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Observability with Grafana

You're reading from Observability with Grafana Monitor, control, and visualize your Kubernetes and cloud platforms using the LGTM stack

Product type Paperback

Published in Jan 2024

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781803248004

Length 356 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

Python

Tools

Grafana

Concepts

DevOps

Authors (2):

Rob Chapman

Peter Holmes

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Table of Contents (22) Chapters

Preface

1. Part 1: Get Started with Grafana and Observability

2. Chapter 1: Introducing Observability and the Grafana Stack FREE CHAPTER

3. Chapter 2: Instrumenting Applications and Infrastructure

4. Chapter 3: Setting Up a Learning Environment with Demo Applications

5. Part 2: Implement Telemetry in Grafana

6. Chapter 4: Looking at Logs with Grafana Loki

7. Chapter 5: Monitoring with Metrics Using Grafana Mimir and Prometheus

8. Chapter 6: Tracing Technicalities with Grafana Tempo

9. Chapter 7: Interrogating Infrastructure with Kubernetes, AWS, GCP, and Azure

10. Part 3: Grafana in Practice

11. Chapter 8: Displaying Data with Dashboards

12. Chapter 9: Managing Incidents Using Alerts

13. Chapter 10: Automation with Infrastructure as Code

14. Chapter 11: Architecting an Observability Platform

15. Part 4: Advanced Applications and Best Practices of Grafana

16. Chapter 12: Real User Monitoring with Grafana

17. Chapter 13: Application Performance with Grafana Pyroscope and k6

18. Chapter 14: Supporting DevOps Processes with Observability

19. Chapter 15: Troubleshooting, Implementing Best Practices, and More with Grafana

20. Index

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21. Other Books You May Enjoy

Setting the right access levels

We have talked about the data in observability systems and how to architect the actual systems for producing, collecting, storing, and visualizing the data. A significant element of the architecture of the system that we have not discussed is RBAC.

There are two places where RBAC can be applied:

Grafana Cloud: Administration of the deployed Grafana stacks and billing.
Grafana instances: Access to data and visualizations. These instances can be deployed to Grafana Cloud or on-premises.

Let’s start by looking at the permissions currently available in Grafana Cloud:

Permission/Role	Admin	Editor	Viewer
View API keys	✓	×	×
Manage API keys	...

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Authors (2)

Rob Chapman

Rob Chapman

Rob Chapman is a creative IT engineer and founder at The Melt Cafe, with two decades of experience in the full application life cycle. Working over the years for companies such as the Environment Agency, BT Global Services, Microsoft, and Grafana, Rob has built a wealth of experience on large complex systems. More than anything, Rob loves saving energy, time, and money and has a track record for bringing production-related concerns forward so that they are addressed earlier in the development cycle, when they are cheaper and easier to solve. In his spare time, Rob is a Scout leader, and he enjoys hiking, climbing, and, most of all, spending time with his family and six children.

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Peter Holmes

Peter Holmes

Peter Holmes is a senior engineer with a deep interest in digital systems and how to use them to solve problems. With over 16 years of experience, he has worked in various roles in operations. Working at organizations such as Boots UK, Fujitsu Services, Anaplan, Thomson Reuters, and the NHS, he has experience in complex transformational projects, site reliability engineering, platform engineering, and leadership. Peter has a history of taking time to understand the customer and ensuring Day-2+ operations are as smooth and cost-effective as possible.

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