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Collecting and Visualizing Metrics in Puppet Enterprise

This walkthrough covers how to enable and leverage metrics collection in Puppet Enterprise for monitoring and troubleshooting your Puppet infrastructure. Presented by Barr Iserloth and Tony Green learn how to activate metrics logging, integrate with visualization tools like Grafana, and diagnose Puppet Server, PuppetDB, and system-level behaviors with real-time observability.

Rancher Live: What is Developer Advocacy?

Join us for an engaging Rancher live stream hosted by Orlin Vasilev, as we dive into the world of Developer Advocacy—what it really means, why it matters, and how it's evolving in the cloud-native space. Orlin will be joined by two powerhouse guests in the field: Jorge Castro – a community strategist and long-time open source advocate, known for his work with Kubernetes and cloud-native ecosystems. Jorge brings deep insights from years of building developer communities and bridging the gap between engineers and users.

The Second Wave of Private Cloud

Over the past decade, the public cloud became the default way to run software. Its flexibility, on-demand pricing, and global reach made it the obvious choice for many teams. Startups could move fast, and enterprises could avoid long procurement cycles and complex hardware management. As teams gain more experience with cloud infrastructure, unintended consequences start to rear their costly heads. Bills grow quickly and are difficult to predict.

Netdata Overview: All You Need to Know in Under 3 Minutes

In just a few minutes, this walkthrough will show you how to unlock the full power of Netdata during your trial period. From real-time metrics to AI-powered insights, learn how to get immediate value without any guesswork. Whether you're running a Homelab or managing production systems at scale, this video will help you hit the ground running and make every minute of your trial count. Let’s turn your trial into insight, clarity, and control.

Factors That Define a Scalable Reseller Hosting Plan

Many entrepreneurs are drawn to reseller hosting as an accessible and profitable business model. As you explore various options, it's important to understand the factors that contribute to a scalable reseller hosting plan. A plan that supports growth must include key elements like performance, flexibility, price, and support. Let's break down these crucial aspects in more detail.

Introducing Schedule Rotations: One Schedule, Many Rotations, Total Coverage

When coverage gets complicated, Schedule Rotations keeps it simple. On-call can get real messy, real fast. One minute you’ve got a neat little schedule for the two people rotating primary and secondary. Next thing you know, you’ve got engineers in three time zones, a new hire shadowing incidents, and your “simple” rotation has turned into a board game with no rules. So we fixed it.

How to monitor and manage front-end observability in Blackfire

In this video, we'll guide you through the process of monitoring and managing your usage of front-end observability features in Blackfire. Learn how to access your Browser usage dashboard to view browser traces collected per environment, track your quota consumption, and understand the concept of spike protection. You'll discover how Blackfire's automatic detection of abnormal traffic spikes protects your monthly quota and ensures continuous data collection.