Docker is like a magic box that lets you put your apps and everything they need inside a little package called a ‘container.’ These containers are like tiny, self-contained worlds where your app ...

Rsyslog is a syslog service that already comes built in with several linux distros, in this case we’ll be using Ubuntu. To enable this service, all we need to do is to open the listening port on po...

Grok Exporter is a standalone module what we can use to parse syslog messages and pass it to a monitoring tool like Prometheus. Prerequisite If you want to run this module with dummy data, crea...

A syslog server is a central logging server that gathers and stores log messages sent by various devices, applications, and systems across a network. The syslog protocol is a standard method used ...

Alertmanager is a standalone component that focuses on handling alerts generated by Prometheus. It acts as a centralized alerting system that receives, deduplicates, groups, and sends out notificat...

What is Grafana? Grafana is a data visualization and analytics tool that integrates with Prometheus to create rich, interactive dashboards and visualizations. Grafana is a great companion for P...

What is SNMP Exporter? SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) Exporter is a tool that allows you to export metrics from devices that support SNMP. SNMP Exporter collects data from SNMP-enabled d...

What is Prometheus? Prometheus is an open-source monitoring and alerting toolkit. It is widely used for monitoring the performance and health of computer systems and applications in a distributed ...

In today’s network infrastructure, automation plays a crucial role in managing and configuring devices efficiently. Netmiko, a multi-vendor library, and NTC Templates, a collection of parsing templ...

What is Jekyll? Jekyll is a popular static site generator that allows you to build and deploy static websites easily. It was designed to simplify the process of creating simple, fast, and secure w...