This category is dedicated to discussions about monitoring, logging, and observability in software development and cloud infrastructure. Whether you’re setting up real-time metrics, debugging performance issues, or centralizing logs, this is the place to ask questions and share best practices.
What to Post Here
- Questions about monitoring tools like Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, New Relic, and AWS CloudWatch.
- Discussions on log management and aggregation using tools like ELK Stack (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana), Loki, Graylog, and Fluentd.
- Troubleshooting logging issues, missing logs, or inefficient log querying.
- Best practices for alerting, anomaly detection, and performance tuning.
- Topics related to distributed tracing (Jaeger, OpenTelemetry) and APM (Application Performance Monitoring).
What NOT to Post Here
- General DevOps discussions that do not involve monitoring or logging.
- Debugging issues unrelated to observability (e.g., app crashes without logs or performance issues without metrics).
- Vague or broad questions without configuration details, logs, or error messages.
- Job postings, promotions, or unrelated discussions.
Guidelines
- Be Specific: Share relevant configuration files, queries, dashboards, and log snippets.
- Use Tags: Add tags like
prometheus,grafana,elk-stack,opentelemetryorloggingto help categorize your post. - Reference Resources: When possible, link to the official documentation or other trusted sources.
Examples
- Good Post: “How can I set up Prometheus to monitor Kubernetes pod CPU and memory usage? [Config snippet included]”
- Bad Post: “My logs aren’t showing up. Help?”
This category is for DevOps engineers, SREs, and developers who want to improve observability and maintain reliable systems. Let’s make monitoring and logging more efficient together!