June 2017 Summaries

The second issue of the timeShift newsletter, authored by Trent White, highlights the enthusiastic reception of its inaugural edition, expressing gratitude for the positive feedback received. This edition features a variety of articles focusing on different applications of Grafana, including monitoring MariaDB servers with Prometheus and Grafana, container metrics with Telegraf, InfluxDB, and Grafana, and the utilization of the Hawkular OpenShift Agent for monitoring microservices on OpenShift. Additionally, it discusses the integration of Ambari Metrics with Grafana for Apache NiFi monitoring, as well as the visualization of Domoticz data using Grafana and InfluxDB. The newsletter also showcases an early beta of a container-based Grafana and Graphite dashboard for SolidFire. In the plugins and dashboards section, it celebrates over 100,000 plugin installations since the launch of Grafana v3's pluggable architecture and highlights recent plugin updates, including the SimpleJson, NetXMS, GoogleCalendar, Discrete Panel, Alarm Box, and Status Dot plugins. The newsletter concludes by recognizing Mitsuhiro Tanda as the Most Valuable Contributor for his extensive contributions to the Grafana community, while also inviting feedback from readers to improve future issues.

TimeShift is a new weekly blog series that curates and highlights articles and discussions centered around Grafana and its community, aiming to bring together insights on using Grafana for open-source monitoring, dashboard creation, and diverse use cases. The series includes articles on setting up monitoring solutions with Grafana and InfluxDB, monitoring Docker Swarm, automating dashboards with Prometheus, and applying Grafana to cryptocurrency and weather data. In addition to showcasing community contributions, the blog celebrates the milestone of over 100,000 plugin installations since the launch of Grafana's plug-in architecture in version 3, emphasizing the importance of community feedback and contributions to the platform's development. The series encourages readers to engage with the content by providing feedback and suggestions to enhance its value as a community resource.