Picture this: A popular ecommerce web application experiences a sudden increase in user complaints concerning slow page load times and errors during the checkout process. Users...
What is Real User Monitoring? What are the Key Metrics Measured by Real User Monitoring Tools?
Real User Monitoring (RUM) is a type of performance monitoring that involves tracking and analyzing user interactions with a website or web application in real-time. RUM provides...
Enhancing Application Performance With Open-Source Front-End Monitoring Tools
In a digital era where user experience is often a critical component of business success, understanding the need for front-end monitoring is crucial. We’ve all experienced the...
Why Enterprises Prefer Open-Source Observability Tools Over Commercial Tools
Observability has become a cornerstone for optimizing the health, performance, and reliability of complex systems in DevOps processes. It refers to the ability to understand and...
8 Common Pitfalls to Avoid When Choosing an Observability Tool
In our previous blog, we talked about the various factors an organization must consider when selecting an observability tool for their DevOps needs. Choosing the right...
9 Factors To Consider When Choosing an Observability Tool
In today's complex digital landscape, ensuring the reliability, performance, and security of your applications and infrastructure is paramount. This is where observability comes...
Validate Prometheus Alert rules and config using the promtool
Prometheus is a powerful, widely used open source monitoring tool. Alerting is one of the most critical features of Prometheus that allows users to define alerts based on...
What is Observability in DevOps? And Why is it Important?
Observability helps you understand the state of an application through the output of the application data. This data then, can be analyzed to prevent downtime and nip any issues...
Collecting and Exporting Spring Boot Access Logs to Loki
Access logs are a rich source of information about the requests and responses served by an application server. These logs can act as valuable resources when determining key...
Using Prometheus Blackbox Exporter to Monitor URL Endpoints
One of the basic, but essential steps in monitoring your system is to treat it as a blackbox and to monitor the URL front door to your system. This strategy can also be used to...