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SLO Driven Incident Response: Service Level Objectives for Effective Incident Management | Squadcast

In today's tech-driven landscape, effective Incident Management is vital for seamless service and customer satisfaction. This webinar explores ways to uncover the role of Service Level Objectives (SLOs) in structuring incident response processes while acting as a compass, guiding incident prioritization and resolution to minimize customer impact and downtime. The webinar will help you demystify SLOs, their data-driven role in incident decision-making, and how to prioritize incidents to lessen customer impact by identifying critical incidents.

How to use Key-Based Deduplication in Squadcast | Deduplication Rules | Squadcast

Key Based Deduplication is an efficient way to avoid duplicate entries when processing incoming Events alongside existing Incidents. It generates a Deduplication Key using a user-defined template specific to events from an Alert Source. This key helps identify and group duplicates. This video explains how does Key Based Deduplication work and how to set it up effectively.

Helm Dry Run: Guide & Best Practices

Kubernetes, the de-facto standard for container orchestration, supports two deployment options: imperative and declarative. Because they are more conducive to automation, declarative deployments are typically considered better than imperative. A declarative paradigm involves: The issue with the declarative approach is that YAML manifest files are static.
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Managing On-Call Rotations: Navigating Incident Management from Chaos to Calm

Navigating On-Call rotations can often feel like taming a storm of alerts and constant disruptions, leaving teams overwhelmed and stressed. Hence there is a need to streamline On-Call rotations and leverage concerned software to restore order and peace. In this guide, you'll explore practical tips, best practices, and smart strategies to transform your Incident Management process. Let's get to a more efficient On-Call experience.

Azure Monitoring Agent: Key Features & Benefits

In today's rapidly evolving digital landscape, businesses increasingly rely on cloud computing and infrastructure to support their operations. As organizations migrate their workloads to the cloud, robust monitoring and management tools are paramount to ensure optimal performance, security, and efficiency. In response to this demand, Microsoft Azure has introduced the Azure Monitoring Agent (AMA), a powerful and versatile solution designed to enhance the monitoring capabilities of Azure resources.

Unveiling Squadcast's Enhanced Status Pages

Meet Kevin and Mai (again): Navigating the Troublesome Waters of Platform Downtime. Kevin is a Site Reliability Engineer (SRE), constantly on the lookout for potential downtime that could impact their platform, kryptobro.com. Mai is his adept partner, ever-ready to troubleshoot. In their journey, the previous version of Squadcast Status Pages served as a helpful tool, but they soon found room for improvements.

Introducing Squadcast's Key Based Deduplication

We are excited to share another feature update with all our valued customers! We have recently gone live with our Key Based Deduplication feature, enabling you to define dedup keys using customizable templates for configured alert sources. With this feature, you can automatically group similar incidents and effectively deduplicate alerts.
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Kubernetes Monitoring Best Practices

Kubernetes can be installed using different tools, whether open-source, third-party vendor, or in a public cloud. In most cases, default installations have limited monitoring capabilities. Therefore, once a Kubernetes cluster is running, administrators must implement monitoring solutions to meet their requirements. Typical use cases for Kubernetes monitoring include: Effective Kubernetes monitoring requires a mix of tools, strategy, and technical expertise. To help you get it right, this article will explore seven essential Kubernetes monitoring best practices in detail.

Looking Beyond Atlassian StatusPage: The 5 Best Alternatives

Status Pages are crucial cogs in your Incident Communication process, they serve as vital channels to keep your stakeholders informed during periods of downtime. Although there are many proficient tools in the market, such as Atlassian Status Page and Status.io, these standalone Status Pages can come with a hefty price tag, with various pricing plans and tiers for both Public and Private Status Pages. Moreover, with Atlassian Cloud’s recent issues, its dependability is in question.

Introduction to ELK Tech Stack

ELK Stack, also known as the Elastic Stack is a powerful and versatile open-source toolset that has revolutionized the way businesses manage and analyze their data. ELK Stack seamlessly integrates these three robust components to offer a comprehensive solution for searching, analyzing, and visualizing large volumes of data in real-time. So, buckle up, for a comprehensive overview of the ELK stack and its components, which will be a great starting point for beginners.