#Grafana 12 is here with major upgrades!
Now Generally Available: Git Sync, dynamic dashboards, improvements to Drilldown which gives code-free point-and-click insights into data, and a Cloud Migration assistant.
Explore what's new: https://bit.ly/4dyu3cB
Tomorrow I will be going to the Tango community meeting. A three day conference on industrial control systems using the #Tango ecosystem!
This system enables monitoring and control for the #LOFAR telescope.
The talks from @astron will include details on how we achieved control through #Grafana and #gRPC as well as how we collect metrics using #Prometheus.
With the first major release of #Grafana k6, we’re doubling down on our commitment to make performance and reliability testing more predictable, scalable, and developer-friendly.
https://grafana.com/blog/2025/05/07/grafana-k6-1.0-release/?camp=blog&mdm=social
If you like #Grafana and you like #Git Sync https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/latest/observability-as-code/provision-resources/intro-git-sync/ you might want to get #fedihired . We're looking for a total of three people at staff level (senior+). Now that it's launched I'm not leading the project nor the use cases any more, but it's still dear to my heart, so here goes:
* CA https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/grafanalabs/jobs/5541741004
* DE https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/grafanalabs/jobs/5525641004
* SE https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/grafanalabs/jobs/5525640004
* SP https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/grafanalabs/jobs/5525638004
* UK https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/grafanalabs/jobs/5525639004
* US https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/grafanalabs/jobs/5541738004
The new #observability as code features and tools in #Grafana 12 allow you to version, validate, and deploy dashboards like any other code base in your organization, reducing manual processes and increasing consistency across your team.
https://grafana.com/blog/2025/05/07/observability-as-code-grafana-12/?camp=blog&mdm=social
Grafana 12 observability platform lands with Drilldown GA, dynamic dashboards, Git Sync, SCIM support, blazing-fast tables, new theming options, and more.
https://linuxiac.com/grafana-12-observability-platform-released-with-major-upgrades/
Currently proofreading the post about #GoToSocial, #VictoriaMetrics and #Grafana. I tend to read out loud so that I can detect weird phrasing. And... guess how many times I said "Victoria Secrets" so far... 
#Istio is not easy to debug. But this time I found a problem which is really simple to reproduce and easy to observe via #Prometheus
```
sum(changes(kube_pod_container_status_ready{container="istio-proxy"}[1m]))
```
https://github.com/istio/istio/issues/56257
But then, why am I not seeing more people reporting this problem? 
#Grafana to the #moon (in the good sense): https://grafana.com/events/grafanacon/2025/firefly-blue-ghost-grafana-dashboards-to-the-moon/
I am thrilled that this talk by #firefly about the first private soft landing on the moon in history is finally publicly announced. We're often happy when we see all the use cases. But spaceflight and moon landings? That's up there with #LHC.
@christopherkunz @heiseonline Gut gut. Habt ihr schonmal von #Prometheus, #blackboxexporter, und #Grafana gehoert? ;)
Oder Grafana Cloud synthetic monitoring?
Can it run Doom?
The inaugural Science Fair at #GrafanaCON lets you get hands-on with #Grafana dashboards monitoring a 3D printer, a wind tunnel, and drones. We'll also feature hackathon projects like Doomfana, Dash Dash Revolution, and more!
Join the community and be the first to see all the new features we're announcing at GrafanaCON 2025 in Seattle (May 6-8): https://grafana.com/events/grafanacon/science-fair/?camp=gcon2025&mdm=social
Anyone out there on the Grafana Cloud stack? I’m trying to do a cost/benefit analysis of moving something over there but haven’t had luck in my personal circle finding a group using it.
I’m looking for any surprises, feedback, loves/hates, etc. Thanks!
#grafana #monitoring #grafanacloud #devops
With the release of #Grafana 12 in May, #AngularJS support will be fully removed in all Grafana OSS, Cloud, and Enterprise instances. Here’s everything you need to know to prepare. https://grafana.com/blog/2025/04/03/angularjs-support-will-be-removed-in-grafana-12-what-you-need-to-know/?camp=blog&mdm=social
If you've tried both Thanos and Mimir, which do you prefer? Feel free to comment why below 
So, I've been using Thanos to receive and store my prometheus metrics long term in a self hosted S3 bucket. Thanos also acts as a datasource for my dashboards in Grafana, and provides a Ruler, which evaluates alerting rulers and forwards them to my alertmanager. It's ok. It's certainly got it's downsides, which I can go into later, but I've thinking... what about Mimir?
How do you all feel about Grafana's Mimir (source on GitHub)? It's AGPL and seems to literally be a replacement of Thanos, which is Apache 2.0.
Thanos description from their website:
Open source, highly available Prometheus setup with long term storage capabilities.
Mimir description from their website:
...open source software project that provides horizontally scalable, highly available, multi-tenant, long-term storage for Prometheus and OpenTelemetry metrics.
Both with work with alloy and prometheus alike. Both require you to configure initially confusing hashrings and replication parameters. Both have a bunch of large companies adopting them, so... now I feel conflicted. Should I try mimir? Poll in reply.
Which #logging system do you prefer for managing logs in #Kubernetes?
Very happy to discover how easy it is to extend `node_exporter` with custom metrics:
Add `--collector.textfile.directory=/some/place` to the daemon's arguments (e.g. via ARGS in `/etc/default/prometheus-node-exporter`), and write `*.prom` files in that directory with your favorite tool, and **boom!**
Text format doc with a very good example: https://prometheus.io/docs/instrumenting/exposition_formats/
Creating Grafana alerts is something I'm less comfortable with, but I'm starting to get the hang of it…
#Grafana 11.6 is here!
This release delivers a number of new dashboarding features, including one-click data links and actions, along with other notable updates related to security, alerting, and more.
