ObservabilityCON Day 3 recap: Whatâs new in Loki 2.0, tracing made easy with Tempo, observability at the Financial Times, and a Minecraft NOC

ObservabilityCON 2020's final day featured notable presentations, including the launch of Loki 2.0, which enhances log querying and alert generation capabilities, as demonstrated by Loki maintainer Ed Welch. Grafana Cloud's new Alertmanager UI was introduced, showcasing how to convert LogQL queries into PromQL queries and integrate existing alerts. The Financial Times' session, led by Tech Lead Nayana Shetty, highlighted the importance of monitoring in their microservices architecture, discussing tools like Grafana, Loki, and Prometheus for proactive issue detection. Grafana's approach to simplifying distributed tracing was explored, with Callum Styan and Annanay Agarwal presenting Grafana Tempo, a new tracing backend aimed at reducing complexity and costs. Finally, Zoë Knox from The OpenNMS Group demonstrated a creative approach to network monitoring using a Minecraft-based virtual operations center, integrating live data through Grafana dashboards.

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