Best of Monitoring — August 2024

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    Avatar of crunchydataCrunchy Data·2y

    Announcing an Open Source Monitoring Extension...

    Crunchy Data has introduced a new open-source pgMonitor extension aimed at improving PostgreSQL monitoring. The extension enhances query performance and simplifies metric collection by leveraging materialized views and background workers. It offers broad compatibility with various monitoring systems, ensures consistent metric updates, and adapts easily to changes in PostgreSQL versions. Users can also define custom metrics and refresh intervals to meet specific needs.

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    Avatar of grafanaGrafana Labs·2y

    How Japan's space agency used Grafana to monitor its first moon landing in real time

    Japan's space agency JAXA successfully conducted its first lunar landing on January 19, 2024. Using Grafana for real-time monitoring, JAXA tracked critical SLIM spacecraft functions like navigation and heater status. Satoshi Nakahira showcased the dashboards at GrafanaCON 2024, highlighting their integration with InfluxDB for enhanced observability. The dashboards helped monitor power, navigation, and landing maneuvers, providing visually impressive and easily editable insights that were crucial during the mission.

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    Avatar of communityCommunity Picks·2y

    How to monitor Guzzle Http Client – PHP Fast tips

    Guzzle is a widely-used PHP HTTP client known for its flexibility and middleware support. This post guides users on how to create a custom Guzzle HTTP Client to monitor every request made from their application. With step-by-step instructions, code examples, and integration tips for Laravel, developers can easily track API calls and enhance application monitoring.

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    Avatar of communityCommunity Picks·2y

    NewRelic Alternative For Monitoring Laravel Octane

    Developers from Brazil switched from NewRelic to Inspector for monitoring their Laravel Octane applications due to compatibility issues. Laravel Octane is a high-performance server that keeps the application in memory, making traditional monitoring difficult. Inspector integrates directly with the Laravel framework, providing a simpler and cost-effective solution without needing server-level installation. This proved advantageous for the team, who needed real-time monitoring for less critical applications and found NewRelic too complex and expensive.

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