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Introducing the Cribl Stream Reference Architecture

Join Ed Bailey and Eugene Katz as they unveil the first Cribl Stream Reference Architecture, designed to help observability admins achieve faster and more valuable stream deployment. In this live stream discussion, Ed and Eugene will explain the importance of a quality reference architecture in successful software deployment, and guide viewers on how to begin with the Cribl Stream Reference Architecture by first establishing end-state goals. They will also share different use cases and help viewers identify which parts of the reference architecture are applicable to their specific situation.

How to Create a Dashboard in Kibana

Wondering how to create a dashboard in Kibana to visualize and analyze your log data? In this blog post, we’ll provide a step-by-step explanation of how to create a dashboard in Kibana. You’ll learn how to use Kibana to query indexed application and event log data, filter query results to highlight the most critical and actionable information, build Kibana visualizations using your log data, and incorporate those visualizations into a Kibana dashboard.

The Best Graphite Dashboard Examples

Graphite provides time-series metrics in an open-source database. With Graphite dashboards, you can see key performance indicators (KPIs) as well as other metrics visually. Dashboards typically display data as graphs, charts, and tables and can be customized to meet the specific needs of an organization. Using dashboards, organizations can monitor and analyze various aspects of their performance, such as system utilization, application performance, and resource utilization, using web interfaces.

What is Syslog and how does it work?

When you’re adding or subtracting fractions, you need to make sure that they have a common denominator, a number that allows you to compare values. In the same way, your IT environment needs a common “language” for your event log data. Your environment consists of various devices running different operating systems, software, and firmware.

Business Resilience: How To Build Resilience Strategically, Tactically & Operationally

The ability to continue business operations for the foreseeable future is a key metric from a financial standpoint. But from a risk management perspective, all dimensions of an organization’s strategic and operational framework must be analyzed in order to… The last part relates to business resilience — and it’s what we’re going to explore here. (This article was written by Joseph Nduhiu. See more of Joseph’s contributions to Splunk Learn.)

Webinar Recap: Observability Data Orchestration

Today, businesses are generating more data than ever before. However, with this data explosion comes a new set of challenges, including increased complexity, higher costs, and difficulty extracting value. With this in mind, how can organizations effectively manage this data to extract value and solve the challenges of the modern data stack?