https://grafana.com/blog/Recent content in Grafana Labs Blog on Grafana LabsHugo -- gohugo.ioenhttps://grafana.com/blog/2024/01/12/incident-response-thats-fast-and-cost-effective-why-3-companies-chose-grafana-cloud/?utm_source=grafana_news&utm_medium=rssFri, 12 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://grafana.com/blog/2024/01/12/incident-response-thats-fast-and-cost-effective-why-3-companies-chose-grafana-cloud/?utm_source=grafana_news&utm_medium=rss&src=in-prod&plcmt=rssWhen an incident occurs, every second counts. On-call staff need to quickly get all the relevant information in front of them in a way that’s easy to digest so they can more successfully investigate the issue and communicate with relevant stakeholders. Grafana Cloud’s Incident Response & Management (IRM) suite helps teams do just that, bundling Grafana Alerting, Grafana OnCall, Grafana Incident, and Grafana SLO into one stack to detect issues, escalate alerts to the right team, automate essential tasks, and identify actionable insights.https://grafana.com/blog/2024/01/11/grafanacon-2024-in-april-in-amsterdam-and-in-person/?utm_source=grafana_news&utm_medium=rssThu, 11 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://grafana.com/blog/2024/01/11/grafanacon-2024-in-april-in-amsterdam-and-in-person/?utm_source=grafana_news&utm_medium=rss&src=in-prod&plcmt=rssGrafanaCON 2024 is coming to Amsterdam! For the first time in five years, GrafanaCON, our annual conference focused on all things Grafana and its extended open source ecosystem, will be an in-person event. On April 9-10, you can join the open source community in Amsterdam for two full days of technical talks, live demos, hands-on sessions, and – yes! – the hallway track. In addition to learning about the latest features and functionality of Grafana and other open source projects, you will hear from community members about the different ways they are using Grafana for visualization and monitoring, from home labs and research projects to industrial IoT and space and beyond.https://grafana.com/blog/2024/01/10/how-to-set-up-home-automation-a-beginners-guide-with-grafana-cloud-and-home-assistant/?utm_source=grafana_news&utm_medium=rssWed, 10 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://grafana.com/blog/2024/01/10/how-to-set-up-home-automation-a-beginners-guide-with-grafana-cloud-and-home-assistant/?utm_source=grafana_news&utm_medium=rss&src=in-prod&plcmt=rssI first learned about Home Assistant when my previous job’s manager shared that he charms his wife by using home automation to have Alexa announce the weather as she starts getting ready for the day. After that, he showed us the cool Grafana dashboards where he visualizes his entire home automation setup on a screen in his basement. As fate would have it, I got a chance to work for Grafana Labs soon after that, and I started building my own home automation setup using Grafana Cloud.https://grafana.com/blog/2024/01/09/monitor-amazon-ec2-key-metrics-for-instances-regions-and-more-in-one-view/?utm_source=grafana_news&utm_medium=rssTue, 09 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://grafana.com/blog/2024/01/09/monitor-amazon-ec2-key-metrics-for-instances-regions-and-more-in-one-view/?utm_source=grafana_news&utm_medium=rss&src=in-prod&plcmt=rssAmazon EC2 was one of the first services available on AWS, helping propel the cloud platform into the mainstream of IT. And while EC2 instances come in a wide range of sizes and flavors to address all sorts of use cases, keeping tabs on those instances isn’t always easy. That’s why we’re excited to introduce our new EC2 monitoring solution in Grafana Cloud. With our latest AWS integration, you can start observing your EC2 instances faster and easier, without the need to manage and configure local agents.https://grafana.com/blog/2024/01/08/grafana-10.2.3-release-new-features-and-breaking-changes/?utm_source=grafana_news&utm_medium=rssMon, 08 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://grafana.com/blog/2024/01/08/grafana-10.2.3-release-new-features-and-breaking-changes/?utm_source=grafana_news&utm_medium=rss&src=in-prod&plcmt=rssOn Dec. 18, 2023, we unintentionally introduced some new features and two minor breaking changes in the Grafana 10.2.3 patch release. These changes were originally intended for Grafana 10.3, which we plan to release later this month, but these commits were merged into the 10.2.3 release branch early due to a mistake in our release process. Because Grafana 10.2.3 introduces more changes than expected in a typical patch release, there’s a risk of more bugs than expected.https://grafana.com/blog/2024/01/08/observability-trends-and-predictions-for-2024-ci/cd-observability-is-in.