Air-gapped observability at the edge: Monitoring distributed infrastructures with Grafana
Thursday, May 8
5:00 PM
30 mins
Main Stage
About this session
Edge computing is revolutionizing industries by processing data closer to its source, but observability in these environments presents unique challenges — especially in air-gapped and radio-silent deployments where connectivity is limited or nonexistent. Traditional cloud-based monitoring solutions fall short in these scenarios, leaving organizations with operational blind spots, increased downtime risks, and higher maintenance costs.
In this session, Senior Site Reliability Engineer Ruslan Dautov explores how ZEDEDA integrates Grafana, Loki, and Prometheus to deliver real-time observability for large-scale distributed, air-gapped, and intermittently connected edge infrastructures. He’ll cover collecting and storing metrics locally with Prometheus, optimizing log aggregation with Loki in low-bandwidth environments, and visualizing distributed systems in Grafana — even when offline.
Using real-world examples, Ruslan will demonstrate how industries like manufacturing and energy leverage Grafana to monitor edge infrastructure under strict network constraints: factories preventing downtime with predictive analytics in air-gapped environments, energy providers optimizing remote assets with store-and-forward telemetry, and industrial facilities maintaining observability without constant cloud connectivity.
