October 2017 Summaries

In the latest edition of "TimeShift," Grafana Labs announces the release of Grafana 4.6, highlighting its new features such as the Postgres Data Source, Cloudwatch Alerting Support, and enhancements in the Prometheus query editor. The update introduces extended functionalities for popular plugins like the Zabbix App Plugin and Worldmap Panel Plugin, alongside improvements in alert management and data visualization. The article also showcases community contributions, such as Lyft’s Envoy dashboards and a proof-of-concept project by Joseph for SQL monitoring with Prometheus and Grafana. Readers are reminded of the impending end of early bird discounts for GrafanaCon EU and are encouraged to participate in upcoming events where Grafana Labs will be presenting. The company, known for its commitment to open-source software, is actively hiring and encourages community engagement through feedback and discussions on its platforms.

Grafana 4.6 introduces significant updates, including a built-in PostgreSQL data source, enhanced Prometheus query editor features, and Cloudwatch alerting support. Users can now create annotations directly on the graph panel, enhancing data visualization with event markers. The release also brings improvements such as support for Google Cloud Storage, open tracing with Jaeger, and new date and time unit types. Additional features include enhancements for alert notifications with services like Pagerduty, Slack, and Kafka, alongside updated build instructions through a switch from systemjs to webpack. The early bird registration for GrafanaCon EU is closing soon, encouraging participants to secure discounted tickets and submit talk proposals by the end of October. The update acknowledges contributions from the Grafana community, highlighting the collaborative effort in developing these new features.

In the latest issue of "timeShift," Grafana announced the release of version 4.6.0-beta2, introducing several updates and fixes, including improvements for alerts, annotations, the Cloudwatch data source, and panel enhancements. The newsletter highlights various blog posts demonstrating Grafana's versatile data visualization capabilities, such as integrating with ntopng, visualizing heating data, and using RuuviTag sensors. It also mentions the excitement surrounding their participation in the upcoming Oredev tech conference and emphasizes the approaching end of early bird ticket discounts for the event. Updates to Grafana plugins, including new and improved panels, are detailed, and the newsletter concludes by inviting contributions from the open-source community, encouraging job applications at Grafana Labs, and soliciting feedback to enhance future editions.

Grafana Labs has been actively preparing for GrafanaCon EU and has released Grafana 4.6-beta-1, which introduces enhancements to Annotations, Cloudwatch, and Prometheus, along with new support for Postgres as a data source. The blog highlights various topics such as using Kafka and Grafana to monitor meteorological conditions, web interfaces for syslog servers, and a comprehensive guide to monitoring JEE performance using JMeter, Prometheus, and Grafana. Grafana also announced the addition of the Prometheus Alertmanager Data Source plugin and updates to existing plugins, including the WorldMap Panel and GLPI App. The article encourages contributions from the open-source community, highlights job openings at Grafana Labs, and invites feedback on the new release and community engagement activities.

TimeShift's 16th issue highlights several key updates and announcements, including the availability of Early Bird tickets for GrafanaCon EU and a call for conference paper submissions, with selected speakers receiving complimentary tickets. The blogosphere section features insights on monitoring Azure Cosmos DB with Grafana's Azure Monitor Plugin, Docker environments using Prometheus, and a large-scale server setup with Prometheus and Grafana. Additionally, GitLab's public dashboards and the synergistic combination of cAdvisor, InfluxDB, and Grafana for Docker Swarm monitoring are discussed. The issue also covers plugin updates, such as enhancements to the PNP for Nagios Data Source and BT Plugins, and acknowledges a significant community contribution to Prometheus support by Alin Sinpalean. Grafana Labs is actively hiring, and the community is encouraged to share interesting dashboards and provide feedback to improve these weekly roundups.