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Prometheus and Grafana

Prometheus and Grafana

Published Apr 20, 2023 by Isaac Johnson

We all know that Prometheus and Grafana can be used to monitor Kubernetes workloads. But today we will explore the other features of Grafana/Prom to monitor Databases, Hosts and more.

Zabbix: Part 2: Configuration and Usage

Zabbix: Part 2: Configuration and Usage

Published Apr 18, 2023 by Isaac Johnson

We spoke of Zabbix last week showing setup and basic usage. Let’s continue that into a more full formed implementation.

Zabbix: Part 1: Introduction and Setup

Zabbix: Part 1: Introduction and Setup

Published Apr 13, 2023 by Isaac Johnson

I was reviewing some Open Source monitoring solutions recently when I got turned on to Zabbix. I was surprised this hadn’t come across my path earlier. It’s been out since 2005 and is a really st...

Cast.ai for K8s Cost Optimization

Cast.ai for K8s Cost Optimization

Published Apr 11, 2023 by Isaac Johnson

Cast.ai came up in a search for Open-Source Cost Management tools (that I have yet to try). While it isn’t open-source, at least as of a couple years ago, the founder promised to make it free for ...

Let's play with AI: Bard, Bing and ChatGPT

Let's play with AI: Bard, Bing and ChatGPT

Published Apr 6, 2023 by Isaac Johnson

I recently was admitted into the Google Bard trial. I felt it would be a great time to contrast Bard with ChatGPT and Bing.

ConfigU: A SaaS offering for SCM

ConfigU: A SaaS offering for SCM

Published Apr 4, 2023 by Isaac Johnson

Ran Cohen, CTO/Co-Founder of ConfigU asked me to take a look at their offering; ConfigU, “Configuration Management as a Service”. I’m always game to check out new DevOps, SCM and SRE tools and if ...

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