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What is AWS CloudTrail?

Classified as a "Management and Governance” tool in the AWS console, AWS CloudTrail is an auditing, compliance monitoring and governance tool from Amazon Web Services (AWS). With CloudTrail, AWS account owners can ensure every API call made to every resource in their AWS account is recorded and written to a log. An API call request can be made when: These actions can be coming from: CloudTrail saves the API events in a secured, immutable format, which can be used for later analysis.

IPAM and SPM: The missing piece for advanced network management

Phrases like “networks are the backbone of a business” are now ubiquitous, finding their way into many network-related blogs. We are not here to say the same thing again. Instead, we’re here to discuss managing your IP address space within OpManager. This blog explains how adding the IP address manager (IPAM) and switch port mapper (SPM) module within OpManager will enhance your monitoring game. Keep reading and we will tell you how to enable the add-on for free.

From Deploy to Commit: Building the Ultimate Development Pipeline - A Comprehensive Guide

‘Manual deployment is (should be) a sin.’ Well, calling manual deployment a sin may sound strong, but consider this: building the ultimate development pipeline demands a focus on automation. Although the selection of a deployment method depends on the specific needs and requirements of a project or environment, can you really deny the power of automated deployment? There's a better way.

Key Considerations for Implementing Automatic Doors in Your Company

When you're considering upgrading your company's entrance with automatic doors, you're investing in efficiency, accessibility, and hygiene. These modern marvels not only ease the traffic flow but also significantly reduce the spread of germs. Here's why installing automatic doors could be a game-changer for your business.

Empowering Brokers: How Automation Reshapes the Mortgage Industry

Over the years, there has been a noticeable transformation in how the mortgage sector operates due to the introduction of automation. Brokers, who serve as links between homebuyers and lenders, have been significantly influenced by this technological advancement. As automation continues to expand its reach across various stages of the mortgage journey, it is crucial for brokers to embrace these changes and utilize them to maintain an edge. This article delves into how automation is reshaping the mortgage landscape and empowering brokers to deliver enhanced services to their clientele.

How to decide between cloud and on-premise monitoring

Application performance monitoring systems tend to be available in two modes: on-premise and cloud-based SaaS. Which is the “right” choice? Well, it depends on your situation, but overall cloud-based SaaS offerings have significant benefits when compared to on-premise. However, it’s not always so simple. The right selection depends on the facts on the ground.

Server Health and Health Checks: A Beginner's Guide

Why do we go for server health checkups? Well, think of it like this: just as we schedule regular checkups for ourselves to make sure we're healthy and functioning optimally, our servers need the same level of care. After all, they're the backbone of our digital infrastructure, tirelessly handling requests, serving data, and keeping our applications running smoothly.

Helping Enterprises Make Sense of Sustainability in an Ocean of Engineering Data

If I were to ask you what marine biologists and database engineers have in common, you’d think it was the beginning of a nerdy joke. There probably is one in there somewhere but, as someone that has sat on both sides of the fence – or operated on both sides of the water’s surface to continue the analogy – I can say with certainty that the parallels are more common than coral on the Great Barrier Reef.

An OpenTelemetry backend in a Docker image: Introducing grafana/otel-lgtm

OpenTelemetry is a popular open source project to instrument, generate, collect, and export telemetry data, including metrics, logs, and traces. OTel, however, does not provide a monitoring backend — and this is exactly where the Grafana stack comes in. Here at Grafana Labs, we’re fully committed to the OpenTelemetry project and community.