Telemetry Pipeline Insights & Observability Best Practices
Prometheus vs Thanos: Uncovering the Nuances
Thanos and Prometheus are highly robust systems that offer fast and dependable monitoring capabilities. But what makes each system different? Prometheus is a time-series database and monitoring tool created by SoundCloud in 2012. It allows users to store collected metrics data as well as generate alerts when certain conditions are met. Prometheus also offers a … Read more
How to configure log forwarding from Syslog-ng to Apica
Syslog-ng is a freely available and open-source interpretation of the Syslog protocol. It functions as an improved log daemon and offers extensive support for various input and output techniques, including Syslog, unstructured text, queueing, SQL, and NoSQL. In addition to that, it is also a log management tool that enhances the effectiveness of your SIEM … Read more
Fungible Observability: Unleashing the Power of Data Federation
How to Forward AWS CloudWatch Logs to Apica
AWS CloudWatch Logs provides a comprehensive solution for monitoring, storing, and accessing log files generated by various sources such as Amazon EC2 instances, AWS CloudTrail, and Route 53. It offers a centralized and scalable service that allows you to consolidate logs from multiple systems, applications, and AWS services into a single location. With CloudWatch Logs, … Read more
How to Deploy Apica EKS on AWS using Custom AMI
The Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS) has integrated support for EC2 Launch Templates and custom AMIs to enhance the configuration and customization options for Amazon EC2 instances managed as Kubernetes nodes by EKS. Additionally, These features can be combined to allow for easy managed node provisioning and lifecycle management, while still accommodating varying levels of … Read more
How to Forward AWS ECS logs to Apica using AWS FireLens
AWS Firelens functions as a log routing agent exclusively designed for containers that operate within Amazon Elastic Container Service (ECS). As a reminder, applications on ECS are executed as Docker containers. Additionally, with the Fargate launch type, ECS manages a serverless infrastructure that can run these containers seamlessly. You can effortlessly route your container logs … Read more
Data Fabric: Why, What, and How
Configuring AWS Elasticsearch Service with Apica
Configure AWS CloudWatch and X-Ray with Apica
How to configure Amazon Athena to your Apica Account
Amazon Athena is a powerful interactive query service that makes it easy to analyze data in Amazon S3 using standard SQL queries. apica.io supports Amazon Athena services for AWS directly as data sources, which means you can quickly set up and start using Athena to analyze your data. Setting up your AWS Account Setting up … Read more
Understanding OpenTelemetry: The Complete Guide
If you’re a DevOps engineer, IT personnel, or developer, you’re likely very familiar with telemetry data. After all, it’s what provides you with valuable insights into an application’s health and performance. Although technology providers offer agents to gather telemetry data, relying on these agents may lead to vendor lock-in. Enter OpenTelemetry, which provides a vendor-neutral … Read more
Do You Need a Full RPA for Automation?
Anyone who has ever needed to work on spreadsheets is thankful for automation. Nothing is as dull as copying and pasting information a thousand times. Businesses today use automation for everything from payroll to report generation, and they often turn to a robotic process automation (RPA) system to help. RPAs are versatile, valuable tools that … Read more
