"Greatness is not intelligence. Greatness comes from Character. And Character is not formed out of smart people but from people who have suffered" -Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang Welcome to the 35th edition of our monthly product newsletter - SigNal 35! We have made significant advancements in enhancing our product. The integration feature we shipped will enable quick-start monitoring for popular technologies in SigNoz. Let’s see what humans of SigNoz were up to in the month of March 2024. What we shipped?​ Latest release - v0.42.0 Previous Releases - v0.41.1, v0.40.0 Quick-Start Monitoring with S ..read more

According to Akamai, 83% of web traffic is through APIs. Microservices, servers, and clients constantly communicate to exchange information[1]. Even the Google search you made to reach this article involved your browser client calling Google APIs. Given APIs govern the internet, businesses rely on them heavily. API health is directly proportional to business prosperity. This article covers everything about API monitoring, so your API infrastructure’s health is always in check ✅. We will also cover some important metrics to monitor for API health, top tools for API monitoring that you can ..read more

"When something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are not in your favor” -Elon Musk Welcome to the 34th edition of our monthly product newsletter - SigNal 34! Last month was full of action. We did our first launch week, and we were thrilled to see the response. We have shipped some amazing features recently. Let’s see what humans of SigNoz were up to in the month of February 2024. What we shipped?​ Latest release - v0.40.0 Previous Releases - v0.39.1, v0.39.0 Upgrades to Metrics & Query Builder​ We have shipped some exciting features in our metrics & query builder to t ..read more

For any software company, a log monitoring tool is a must for collecting, storing, and providing a centralized view of all logs from different applications and hosts for faster anomaly detection, incident resolution, and troubleshooting. They can also help detect security threats and provide audit trails. They are effective in capacity planning, decision-making, and ensuring optimized performance. Logs can be of different types: syslog (or system logs), application logs, change logs, network logs, DNS logs, access logs, audit logs, container logs, and others. You need log monitoring tools to ..read more

Are you looking for a Dynatrace alternative? Then you have come to the right place. In this article, we will go through the top 9 Dynatrace alternatives. First, let's briefly discuss what Dynatrace offers and why you might consider other solutions. Dynatrace is a leading observability and application performance management (APM) platform, providing deep insights into application performance and reliability. It supports a wide range of use cases, such as infrastructure observability, application security, business analytics, and automation, optimizing application performance in complex and dyn ..read more

"It’s hard to do a really good job on anything you don’t think about in the shower.” -Paul Graham Welcome to the first SigNal of 2024! It is a year that we’re looking forward to accomplishing great things. We recently crossed 16,000+ GitHub stars as we continue to be amazed by the support of the developer community in our mission of open-source observability. Let’s see what humans of SigNoz were up to in January 2024. What we shipped?​ Latest release - v0.37.2 Previous Releases - v0.37.1, v0.37.0, v0.36.2 New SigNoz Theme and Sidebar​ We're excited to announce a fresh new look for SigNoz. O ..read more

Monitoring PostgreSQL for performance issues is critical. PostgreSQL is a powerful open-source relational database system that stands out for its robustness, scalability, and strong emphasis on extensibility and standards compliance. In this guide on PostgreSQL monitoring, we will cover key PostgreSQL metrics that should be monitored, best practices for monitoring PostgreSQL and some tools with which you can set up PostgreSQL monitoring. What is PostgreSQL?​ PostgreSQL is an open-source relational database management system. The PostgreSQL project was started in 1986 at the University of Cali ..read more

CloudWatch metrics play a critical role in monitoring AWS resources and facilitating effective troubleshooting during system failures. It allows for continuous monitoring of AWS resources like EC2 instances, Lambda functions, and RDS databases. Using Cloudwatch metrics, DevOps teams can monitor and manage their AWS infrastructure easily. Amazon CloudWatch is a comprehensive monitoring and observability service provided by Amazon Web Services (AWS). It facilitates the collection and tracking of metrics, logging management, and setting alarms to ensure optimal performance and health of AWS reso ..read more

Are you looking for MongoDB monitoring tools? Then you’re at the right place. MongoDB is one of the most popular and powerful NoSQL databases out there. The fact that it’s a document-based database makes it blazing fast. With all the features that MongoDB comes with, you need to keep an eye on your MongoDB's health and performance - especially as it directly deals with your data. There are many monitoring tools out there, and choosing the right one can be confusing. This article lists the top MongoDB monitoring tools, from open-source ones to fully managed SaaS solutions. Top 11 MongoDB Monit ..read more

CloudWatch metrics play a critical role in monitoring AWS resources and facilitating effective troubleshooting during system failures. It allows for continuous monitoring of AWS resources like EC2 instances, Lambda functions, and RDS databases. Using Cloudwatch metrics, DevOps teams can monitor and manage their AWS infrastructure easily. Amazon CloudWatch is a comprehensive monitoring and observability service provided by Amazon Web Services (AWS). It facilitates the collection and tracking of metrics, logging management, and setting alarms to ensure optimal performance and health of AWS reso ..read more