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Tutorial: Monitoring MySQL Server Performance with Prometheus and sql_exporter

Databases in one form or another are almost an inseparable part of modern applications. A popular one among them is MySQL on which this article will focus. But how to monitor MySQL? This article will give an introduction to this topic.

Our Favorite Grafana Dashboards

Grafana is an open-source visualization and analytics tool that lets you query, graph, and alert on your time series metrics no matter where they are stored - Grafana dashboards provide telling insight into your organization. All data from Grafana Dashboards can be queried and presented with different types of panels ranging from time-series graphs and single stats displays to histograms, heat maps, and many more.

Monitoring your infrastructure with StatsD and Graphite

Collecting metrics about your servers, applications, and traffic is a critical part of an application development project. There are many things that can go wrong in production systems, and collecting and organizing data can help you pinpoint bottlenecks and problems in your infrastructure. In this article, we will discuss Graphite and StatsD, and how they can help form the basis of monitoring infrastructure.

Faster, Stronger, Better: How Top Telcos Map Innovative Actions to Real Results

The telecommunications industry today is focused on delivering advanced, reliable connectivity and the highest possible performance to consumers, all while getting ahead of the cutthroat competition. And accomplishment in these key areas comes with its fair share of challenges for communications service providers (CSPs) to meet customer expectations.

Breaking Out of Analysis Paralysis: Streamlining Cloud Migration with Tidal Accelerator

In Episode 1, we delve into the critical topic of overcoming “Analysis Paralysis” during cloud migration. We will explore how Tidal Accelerator can help organizations break free from the shackles of over-analysis and guide them towards successful cloud migration.

Testing a Spring Boot API with SpringBootTest and CircleCI

When it comes to building and delivering modern web applications, the importance of continuous integration cannot be overemphasized. With the rapid pace of software development, ensuring that every change in your codebase is thoroughly tested and seamlessly integrated into your project is essential for maintaining a robust and dependable application.

Securing open source software dependencies in the public cloud

I recently recorded a Lightboard presentation on securing open source software dependencies in the public cloud. This blog summarises, and expands upon, some of the key elements from that presentation: I think about this topic through two lenses: software supply chains and updating software dependencies while maintaining stability.

Alerting, Incident Management and the SDLC | Better Incidents Podcast Ep. 8

In this episode we chat with veteran cloud architect Masaru Hoshi about the challenges of alert fatigue, the importance of effective alerting systems, and fostering ownership in software teams. Masaru shares insights from his 30-year career, emphasizing the need for balance, trust, and collaboration in incident response.

Internal Developer Platform vs Internal Developer Portal: Solving for a Central System of Record, and Action

What support do developers need at large enterprises to be productive? We often fall into the trap of evaluating coders on output, maybe even innate talent. We think that the best way to build secure and efficient software is to hire 10X developers, and get out of their way. But even if the individuals have massive intellectual firepower, operational work grows like entropy in the system.