Huge thanks to APMdigest for some of my thoughts on #APM *and* (not "versus") #Observability. This is just part 1. Hopefully a few more of my comments make the cut in upcoming installments.

And stay tuned as I share more of those ideas over on Catchpoint's blog.

https://www.apmdigest.com/apm-observability-cutting-through-confusion-1

Where do I put `and sum(pve_lock_state{state="backup"}) == 0` in this thing? All the obvious spots don't return anything

`(rate(node_disk_read_time_seconds_total[1m]) / rate(node_disk_reads_completed_total[1m]) > 0.1 and rate(node_disk_reads_completed_total[1m]) > 0) * on(instance) group_left (nodename) node_uname_info{nodename=~".+"}`

#KubeCon India booth S7 is where it's at! Thanks to those who stopped by yesterday.

Day 2 is just beginning and we're here to answer your questions about #observability and #Kubernetes monitoring, showcase cool demos, and send you off with #Grafana swag!

You asked for it, and size-capped telemetry retention in #Clickhouse is here in #Coroot v1.13! https://t.ly/vreLC

Specify the size of log and trace data you would like to keep, and Coroot will handle the rest: automatically dropping the oldest data when disk usage gets too high.

#FreeBSD recommendations for #monitoring #alerting #observability sought. I have a much loved collectd + riemann that needs an upgrade.

Target is about 10 servers and 200 jails.

No apache2 /php, nagios or clones thereof please. I don’t have these in my stack today, and my expertise in managing them is about 20 years out of date. I prefer to avoid JVM stuff but I’m not violently against it.

Doesn’t have to be in ports yet ( like https://sensu.io/ server) if it’s in a friendly language.

Optimizing your Puppet installation? New video on the channel featuring Barr Iserloth and Tony Green shows how you can collect metrics with the Puppet Enterprise Metrics collector!

In this demo, you'll see how to get the metrics collection started, an overview of using dashboards in Grafana, and some recommendations on analyzing performance.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MooyM2O4bdo

Last week I shared 5 "myths" - things CIOs and other IT practitioners believe about #monitoring and #observability that are simply not true.

What were those myths?
1) Monitoring is just an IT operations problem
2) More data equals better visibility
3) Internal metrics tell the full story
4) AI will fix monitoring automatically
5) Downtime is the only metric that matters.

If you'd like to hear more - not just about the myths themselves but also how their history, the modern truth, and how to move past them - then check out the video link below.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIwUHCJIEwA

I wrote a thing! Start using Grafana to monitor your Puppet-managed infrastructure by adding the Observability Data Connector. This tutorial takes you step-by-step from install to Grafana dashboard!

https://www.puppet.com/blog/tutorial-puppet-grafana-observability

#EsriUC2025 - Learn about #observability for your enterprise #GIS with #ArcGISMonitor at the UC Expo, find us in the #ArcGISEnterprise area

#esriuc #ArcGISAdmin #GIO #IT #systemhealth #performance #bestpractices #GISChat #geospatial @esri @esriuc @arcgisxprise @esrislgov @esritraining

Today's suggested #EsriUC2025 session: #observability for your enterprise #GIS in #ArcGISMonitor - An Overview. Road ahead previewed. 8:30 am, SDCC 7B

http://ow.ly/WSHX50WmqiT

#esriuc #ArcGISEnterprise #GIO #IT #systemhealth #performance #GISchat #geospatial #mapstodon @esri @esriuc @arcgisxprise @esrislgov

From Black Box to Blueprint: Tracing Every LLM Decision with Quarkus
Build trust, traceability, and visual insight into your AI-powered Java apps using LangChain4j, Ollama, and CDI interceptors.
https://myfear.substack.com/p/llm-observability-quarkus-langchain4j
#Java #Quarkus #LLM #Observability #Traces #CDI #Ollama #LangChain4j

Learn about #observability for your enterprise #GIS with #ArcGISMonitor at @esriuc 2025 http://tinyurl.com/bdzr69rh

#GIO #IT #ArcGISEnterprise #arcgis #systemhealth #performance #esriUC2025 #esriUC #GISchat #geospatial @esri @esrifederalgovt @esrislgov @arcgisxprise @esritraining

Exciting News!
#VictoriaMetrics is proud to be a Diamond Sponsor at #PromCon 2025 in Munich!
Join us at the Google Offices on Oct 21-22 to connect, and where we’ll showcase our latest innovations, and look forward to discussing your #monitoring stack.
See you there!
https://hubs.li/Q03wV6sZ0
#TechEvents #Observability

Setting up an observability tool and reaching root cause analysis should take minutes, not hours: https://t.ly/-QVBJ

The Observability Data Connector helps you export Puppet data for your existing observability tools like Prometheus and Grafana. This walkthrough video, featuring Margaret Lee and Tony Green from the Puppet team, will show you how to setup the module and start displaying dashboards of your Puppet-managed infrastructure directly in Grafana so you can monitor trends over time and look for anomalies.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhqtIhS4Y5k

The Observability Data Connector helps you export Puppet data for your existing observability tools like Prometheus and Grafana. This walkthrough video, featuring our very own Margaret Lee and Tony Green, will show you how to setup the module and start displaying dashboards of your Puppet-managed infrastructure directly in Grafana so you can monitor trends over time and look for anomalies.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhqtIhS4Y5k

I'm live now with my colleagues Jay Clifford and Cyril Tovena on this month's Loki Community Call talking about how to turn logs into metrics in @grafana Loki with LogQL metric queries. Join us in chat to ask us all your questions related to metric queries! https://youtube.com/live/tKcnQ0Q2E-k

So are we doing Tempo, Victoria, Influx... what for home lab observability now?