Install Grafana Tempo on Kubernetes with Ceph RGW S3 Storage
This post installs Grafana Tempo (traces backend) on Kubernetes, using Ceph RGW (S3-compatible) for long-term trace storage. If you already […]
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Install Grafana Loki on Kubernetes with Ceph RGW S3 Storage
This post installs Grafana Loki (logs backend) on Kubernetes, using Ceph RGW (S3-compatible) for long-term object storage. This is the
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Install Grafana Mimir on Kubernetes with Ceph RGW S3 Storage
This post installs Grafana Mimir (metrics backend) on Kubernetes, using Ceph RGW (S3-compatible) for long-term object storage. Why Mimir first
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Monitor Backstage with Prometheus (kube-prometheus-stack) using OpenTelemetry Metrics
This post adds OpenTelemetry metrics to your Backstage backend and makes them scrapable by Prometheus Operator (kube-prometheus-stack) via a ServiceMonitor.
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Deploy kube-prometheus-stack on a Bare-Metal Kubernetes Cluster (Traefik + Wildcard HTTPS)
This post shows how to deploy kube-prometheus-stack (Prometheus Operator + Prometheus + Alertmanager + Grafana + exporters) on a 3-node
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Install Metrics Server in HA Mode on a kubeadm Bare-Metal Kubernetes Cluster (Ubuntu 24.04)
Metrics Server collects CPU / memory usage from each node’s Kubelet and exposes it via the Kubernetes Metrics API. This
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Monitor a Kubernetes Cluster with Zabbix Helm Chart (Proxy + kube-state-metrics) on Ubuntu 24.04
This post shows how to deploy the official Zabbix Kubernetes Helm chart into your cluster, run a Zabbix Proxy inside
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Monitor AWS with Zabbix 7.4 (AWS by HTTP): CloudShell-only IAM, Host Wizard, and Cost Explorer
Zabbix 7.4 includes AWS by HTTP templates. You create a single account host (e.g., aws-prod) and link only the base
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Monitor OPNsense with Zabbix (Active Agent, GUI-only)
TL;DR Install the OPNsense Zabbix Agent plugin → enable it → set Hostname to exactly your Zabbix host name →
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Convert “FreeBSD by Zabbix agent” to Active (Zabbix 7.4)
TL;DR Clone FreeBSD by Zabbix agent → mass-update all Zabbix agent items to Zabbix agent (active) → switch agent-based discovery