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How to manage Grafana instances within Kubernetes

If you’re using Grafana and Kubernetes, we’ve got exciting news — Grafana Labs will be maintaining and managing the Grafana Operator, the open source Kubernetes operator that helps you manage your Grafana instances within and outside of Kubernetes. This significant move not only elevates the Grafana Operator to an officially supported tool but also cements its place as a staple for managing Grafana as code, especially for users keen on adopting GitOps principles.

How to deal with API rate limits

When I first had the idea for this post, I wanted to provide a collection of actionable ways to handle errors caused by API rate limits in your applications. But as it turns out, it’s not that straightforward (is it ever?). API rate limiting is a minefield, and at the time of writing, there are no published standards in terms of how to build and consume APIs that implement rate limiting.

What Is Continuous Delivery and How Does It Work?

Continuous delivery (CD) is an application development practice that involves automatically preparing code changes for release to a production environment. Combined with continuous integration (CI), continuous delivery is a key aspect of modern software development. Together, these two practices are known as CI/CD. Properly implemented CI enables developers to deploy any code change to testing and production environments late in the software development lifecycle (SDLC).

Continuous Monitoring: A Definitive Guide

Continuous monitoring is the backbone of staying ahead in your business, maintaining a constant watch on your company’s activities. It adapts to the demanding needs of modern times, whether for compliance checks, continuous control, and infrastructure monitoring or defending against cyber threats. However, before the widespread adoption of continuous monitoring, companies relied on periodic audits, manual assessments, and sporadic checks to monitor their systems.

Ingest, search, aggregate, view, and analyse data with Aiven for OpenSearch on GCP

Ever considered bringing OpenSearch’s powerful capabilities to your GCP data infrastructure, but not sure where to start? Tune in to our webinar to hear top tips from Aiven’s technical experts and OpenSearch gurus. Expect to learn: AIVEN DATA PLATFORM The Aiven Platform is more than a collection of open source services for streaming, storing and analyzing data. The platform ensures that all services run reliably and securely in the clouds of your choice, are observable, and can easily be integrated with each other and with external 3rd party tools.

Introducing 'Cribl Stream Fundamentals'

Join Cribl's Ed Bailey and Cjapi's James Curtis for an engaging discussion about James' new book, 'Cribl Stream Fundamentals.' We will explore why James wrote the book and what he plans next. Additionally, we'll discuss his perspective on the challenges practitioners will face in 2024 and how teams should prepare for the year ahead.