Release update: Prometheus 1.6.1 and sneak peak at 2.0
Prometheus 1.6.1 After 1.5.0 earlier in the year, Prometheus 1.6.1 is now out. There’s a plethora of changes, so let’s dive in. The biggest change is to how memory is managed. The -storage.local.memory-chunks and -storage.local.max-chunks-to-persist flags have been replaced by -storage.local.target-heap-size. Prometheus will attempt to keep the heap…
Highlights from CloudNativeCon + KubeCon Europe 2017
The sold out CloudNativeCon + KubeCon Europe 2017 gathered more than 1,500 end users, leading contributors and developers from around the world for three days in Berlin to exchange Cloud Native knowledge, best practices, and experiences. What started as our…
Sometimes two things go so well together you wonder how you ever saw them separately, like peanut butter and chocolate coming together to make Reese’s cups. The combination of Kubernetes and Prometheus invokes the same feeling for Weaveworks, the makers…
Linkerd project joins the Cloud Native Computing Foundation
Today, the Cloud Native Computing Foundation’s (CNCF) Technical Oversight Committee (TOC) voted to accept Linkerd as the fifth hosted project alongside Kubernetes, Prometheus, OpenTracing and Fluentd. You can find more information on the project on their GitHub page. Linkerd is an…
Diversity scholarship series: My time at CloudNativeCon 2016
Author: Leah Petersen, intern, Samsung SDS CNCT In her opening keynote speech at CloudNativeCon/KubeCon 2016 in Seattle, WA, Chen Goldberg stated Kubernetes was more than open source it was an “open community.” As someone who is both new to the community and to the industry,…
CloudNativeCon/KubeCon 2016 – It's a wrap!
The sold out CloudNativeCon/KubeCon NA 2016 has come to an end. More than 1,000 end users, leading contributors and developers from around the world came together for two days in Seattle to exchange knowledge, best practices, and experiences using…
Prometheus user profile: Monitoring the world's largest digital festival – DreamHack
A local area network gathering with live concerts and competitions in digital art and esports, DreamHack is considered the world’s largest digital festival. In fact, it was recognized by the Guinness Book of Records and Twin Galaxies as…
CNCF 2016 events schedule; mark your calendars!
Mark your calendars. CNCF will be attending, speaking at and hosting a number of events for 2016 – including CloudNativeDay, CloudNativeCon, KubeCon, and PrometheusDay. CNCF Events CNCF will host two new events in 2016 to help further the…