIs, which usually require authentication to access.

How to use the Grafana Geomap and Worldmap Panels

Grafana Geomap panels visualize geographical data on a map, making it easier to see spatial relationships and patterns. They are useful for monitoring metrics across different locations, such as server performance or application usage in various regions. The panels help identify regional issues quickly, allowing for faster troubleshooting and response times.

Get Your LGTM Stack and Observability Questions Answered at the Ask the Experts Booth | Grafana Labs

The Ask the Experts booth at ObservabilityCON, GrafanaCON, and other Grafana Labs events are one of the biggest highlights for attendees. Richi Hartmann, from the Office of the CTO, talks about the Ask the Experts concept in depth. If you're heading to one of our events with an Ask the Experts booth, be sure to bring your technical questions. The Grafanistas who work on the LGTM Stack, solutions, and features are there to help.

Grafana Labs bug bounty: What you need to know about our new partnership with Intigriti

Grafana Labs is happy to announce that we have partnered with Intigriti, a leading bug bounty platform, to expand our bug bounty program. This collaboration will enable us to work more effectively with security researchers from around the world in a scalable, sustainable way. Moving to a platform that handles initial triage will allow us to focus on valid reports and expand our scope, covering a wider range of Grafana Labs developed products and services.

How to set up Grafana Mimir using Ansible

Gerard van Engelen is a seasoned DevOps engineer who ensures the quality of products by drawing parallels between complex issues and simpler, everyday scenarios. This approach helps in delivering value, ensuring that products are not only built correctly but also offer the right functionalities. Ansible is popular with system administrators and DevOps professionals who use it for automating IT tasks such as configuration management, application deployment, and orchestration.