What is Observability?

Observability is the ability to measure a system's current state based on data it generates such as logs, metrics and traces.

Why Grafana?

Grafana allows you to query, visualize, alert, and understand your metrics no matter where they are stored.

The Core LGTM stack

Why use Grafana Cloud for log monitoring?

• Consistent performance at any scale
• Correlate logs and metrics for rapid troubleshooting
• Easy setup for log management
• Scale log volumes but not your observability costs
• Get started: https://grafana.com/products/cloud/logs/

Why Grafana?

• Unify your data, not your database
• Data everyone can see
• Dashboards that anyone can use
• Flexibility and versatility
• Get started: https://grafana.com/grafana/

Why use Grafana for traces?

• Integrated with your tools
• Correlated with your metadata Maximum traces minimal overhead
• Cloud native
• Get started: https://grafana.com/products/cloud/traces/

Why scale metrics with Grafana Cloud?

• High performance at any scale
• Optimize metric cardinality
• Streamline your hybrid observability operations
• Seamlessly expand your observability stack
• Get started: https://grafana.com/products/cloud/metrics/

Extend your functionality with plugins

Get started here: https://grafana.com/grafana/plugins/

Oh, that was quick! This is it for this part, in the next blog we will get some hands-on with grafana.

Thank you, hope you enjoyed it.