https://grafana.com/blog/Recent content in Grafana Labs blog on Grafana LabsHugo -- gohugo.ioenhttps://grafana.com/blog/2024/02/26/the-golden-grot-awards-are-back-vote-for-your-favorite-dashboard/?utm_source=grafana_news&utm_medium=rssMon, 26 Feb 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://grafana.com/blog/2024/02/26/the-golden-grot-awards-are-back-vote-for-your-favorite-dashboard/?utm_source=grafana_news&utm_medium=rss&src=in-prod&plcmt=rssThe Grafana community knows a thing or two about what goes into a great dashboard. But what constitutes a truly great dashboard can be subjective, which is why we need your help. After a fantastic inaugural run, The Golden Grot Awards are back for a second year, recognizing the very best in professional and personal Grafana dashboards. We received tons of great submissions, and our expert judges narrowed the field down 10 finalists.https://grafana.com/blog/2024/02/23/how-to-monitor-a-home-vpn-from-anywhere-with-grafana-cloud/?utm_source=grafana_news&utm_medium=rssFri, 23 Feb 2024 16:00:00 +0000https://grafana.com/blog/2024/02/23/how-to-monitor-a-home-vpn-from-anywhere-with-grafana-cloud/?utm_source=grafana_news&utm_medium=rss&src=in-prod&plcmt=rssI’m a senior solutions engineer here at Grafana Labs, but I recently found myself trying to solve a real-world problem in my homelab. The issue was, I have some services running there and I want to be able to access my home network when I’m away. Of course, I had to make sure my network remains safe when I do that, so I decided to deploy a simple and secure VPN.https://grafana.com/blog/2024/02/22/easily-monitor-your-rocky-linux-server-using-the-linux-integration-for-grafana-cloud/?utm_source=grafana_news&utm_medium=rssThu, 22 Feb 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://grafana.com/blog/2024/02/22/easily-monitor-your-rocky-linux-server-using-the-linux-integration-for-grafana-cloud/?utm_source=grafana_news&utm_medium=rss&src=in-prod&plcmt=rssRocky Linux is a community-driven, open source operating system that is backed by CIQ, the primary sponsor and support provider. This OS is a powerful alternative for those seeking a downstream, binary-compatible option to Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL). CIQ supports Rocky Linux as a response to changes in the CentOS project, which is no longer maintained as a stable downstream clone of RHEL. Gregory Kurtzer created Rocky Linux to fill this gap in the community, maintaining stability and long-term support.https://grafana.com/blog/2024/02/21/how-the-open-source-caddy-server-uses-grafana-cloud-for-full-stack-observability/?utm_source=grafana_news&utm_medium=rssWed, 21 Feb 2024 11:43:00 +0000https://grafana.com/blog/2024/02/21/how-the-open-source-caddy-server-uses-grafana-cloud-for-full-stack-observability/?utm_source=grafana_news&utm_medium=rss&src=in-prod&plcmt=rssMohammed Al Sahaf serves as Technical Product Manager at Samsung Electronics Saudi Arabia. Outside his day job, he serves with the Caddy team to tackle the web of problems facing web servers in the third millennium. Mohammed is the author of Kadeessh, formerly caddy-ssh, and the maintainer of numerous Caddy modules. When he isn’t programming, he is trying to catch up on life and sleep with the help of coffee. You can find his caffeinated wonders at caffeinatedwonders.https://grafana.com/blog/2024/02/21/ai-powered-diagnostics-for-incident-response-new-sift-features-in-grafana-irm/?utm_source=grafana_news&utm_medium=rssWed, 21 Feb 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://grafana.com/blog/2024/02/21/ai-powered-diagnostics-for-incident-response-new-sift-features-in-grafana-irm/?utm_source=grafana_news&utm_medium=rss&src=in-prod&plcmt=rssSift is a machine-learning-powered diagnostic feature in Grafana Cloud that SREs and DevOps teams can use to automate routine parts of incident investigation, such as searching for new errors in logs, surfacing recent deployments, or identifying overloaded Kubernetes nodes. We want Sift to springboard you into an investigation, so useful context is already there by the time you see an alert or declare an incident. Since we launched Sift into public preview last year, we’ve worked hard to improve it.https://grafana.com/blog/2024/02/20/how-to-instrument-your-python-application-using-opentelemetry/?utm_source=grafana_news&utm_medium=rssTue, 