October 2021 Summaries

Cloudsmith has integrated with Datadog, a cloud-scale observability service, to help customers monitor their storage, bandwidth, and token usage. The integration allows users to visualize how much of these resources are being used across various services and tools. This can be particularly useful in preventing unexpected overage bills. To install the integration, users need to follow specific steps, including installing the Datadog Agent and configuring the Cloudsmith check. Once installed, users can view their metrics on a dedicated dashboard within Datadog, which provides real-time insights into their token, storage, and bandwidth usage. This allows for quick adjustments to be made before reaching a threshold, ensuring that customers are always aware of their resource usage.

To automate the deployment of packages, developers can utilize a CircleCI pipeline in conjunction with the Cloudsmith CircleCI Orb. This integration allows for seamless management of package dependencies and version control. By leveraging the Cloudsmith CircleCI Orb, users can easily push their packages to private repositories, streamlining the development process.

In this webinar, Tom Gibson from Cloudsmith discusses the importance of having a Software Bill of Materials (SBOM) for organizations to identify and address potential security vulnerabilities. He covers strategies for finding and fixing known vulnerabilities in dependencies and container images, building a source of truth for packages, combining continuous packaging and security into a CI/CD pipeline, establishing trust and provenance in software supply chains, and increasing visibility with upstreams and signatures.