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WeAreDevelopers LIVE • Oct 14, 2020

All your telemetry data from any source in one place

Liam Hurrell

Centralize your metrics, events, logs, and traces to finally conquer tool sprawl. Discover how a unified telemetry platform transforms reactive troubleshooting into a strategic engineering asset.

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#1 about 18 min

Introduction to metrics and observability challenges in monitoring

Understanding how dimensional metrics, events, logs, and distributed traces connect to business key performance indicators across complex cloud-native systems.

#2 about 6 min

Consolidating observability data within a unified telemetry platform

Centralizing application metrics and open-source tool data into a single time-series database simplifies team troubleshooting workflows.

#3 about 22 min

Setting up the interactive dashboard integration lab environment

Preparing a web-based educational sandbox track that deploys a containerized monitoring environment using targeted helm charts.

#4 about 29 min

Configuring Prometheus remote write and connecting Grafana dashboards

Modifying configuration syntax and adding custom headers securely routes existing metric data flows to a centralized storage solution.

#5 about 24 min

Building flexible custom charts with SQL-style query languages

Crafting targeted dashboard visualizations requires aggregating specific telemetry attributes and filtering results by unique application event types.

#6 about 9 min

Creating automated notification policies based on custom query thresholds

Constructing static alert conditions against ingested traffic ensures rapid response to application performance degradations and unhandled latency spikes.

#7 about 7 min

Evaluating full-stack observability platforms and operational pricing models

Understanding free tier ingestion limitations and data management costs helps software engineering teams choose scalable observability strategies.

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