In this article, I’d like to step through the development of a simple Proof of Concept (POC) Grafana data source with you where we retrieve data from an API, apply an outlier detection technique, and then visualize the end results in a dashboard. So… let’s begin! Note: All the code discussed in this blog post…
Read MoreWelcome, everyone to our first “Monthly Atlassian News”! Why are we doing this? You might know that the Atlassian website is so complete, that finding information can be a big challenge😵 So… we decided to do the dirty work for you and summarize all the latest features and news from the Atlassian ecosystem every two…
Read MoreIn my last article I used some examples to show how you can collaborate on Confluence. I talked about how it’s useful for knowledge management and project management, especially if integrated with the Atlassian suite. I also gave some examples on how it can be used at the enterprise level to improve communication. Today I…
Read MoreHave you ever wondered if you’re using Confluence to its full potential? Confluence is such a flexible tool, and can be used in so many ways, that a lot of people get confused about it. Many customers have asked me what’s the added value of this tool compared to others, so here’s a short guide…
Read MoreNagVis is a visualization add-on for NetEye, and can be used to show NetEye monitoring data, over for example, a Network Schema as the use case below will show you. Thanks to NagVis, you can import a previously created network schema into NetEye, and overlay network objects that have previously been monitored by NetEye. Let’s…
Read MoreNetEye provides its users with the GeoMap module, and recently a customer asked me to prepare a useful GeoMap configuration for him, so he could geographically locate the backbone devices in his network. The NetEye Geo Map module allows you to overlay the position and status of hosts on top of a customizable map, based…
Read MoreA particular client who operates as an ISP for its customers and corporate departments requested the ability to summarize and display, in convenient graphs, a few metrics related to the bandwidth delivered on switch ports, where the available gateways provide connectivity. The first activity I undertook was to obtain the MIB files and OIDs from…
Read MoreDirector is one of the most important modules in NetEye 4 because it’s used for managing, automating and deploying the configurations of all monitored objects. In all our projects we use automation in Director: through the Import and Synchronization rules we can automate many operations such as the import and synchronization of hosts, service checks,…
Read MoreWith the introduction of the Composable Index Templates in Elastic, we at NetEye had to redesign the way index settings and mappings are applied to the indices generated by El Proxy. In this post I’ll explain: The solution explained in the remainder of the post was designed for El Proxy, but it may apply also…
Read MoreSome time ago, a customer asked me if it was possible to export the data used by NetEye 4 Performance Graphs to CSV format. In particular, the performance graphs that are displayed within Icinga 2’s web interface currently have no option to export their data. After some research, I found that the only way to…
Read MoreEl Proxy helps in compliance with GDPR regulations, which, besides the rest, imposes guarantees on the integrity of data and ensures that the data is kept for no longer than a predefined period of time. El Proxy ensures the integrity of the data by saving the data in El Proxy blockchains. The guarantee that data…
Read MoreTornado is a CEP “Complex Event Processor” that receives reports of events from data sources such as monitoring and email, matches them against preconfigured rules, and executes the actions associated with those rules. Some vendors provide static notification systems that cannot be customized. For example, during one project we were faced with a tool that…
Read MoreBefore deploying El Proxy in production we, the R&D Team, carried out numerous benchmarks and reproduced real life scenarios to ensure that the real-time log signing performed by El Proxy would not represent a bottleneck in environments where logs that must respect the Italian “Garante Privacy” regulations are generated with data rates of around 2,000…
Read MoreScenario Veeam Backup & Replication product is widely used for backuping virtual machines, primary hosted on VMware vSphere infrastructure. It could also backup physical machines through dedicated agents. It’s very important to keep the backup status monitored: it would be nice to get the backup status through the Icinga2 agent in an easy way. PowerShell…
Read MoreLast time I wrote about how you can have incoming SMS messages sent to the Tornado Engine so that you can make Tornado Rules to process them. This time I’d like to show you a real use case where we check whether the SMS Gateway is really working or not by sending an SMS to…
Read More