Operations | Monitoring | ITSM | DevOps | Cloud

Now in the API: Website monitor configurations

As you may know, StatusGator has two monitor types at present: Cloud service monitors and website monitors. Our website monitor feature allows a myriad of sophisticated configuration options including interval config, HTTP methods, and content or status checks. We’ve just launched some important improvements to our API for those of you using website monitors. Our Service show endpoint will now include configuration details for those monitors that are website monitors under a new key called config.

Understanding Modern Device Management and Mobile Threat Defense

The focus is on modern Device Management (MDM) and Mobile Threat Defense (MTD) processes. It delves into device provisioning using zero-touch enrollment and various methods. The role of Apple Business Manager in configuring devices, applying security profiles, and installing applications is highlighted. The importance of a secure and highly available user experience, device monitoring, notifications, and support services is emphasized. The discussion also covers end-of-life scenarios and the role of Imperium and Ivanti in securing devices.

Achieving Zero Unexpected Downtime with AIOps: Is It Still a Myth?

In an era where digital presence is synonymous with business continuity, unexpected downtime haunts every IT department across industry domains. The quest for operational perfection pivots around not just maintaining uptime but proactively ensuring it. Artificial Intelligence for IT Operations – a ray of hope in this persistent pursuit. Still, the question remains: Is achieving zero unexpected downtime with AIOps a tangible reality?

Structure of Logs (Part 2) | Zero to Hero: Loki | Grafana

Have you just discovered Grafana Loki? Zero to Hero: Loki is a series of videos that aims to take you through the basics of ingesting, your logs into Grafana Loki an open-source log aggregation solution. In this episode, it's all about the structure of logs. In part 2 we cover the different ways a log can be formatted. ☁️ Grafana Cloud is the easiest way to get started with Grafana dashboards, metrics, logs, and traces. Our forever-free tier includes access to 10k metrics, 50GB logs, 50GB traces and more. We also have plans for every use case.

Spike in Azure storage costs: troubleshooting and solutions

How to reduce Azure Storage costs? Discover effective strategies for managing sudden spikes in Azure storage costs. This video delves into troubleshooting techniques using Turbo360's Cost Analyzer, highlighting insights on routing preferences and cache purges. Gain valuable lessons and solutions for optimizing costs in your Azure environment. It provides valuable lessons and recommendations for others managing similar Azure environments.

Status Page automation with Playbooks

"🚀 Automate Your Status Pages with Playbooks! 🚀 In this video, we're diving deep into the world of incident response automation. Join us as we explore how you can streamline your status page updates with Spike's powerful Playbooks feature. Learn step-by-step how to create and configure Playbooks to automate your status page notifications, ensuring your stakeholders are always kept in the loop during incidents. With a live demo and practical insights, you'll discover how easy it is to set up automated responses tailored to your organization's needs.

Automating Ephemeral Environments with Kubernetes: A Quick Guide

Ephemeral environments are temporary, isolated, but self-contained deployment environments crucial for development and testing within software projects. While I already discussed the basics and benefits of Ephemeral Environments, today I will go through the practical steps of implementing ephemeral environments in your CI/CD pipeline using Kubernetes. I will start with how you can do it with Kubernetes native tools, and how you can automate the ephemeral environments in your CI/CD.

ScienceLogic in Action: The Business Outcomes of Investing in IT Operations Optimization

Many of the benefits from ScienceLogic’s SL1 platform for IT operations monitoring and management are readily apparent. Our clients routinely cite dramatic improvements achieved by leveraging SL1 in their hybrid cloud environments, including stronger visibility, more comprehensive monitoring, intelligent automation, and more proactive analytics for decision support.

Why Storage Monitoring and Management is More Important Than Ever

In today's data-driven world, the importance of storage monitoring and management cannot be overstated. With the explosive growth of digital information, effective storage solutions and vigilant monitoring have become imperative for businesses to maintain agility, efficiency, security, and scalability. In this blog post, we’ll delve into why storage monitoring and management are crucial and explore practical methods for effective implementation.

How to Use Kubernetes to Control a Vast Network of Clusters? Insights from Gianluca Mardente

Dive into the world of Kubernetes with Gianluca Mardente, Principal Engineer at Cisco, as he shares insights from managing a vast fleet of Kubernetes clusters within Cisco's App Dynamics business unit. Explore the evolution from managing a handful to scaling up for extensive applications and clusters, leveraging container orchestration to maintain agility in cloud and on-premises environments. Plus, discover the strategic use of tools like Cluster API and Crossplane for automation, handling dependencies, and the dynamic deployment of applications.