Monitor JSON APIs with Prometheus
This video explains how to gather values (scrape) from a JSON endpoint and get the metrics into Prometheus.
If you want to do this securely, I have a second video which walks through the secure setup.
Take your first steps with Prometheus
If you are brand new to Prometheus, this video will guide you through your first steps with the CNCF monitoring tool. From what Prometheus is, how it works, the types of metrics it supports. It is, as usual, a hands-on exercise so by the end of the video you will have Prometheus up and running collecting monitoring data.
A New Name for Chaos Engineering?
In this video I discuss why I believe the discipline of Chaos Engineering is hurt by its own name and is overdue a rebrand.
Exploring the OpenTelemetry filestats receiver
In this 5 minute video, I explain the OpenTelemetry filestats receiver.
Everyone has an OpenTelemetry Distribution: Which one should I choose?
A lot of OpenTelemetry collector distributions exist. Many from the OpenTelemetry project, every vendor seemingly has their own and you can build YOUR own? So which should you choose?
Everything you need to know (to get started) with the OpenTelemetry Collector
In this video I deep dive into the OpenTelemetry collector components and explain everything you need to know to get started with the OpenTelemetry collector.
OpenTelemetry Logs using only cURL?
Another video where I show how to get started ridiculously easy with OpenTelemetry logging, using a tool we ALL have access to: cURL.
Autoinstrumentation of Python FastAPI with OpenTelemetry
In this video I demonstrate how to autoinstrument a Python-based FastAPI application with OpenTelemetry in 2 lines of code, using auto instrumentation.
OpenTelemetry filelog receiver: Hands on
In this video I get hands-on with the OpenTelemetry filelog receiver and send the data into OpenObserve.
Using Redis with Python for Beginners
Here's how to use Python in Redis in under 4 minutes. This video will get you started with the very basics of working with Redis in Python. You'll also see cache busting techniques (aka automated removal of values from Redis after a set amount of time).