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Observability engineering: Getting Prometheus metrics right for Kubernetes with Dynatrace and Kepler

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To get a more granular look into telemetry data, many analysts rely on custom metrics using Prometheus. Named after the Greek god who brought fire down from Mount Olympus, Prometheus metrics have been transforming observability since the project’s inception in 2012. What is Prometheus?

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The road to observability with OpenTelemetry demo part 1: Identifying metrics and traces

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That is, relying on metrics, logs, and traces to understand what software is doing and where it’s running into snags. OpenTelemetry, the open source observability tool, has emerged as an industry-standard solution for instrumenting application telemetry data to make it observable. What is OpenTelemetry?

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How to collect Prometheus metrics in Dynatrace

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Dynatrace has recently extended its Kubernetes operator by adding a new feature, the Prometheus OpenMetrics Ingest , which enables you to import Prometheus metrics in Dynatrace and build SLO and anomaly detection dashboards with Prometheus data. Here we’ll explore how to collect Prometheus metrics and what you can achieve with them.

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Dynatrace OTel Collector distribution amplifies OpenTelemetry integration for scalable, production-ready observability

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Because of its flexibility, this open source approach to instrumenting and collecting telemetry data is becoming increasingly important in large-size organizations. Our unwavering commitment to open source initiatives underscores our mission to foster transparency, collaboration, and innovation. Ingest and multiplex data.

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Weighing the top seven Kubernetes challenges and how to solve them

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Kubernetes has become the leading container orchestration platform for organizations adopting open source solutions to manage, scale, and automate application deployment. Kubernetes is an open source container orchestration platform for managing, automating, and scaling containerized applications. Networking.

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OpenShift vs. Kubernetes: Understanding the differences

Dynatrace

Kubernetes is an open source container orchestration platform that enables organizations to automatically scale, manage, and deploy containerized applications in distributed environments. Like Kubernetes, OpenShift is an open source Kubernetes-based container platform. Networking. What is Kubernetes? Ease of use.

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What is IT operations analytics? Extract more data insights from more sources

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This operational data could be gathered from live running infrastructures using software agents, hypervisors, or network logs, for example. Additionally, ITOA gathers and processes information from applications, services, networks, operating systems, and cloud infrastructure hardware logs in real time. Define core metrics.

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