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What's Inside InfluxDB 3.1: New Features for Security, Performance, and Visibility

InfluxDB 3.1 is now available for both Core and Enterprise editions, bringing significant improvements that make managing high-volume, high-velocity time series data even easier, faster, and more secure. InfluxDB 3 Core is the free, open source edition of InfluxDB 3—a high-speed, recent-data engine licensed under MIT and Apache 2. InfluxDB 3 Enterprise is the commercial version of Core, adding support for longer-term historical queries, high availability, enhanced security, and more.

How Auditd Logs Help Secure Linux Environments

If you manage a Linux server and notice something unusual, auditd logs can help you track exactly what’s happening. This built-in audit system records who accessed the system and what actions they performed. In this guide, we’ll cover setting up auditd, reading the logs, and using them to detect potential security issues early.

Windows Error Logs: Your Guide to Simplified Debugging

When an application functions flawlessly in your environment but crashes unpredictably on a client’s Windows server, the root cause is often buried in system logs—logs many developers overlook. Windows maintains comprehensive error records that document crashes, failures, and system events with precise detail. These Windows error logs serve as an invaluable resource for diagnosing issues in production environments.

End-to-end testing and deployment of a multi-agent AI system with Docker, LangGraph, and CircleCI

Multi-agent AI systems are transforming how intelligent applications are built. By orchestrating multiple specialized agents that collaborate to solve complex tasks, these systems enable more dynamic and efficient workflows. However, deploying such a system reliably and at scale requires a structured approach to testing, packaging, and automation.

OWASP CI/CD Part 4: Poisoned Pipeline Execution (PPE)

Modern development teams often rely on Continuous Integration (CI) pipelines to automate testing, building, and deployment of their code These pipelines are typically defined through configuration files stored within the source code repository. Developers, DevOps engineers, or other contributors with the appropriate permissions frequently need to edit these files to adjust workflows, add new checks, or support evolving project requirements.

Elastic bandwidth and the future of AI-driven networks

In this employee spotlight blog, Shaheen Kalla, Presales Team Lead, explores what the future of AI in networking may hold and the possibilities it presents. So much has been written about AI in the context of software engineering, machine learning, and data manipulation - especially where large datasets are involved. However, very little has been explored when it comes to AI from a networking perspective.

Early Warning Signals: Now visible everywhere!

We’ve just rolled out an exciting enhancement to our Early Warning Signals system: Possible outages that we detect are now visible directly in your Admin board and on your public Status Page. Until now, we’ve notified StatusGator users about possible outages via email — and more recently, Slack — when we detected signs of an outage before any official acknowledgment. Now, these early warnings appear right where they’re most impactful.

Five Creative Uses of Content Monitoring Software

Content monitoring software is designed to track changes on web pages over time—capturing additions, deletions, and modifications across everything from blog posts to landing pages and legal disclaimers. Traditionally, it’s used by businesses and organizations that need to keep tabs on important, frequently updated content—either for compliance, competitive intelligence, or performance reasons. Here are some of the most common use cases.

Top 5 Modern CI/CD Tools in 2025

In the ever-growing ecosystem of infrastructure and software development, where tools like Kubernetes introduce complexity and hyperscalers welcome sprawl, it's more important to have your SDLC buttoned up and as efficient as possible. CI/CD, one of Cycle's noble sidekicks, is important in kicking off the SDLC, and having a tool that gets the job done without introducing extra complexity or constraint is paramount.