20 Feb 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://grafana.com/blog/2024/02/20/how-to-instrument-your-python-application-using-opentelemetry/?utm_source=grafana_news&utm_medium=rss&src=in-prod&plcmt=rssIf you want to see if OpenTelemetry helps you become a better Python developer — or if you just want to know how to add OpenTelemetry to your Python service — you’ve come to the right place. In this blog, we’ll show you how to instrument your Python application using OpenTelemetry and how to visualize your OpenTelemetry data using Application Observability in Grafana Cloud. We’ll walk you through the following steps:https://grafana.com/blog/2024/02/16/opentelemetry-3-questions-to-ask-before-choosing-an-observability-solution/?utm_source=grafana_news&utm_medium=rssFri, 16 Feb 2024 11:25:00 +0000https://grafana.com/blog/2024/02/16/opentelemetry-3-questions-to-ask-before-choosing-an-observability-solution/?utm_source=grafana_news&utm_medium=rss&src=in-prod&plcmt=rssAs OpenTelemetry rises in popularity, more organizations are implementing, or planning to implement, the open source project to monitor their applications — and, meanwhile, more vendors are offering OpenTelemetry support. In fact, a quick Google search for “OpenTelemetry support” shows results ranging from legacy APM vendors to newer, cloud native solutions like Grafana Cloud. When deciding where to host your OTel data, it’s important to remember that not all solutions for OpenTelemetry were created equal.https://grafana.com/blog/2024/02/15/kubernetes-alerting-simplify-anomaly-detection-in-kubernetes-clusters-with-grafana-cloud/?utm_source=grafana_news&utm_medium=rssThu, 15 Feb 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://grafana.com/blog/2024/02/15/kubernetes-alerting-simplify-anomaly-detection-in-kubernetes-clusters-with-grafana-cloud/?utm_source=grafana_news&utm_medium=rss&src=in-prod&plcmt=rssDespite the widespread adoption of Kubernetes, many DevOps teams and SREs still struggle to troubleshoot issues because of all the complexity that comes with the open source container orchestration platform. That’s why we developed Kubernetes Monitoring, an application in Grafana Cloud you can use to visualize and alert on your Kubernetes clusters. We continue to invest in providing a more opinionated experience so you can troubleshoot issues faster and easier, and we’re excited to tell you about a new, simplified alerting experience to help you respond to incidents and anomalies in your clusters.https://grafana.com/blog/2024/02/14/observabilitycon-on-the-road-2024-coming-soon-to-a-city-near-you/?utm_source=grafana_news&utm_medium=rssWed, 14 Feb 2024 13:32:00 +0000https://grafana.com/blog/2024/02/14/observabilitycon-on-the-road-2024-coming-soon-to-a-city-near-you/?utm_source=grafana_news&utm_medium=rss&src=in-prod&plcmt=rssWe’re excited to announce that our flagship observability conference is, once again, coming to a city near you. This spring, we’ll kick off ObservabilityCON on the Road 2024! These one-day, in-depth events are a great opportunity to connect with observability experts and learn how the latest features in the Grafana LGTM Stack (Loki for logs, Grafana for visualization, Tempo for traces, Mimir for metrics) can advance your observability strategy. Today, we’re announcing the following three locations and dates for ObservabilityCON on the Road 2024:https://grafana.com/blog/2024/02/14/grafana-security-release-medium-severity-security-fix-for-cve-2023-6152/?utm_source=grafana_news&utm_medium=rssWed, 14 Feb 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://grafana.com/blog/2024/02/14/grafana-security-release-medium-severity-security-fix-for-cve-2023-6152/?utm_source=grafana_news&utm_medium=rss&src=in-prod&plcmt=rssToday we are releasing Grafana 10.3.3, 10.2.4, 10.1.7, 10.0.11 and 9.5.16. These patch releases contain a fix for CVE-2023-6152, a medium severity security vulnerability in Grafana’s basic authentication system. Release 10.3.3, latest release with the security patch: Download Grafana 10.3.3 Release 10.2.4 with the security patch: Download Grafana 10.2.4 Release 10.1.7 with the security patch: Download Grafana 10.1.7 Release 10.0.11 with the security patch: Download Grafana 10.0.11 Release 9.5.16 with the security patch: