The first of the Application Observability Code Challenges is now available. A simple Spring Boot application with a REST endpoint implemented in Jersey/JAX-RS This application has some unexpected behaviour. Can you find out what is happening based on the observability data? Can you improve the observability to prove that a fix really fixed the problems?
Fri, 17 Jan 2025 13:29:23 +0000 Grafana Observability OpenTelemetry AOCC JavaApplication Observability Code Challenges are a way to challenge yourself to improve the observability of a sample application. Of course, this application has some surprises that you probably did not expect. These challenges will help you develop an observability mindset and become more familiar with your observability tools.
Fri, 10 Jan 2025 12:44:23 +0000 Grafana Observability OpenTelemetry AOCCYour
local development
of a Grafana plugin or dashboard may lack representative data. Connecting to production data sources may be impossible, but there are other ways to connect. Read more to find out how touse Grafana as a proxy
to access the data.The
power of observability
becomes visible when you combine signals and put it all together. Checks performed by Checkly can provide a piece of the puzzle that gives you a better view of what is happening. It would be really nice if you couldcombine
the data fromCheckly
in the sameGrafana dashboards
as your other observability data. This post describes how to bring it together and how to add Grafanaannotations
to your dashboard based on Checkly results.Wed, 04 Sep 2024 21:22:41 +0100 Grafana Prometheus Checkly OpenTelemetryGrafana Scenes can enhance your experience with Grafana dashboards by bringing observability data together and guiding users to the right data. Combining metrics, traces and logs helps to understand the actual behavior of a system. That is the goal of observability. If a dashboard or an app created with scenes does not give the right insights, then still the explore feature of Grafana is available to dive into all data available searching for the unknown-unknown.
Deep understanding of the actual behavior of a system is key for me. I like to know all the details because it helps me to see the whole picture. I am visually oriented, so tools like Grafana really help me in these situations. Observability is a topic that has come up in the last few years, but I have actually been doing this for years. But the good thing is that it is more standardized now.
Fri, 26 Jan 2024 15:40:23 +0100 Observability Toolkit Grafana Loki Tempo Prometheus