Cloud Chirp #8 🌥️ - 16/11/2023
Hello Cloud Enthusiasts,
Welcome back to the next dose of cloud knowledge! In this edition of our newsletter, we're diving into some of the latest new from various cloud providers. So, let's jump right into it:
🔗 Grafana Cloud acquires Asserts.ai
Title: How Asserts.ai will make it even easier for Grafana Cloud users to understand their observability data — Nov. 14, 2023
Description: In response to customer needs for improved observability, application-layer extension, and contextualized analytics, Grafana Labs announces the acquisition of Asserts.ai. This startup specializes in simplifying telemetry exploration, offering deeper insights for efficient root cause analysis and faster issue resolution. Asserts serves as a contextual layer for Prometheus metrics, providing out-of-the-box insights into system component relationships over time, and is now integrated into our fully managed Grafana Cloud, taking a significant step towards an easier-to-use and integrated user experience.
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🔗 Grafana Beyla 1.0 Release
Title: Grafana Beyla 1.0 release: zero-code instrumentation for application telemetry using eBPF — Nov. 14, 2023
Description: Grafana Beyla 1.0, the open-source eBPF auto-instrumentation tool for OpenTelemetry and Prometheus applications, is now generally available, following a successful public preview. Beyla enhances application observability by utilizing eBPF to automatically inspect executables and the OS networking layer, capturing events for HTTP/S and gRPC services. This release introduces multi-process support for more efficient resource usage, a heuristic HTTP path decorator to address cardinality explosion, and built-in support for Grafana Cloud, streamlining integration with Grafana Cloud OTLP endpoint for telemetry data.
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🔗 Application Observability in Grafana Cloud
Title: Announcing Application Observability in Grafana Cloud, with native support for OpenTelemetry and Prometheus — Nov. 14, 2023
Description: During ObservabilityCON 2023, Grafana Labs unveiled the general availability of Application Observability in Grafana Cloud, an out-of-the-box solution designed to simplify and expedite application monitoring. This addition extends the Grafana LGTM Stack's capabilities by offering curated experiences with preconfigured dashboards, workflows, and tools for faster implementation. Application Observability supports both OpenTelemetry and Prometheus, allowing flexibility in instrumentation, query languages, and data interpretation. The solution correlates metrics, logs, and traces, streamlining root cause analysis, and is now accessible to all Grafana Cloud users, including the free-forever tier.
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🔗 Isovalent Book: Children’s Guide to eBPF
Title: Buzzing Across Space: The Illustrated Children’s Guide to eBPF — Nov. 14, 2023
Description: Discover the power of eBPF with this FREE book, offering insights into its fundamentals, the various components it comprises, and how cloud-native tools harness its capabilities. Engage with entertaining illustrations that not only enhance your understanding but also make it easy to share the knowledge with colleagues and kids alike.
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🔗 Teleport and AWS Partnership
Title: Teleport Announces Strategic Collaboration Agreement with AWS to Simplify Infrastructure Access — Nov. 14, 2023
Description: Teleport has announced a Strategic Collaboration Agreement with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to enhance Identity-based Infrastructure Access Management (IIAM) for enterprise DevOps teams. This agreement expands on Teleport's existing collaboration with AWS, enabling users to efficiently control access to critical resources, enhance security, and streamline compliance efforts.
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🔗 AWS Lambda: New Observability Features
Title: AWS Lambda console now features a single pane view of metrics, logs, and traces — Nov. 13, 2023
Description: AWS Lambda has introduced a streamlined monitoring experience with a single-pane view of metrics, logs, and traces in the Lambda console. This enhancement simplifies the monitoring process by consolidating Amazon CloudWatch metrics, logs, and X-Ray traces into a unified interface with universal filters for time range, time zone, and refresh options. This update eliminates the need to navigate between separate dashboards, reducing clicks and improving efficiency when monitoring and troubleshooting Lambda functions.
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🔗 eBPF and WASM Integration
Title: KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2023: eBPF + WASM Lightweight Observability On Steroids — Nov. 9, 2023
Description: A revolutionary approach to network traffic management in service clusters by leveraging the lightweight synergy of eBPF and WebAssembly (Wasm). This talk introduces the eBPF plugin from the WasmEdge community, a CNCF sandbox project, enabling the deployment and control of eBPF applications within Kubernetes pods using lightweight WasmEdge sandboxes. Additionally, you can find a link to the presentation slides at the bottom of the page.
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🔗 Inspektor Gadget
Title: Inspektor Gadget: The eBPF tool and systems inspection framework for Kubernetes, containers and Linux hosts — GitHub Repository
Description: Inspektor Gadget, your go-to toolkit for streamlined debugging and inspection of Kubernetes resources and applications, with a special focus on the power of eBPF. This collection of tools adeptly manages the packaging, deployment, and execution of eBPF programs within your Kubernetes cluster. This CNCF project drastically simplifies your debugging process with a sharp emphasis on the efficiency and versatility of eBPF in the Inspektor Gadget toolkit.
Link: GitHub Repository
📌 Pro Tip: Stay ahead of the curve in the technology sector by exploring the transformative power of eBPF through a recently released documentary on its roots and potential applications.
I hope you find these resources as enlightening as I did. Stay tuned for more exciting developments and updates in the world of cloud computing in next week's newsletter.
Until then, keep innovating and soaring in the cloud! ☁️
Warm regards, Teodor