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In today’s digital landscape, automation plays a crucial role in streamlining operations and improving efficiency within IT. One popular automation solution is Azure Automation, offered by Microsoft’s Azure cloud platform. But how much does Azure Automation cost? Is an Azure Automation Account free? In this blog post, we will delve into the cost structure of Azure Automation, explore where the costs lie and put the costs of Azure Automation into context.

Grafana is a powerful open-source visualization solution that provides valuable insights into the performance of infrastructure, applications, and servers. With customizable visualizations and support for diverse data sources and formats, Grafana allows IT teams to collect and visualize data from various sources.

This blog expands our technical deep-dive into a real-time kernel. You will need to be familiar with a real-time kernel to understand the tuning concepts in this blog. If you are starting from scratch and need to revisit the basics of preemption and a real-time system, watch this introductory webinar. If you are interested in the primary test suites for real-time Ubuntu, an explanation of the components and processes involved, head over to the first part of this mini-series.

In the realm of virtualization, snapshots play an integral role in managing virtual machines (VMs). Essentially, a snapshot captures the state of a VM at a specific point in time, providing a reference point to which you can revert if necessary. This can be especially handy when implementing changes to your VM or its applications, allowing you to quickly undo the changes if they cause any unforeseen issues.

Cloud security is a constant concern and tends to revolve around common themes - how do you give intended users access to the data and systems their clearance allows, while maintaining a good user experience; and how do you keep unintended users or malicious bots out? In the entanglement of systems, services, and applications that make up a modern IT infrastructure, this is a lot harder to balance in practice than it is on paper.

In this article, we will deploy a clustered Prometheus setup that integrates Thanos. It is resilient against node failures and ensures appropriate data archiving. The setup is also scalable. It can span multiple Kubernetes clusters under the same monitoring umbrella. Finally, we will visualize and monitor all our data in accessible and beautiful Grafana dashboards.

Have you heard about eBPF? It’s the technology that’s set to transform the Kubernetes landscape. In this article, we’ll explore what eBPF is and why it’s poised to become the next big thing in Kubernetes. But here’s the catch – despite its game-changing potential, it seems that few people are truly aware of its impact. Let’s delve into the details and discover why you should care.

Kubernetes has emerged as the go-to platform for container orchestration, empowering organizations to efficiently deploy and manage applications at scale. As the demands on applications continue to grow, scaling Kubernetes becomes essential to ensure high availability, optimal performance, and seamless expansion. Today, we will delve into the intricacies of scaling Kubernetes on AWS, exploring best practices, popular tools, performance optimization strategies, cost considerations, and future trends.

Discover the unique advantages, and real-world use cases for tools like Speedscale and Postman, as well as efficient mocking methodologies.