-spiking-costs-are-out./?utm_source=grafana_news&utm_medium=rssMon, 08 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://grafana.com/blog/2024/01/08/observability-trends-and-predictions-for-2024-ci/cd-observability-is-in.-spiking-costs-are-out./?utm_source=grafana_news&utm_medium=rss&src=in-prod&plcmt=rssFrom AI to OTel, 2023 was a transformative year for open source observability. While the advancements we made in open source observability will be a catalyst for our continued work in 2024, there is even more innovation on the horizon. We asked seven Grafanistas to share their predictions for which observability trends are on their “In” list for 2024. Here’s what they had to say: AI in observability: More thoughtful about where, when, and how it’s used AI was ubiquitous in 2023.https://grafana.com/blog/2024/01/05/working-at-grafana-labs-making-the-shift-from-individual-contributor-to-engineering-manager/?utm_source=grafana_news&utm_medium=rssFri, 05 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://grafana.com/blog/2024/01/05/working-at-grafana-labs-making-the-shift-from-individual-contributor-to-engineering-manager/?utm_source=grafana_news&utm_medium=rss&src=in-prod&plcmt=rssWe are both engineers in the frontend division at Grafana Labs, working on features in the Grafana project such as Explore and data visualization. As we worked together, we discovered we were both interested in the company’s engineering manager (EM) track. We saw that career path as not only a chance to expand our coaching and leadership skills and experience, but also as a way for us to participate in overcoming the organizational challenges of a hyper-growth startup.https://grafana.com/blog/2024/01/04/the-concise-guide-to-loki-how-to-work-with-out-of-order-and-older-logs/?utm_source=grafana_news&utm_medium=rssThu, 04 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://grafana.com/blog/2024/01/04/the-concise-guide-to-loki-how-to-work-with-out-of-order-and-older-logs/?utm_source=grafana_news&utm_medium=rss&src=in-prod&plcmt=rssFor this week’s installment of “The concise guide to Loki,” I’d like to focus on an interesting topic in Grafana Loki’s history: ingesting out-of-order logs. Those who’ve been with the project a while may remember a time when Loki would reject any logs that were older than a log line it had already received. It was certainly a nice simplification to Loki’s internals, but it was also a big inconvenience for a lot of real world use cases.https://grafana.com/blog/2024/01/03/how-to-create-alerts-to-monitor-sensor-data-with-grafana-prometheus-and-telegram/?utm_source=grafana_news&utm_medium=rssWed, 03 Jan 2024 10:25:00 +0000https://grafana.com/blog/2024/01/03/how-to-create-alerts-to-monitor-sensor-data-with-grafana-prometheus-and-telegram/?utm_source=grafana_news&utm_medium=rss&src=in-prod&plcmt=rssWhen monitoring sensor data, such as data from a weather station, a home security system, or a home automation assistant, it’s useful to have an alerting system in place, as well. By setting up alerts for sensor data, you can automatically receive notifications when any significant event occurs — whether that’s someone arriving at your front door or a thunderstorm rolling in. It’s also possible to receive these alerts through various communication channels, such as email, SMS, or a messaging app like Telegram.https://grafana.com/blog/2024/01/02/working-at-grafana-labs-what-its-like-to-be-a-product-designer/?utm_source=grafana_news&utm_medium=rssTue, 02 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://grafana.com/blog/2024/01/02/working-at-grafana-labs-what-its-like-to-be-a-product-designer/?utm_source=grafana_news&utm_medium=rss&src=in-prod&plcmt=rssI’ve been working as a product designer for the past four years, and I’ve spent 1.5 of them here at Grafana Labs. As a product designer, I create and optimize for the user experience by taking in design principles, business goals, and user data. This includes designing how users flow through the features, how users interact with areas of the product, and what they see visually. I love being a product designer because I truly enjoy talking to users, understanding their problems, and being creative when ideating through solutions.