Observability - Room of Requirement

Observability

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EFK Part 2 Elasticsearch

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EFK Part 2 Elasticsearch

Now that we have Fluent Bit running we need forward these logs to to Elasticsearch. Elasticsearch stores the structured logs in indices, enabling us to search the logs using full text queries, ideal for log analytics. How to configure Elasticsearch Elasticsearch is quite easy to setup with security features disabled

EFK Part 1 Fluent Bit

EFK Part 1 Fluent Bit

Tired of SSH-ing into the control plane to track FluxCD redeploys, I turned to the EFK stack. By collecting Flux events and Kubernetes events, I can now monitor Renovate pull requests, track pod rollouts, and follow every event in a detailed, timestamped log trail.

Keeping Watch: Monitoring My Network with TELEGRAF

Keeping Watch: Monitoring My Network with TELEGRAF

How I visualise network performance with Grafana, Prometheus and Telegraf so we can enjoy gaming marathons and 4K streaming sessions without a hitch!