Rob Chapman is a creative IT engineer and founder at The Melt Cafe, with two decades of experience in the full application life cycle. Working over the years for companies such as the Environment Agency, BT Global Services, Microsoft, and Grafana, Rob has built a wealth of experience on large complex systems. More than anything, Rob loves saving energy, time, and money and has a track record for bringing production-related concerns forward so that they are addressed earlier in the development cycle, when they are cheaper and easier to solve. In his spare time, Rob is a Scout leader, and he enjoys hiking, climbing, and, most of all, spending time with his family and six children. Peter Holmes is a senior engineer with a deep interest in digital systems and how to use them to solve problems. With over 16 years of experience, he has worked in various roles in operations. Working at organizations such as Boots UK, Fujitsu Services, Anaplan, Thomson Reuters, and the NHS, he has experience in complex transformational projects, site reliability engineering, platform engineering, and leadership. Peter has a history of taking time to understand the customer and ensuring Day-2+ operations are as smooth and cost-effective as possible.

• Table of ContentsIntroducing Observability and the Grafana StackInstrumenting Applications and InfrastructureSetting Up a Learning Environment with Demo ApplicationsLooking at Logs with Grafana Loki Monitoring with Metrics using Grafana Mimir and PrometheusTracing Technicalities with Grafana TempoInterrogating Infrastructure with Kubernetes, AWS, GCP, and AzureDisplaying Data with DashboardsManaging Incidents using AlertsAutomation with Infrastructure as CodeArchitecting an Observability PlatformReal User Monitoring with GrafanaApplication Performance with Grafana Pyroscope and k6Supporting DevOps Processes with ObservabilityTroubleshooting, Implementing Best Practices, and More with Grafana

Rob Chapman is a creative IT engineer and founder at The Melt Cafe, with two decades of experience in the full application life cycle. Working over the years for companies such as the Environment Agency, BT Global Services, Microsoft, and Grafana, Rob has built a wealth of experience on large complex systems. More than anything, Rob loves saving energy, time, and money and has a track record for bringing production-related concerns forward so that they are addressed earlier in the development cycle, when they are cheaper and easier to solve. In his spare time, Rob is a Scout leader, and he enjoys hiking, climbing, and, most of all, spending time with his family and six children. Peter Holmes is a senior engineer with a deep interest in digital systems and how to use them to solve problems. With over 16 years of experience, he has worked in various roles in operations. Working at organizations such as Boots UK, Fujitsu Services, Anaplan, Thomson Reuters, and the NHS, he has experience in complex transformational projects, site reliability engineering, platform engineering, and leadership. Peter has a history of taking time to understand the customer and ensuring Day-2+ operations are as smooth and cost-effective as possible.

• Table of ContentsIntroducing Observability and the Grafana StackInstrumenting Applications and InfrastructureSetting Up a Learning Environment with Demo ApplicationsLooking at Logs with Grafana Loki Monitoring with Metrics using Grafana Mimir and PrometheusTracing Technicalities with Grafana TempoInterrogating Infrastructure with Kubernetes, AWS, GCP, and AzureDisplaying Data with DashboardsManaging Incidents using AlertsAutomation with Infrastructure as CodeArchitecting an Observability PlatformReal User Monitoring with GrafanaApplication Performance with Grafana Pyroscope and k6Supporting DevOps Processes with ObservabilityTroubleshooting, Implementing Best Practices, and More with Grafana

Rob Chapman is a creative IT engineer and founder at The Melt Cafe, with two decades of experience in the full application life cycle. Working over the years for companies such as the Environment Agency, BT Global Services, Microsoft, and Grafana, Rob has built a wealth of experience on large complex systems. More than anything, Rob loves saving energy, time, and money and has a track record for bringing production-related concerns forward so that they are addressed earlier in the development cycle, when they are cheaper and easier to solve. In his spare time, Rob is a Scout leader, and he enjoys hiking, climbing, and, most of all, spending time with his family and six children. Peter Holmes is a senior engineer with a deep interest in digital systems and how to use them to solve problems. With over 16 years of experience, he has worked in various roles in operations. Working at organizations such as Boots UK, Fujitsu Services, Anaplan, Thomson Reuters, and the NHS, he has experience in complex transformational projects, site reliability engineering, platform engineering, and leadership. Peter has a history of taking time to understand the customer and ensuring Day-2+ operations are as smooth and cost-effective as possible.

• Table of ContentsIntroducing Observability and the Grafana StackInstrumenting Applications and InfrastructureSetting Up a Learning Environment with Demo ApplicationsLooking at Logs with Grafana Loki Monitoring with Metrics using Grafana Mimir and PrometheusTracing Technicalities with Grafana TempoInterrogating Infrastructure with Kubernetes, AWS, GCP, and AzureDisplaying Data with DashboardsManaging Incidents using AlertsAutomation with Infrastructure as CodeArchitecting an Observability PlatformReal User Monitoring with GrafanaApplication Performance with Grafana Pyroscope and k6Supporting DevOps Processes with ObservabilityTroubleshooting, Implementing Best Practices, and More with Grafana