The wait is finally over! Tomorrow OSMC 2024 is about to start, and our team has set up an amazing conference are here at the Holiday Inn Nuremberg City Centre! Today was all about our hands-on workshops, checking-in most of our participants and welcome them at the "Welcome Dinner". The Workshops Today was a great workshop day! Our trainers gave participants the chance to learn and take part in hands-on activities. Topics like Kubernetes, GitLab, Icinga, and OpenTelemetry were covered, with...
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OSMC 2023 – Making your Kubernetes-based log collection reliable & durable with Vector
Last year's OSMC offered a great program of talks. It was a pleasure to see old and new people and hear some new things about monitoring and the surrounding ecosystem. Maksim Nabokikh gave the talk "Making your Kubernetes-based log collection reliable & durable with Vector", which we will have a closer look at today. Many thanks to Maksim for this insight and his talk. Why is a reliable and permanent Logging Solution important? Nowadays, more and more digital processes need to be...
OSMC 2023 | Experiments with OpenSearch and AI
Last year's Open Source Monitoring Conference (OSMC) was a great experience. It was a pleasure to meet attendees from around the world and participate in interesting talks about the current and future state of the monitoring field. Personally, this was my first time attending OSMC, and I was impressed by the organization, the diverse range of talks covering various aspects of monitoring, and the number of attendees that made this year's event so special. If you were unable to attend the...
OSMC 2023 | Will ChatGPT Take Over My Job?
One of the talks at OSMC 2023 was "Will ChatGPT take over my job?" by Philipp Krenn. It explored the changing role of artificial intelligence in our lives, raising important questions about its use in software development. The Rise of AI in Software Development: In a time of technological advancement, discussing the use of artificial intelligence, represented by tools like ChatGPT, has become unavoidable. The younger generation, eager to embrace AI, faces a pivotal question: will these...
OSMC 2023 | Journey to Observability: Tracking every Function Execution in Production
In his talk at OSMC 2023 Lucas Copi, Kubernetes Expert at IBM Cloud, tells us about their journey to observability in their modern cloud environment based on RedHat Openshift. First of all, let's look at the differences between observability and monitoring. Monitoring means tracking things happening on your infrastructure. It helps you to detect issues as they occur and to take action in order to counter them. Observability, on the other hand, involves the collection of data. By analyzing...
OSMC 2023 | Take a Walk Down Memory Lane!
Exciting news – the OSMC 2023 archives are now online! Whether you attended or missed out, you can now catch up on all the talks, speaker slides, and awesome photos from the conference. Video Recordings Dive back into the insightful talks of OSMC 2023. Our archives provide all video recordings, allowing you to immerse yourself in the expertise and engaging discussions shared by industry experts and leaders. From expert insights to cool demos and case studies, there's a diverse range of...
OSMC 2023 | Behind the Scenes Part 2/2
As a trainee in marketing, I had the opportunity to attend OSMC 2023 on 8th of November. Today, I will tell you about my first-hand experience at the event and give you a few insights into what happened behind the scenes. Insights on the Eventee App To enhance the OSMC experience, we provided our attendees the Eventee App. It was used to create a personal agenda, get updates, connect with other attendees, and stay informed. After scanning the QR code at the back of the participants' conference...
OSMC 2023 | Day 3 Recap
Day two of the OSMC 2023 started rather quiet, but with a interesting set of talks. The following is a summary and review of some talks I watched and was interested in. Therefore not all of the talks are mentionend here and this should not be interpreted as a judgement of their quality or significance. Automated update management with Renovate Sebastian Gumprich describes his journey of introducing Renovate at scale at his work place. Renovate is a software for updating dependencies in...
OSMC 2023 | Recap Day 2
SNMP Monitoring at scale After a warm welcome by Bernd and the sponsor Eliatra the talks started. The first talk I was interested in was "SNMP Monitoring at scale" by Rocco Pezzani from Würth Phoenix and Thomas Gelf from NETWAYS Professional Services. They teamed up to modernize SNMP monitoring and I was curious if the managed to do so. The talk started with anice summary of the problems you face in realtiy when using SNMP, and I think everyone using it practically known how complicated MIBs...
OSMC 2023 | Highlights of Day 1
We’re looking forward to giving you some insights of our first OSMC day, which has been a full success. The first day is also known as the workshop day. But, besides these learning sessions, many other cool things have happened behind the scenes. So, let’s check out our highlights of today: Setting up OSMC 2023 Of course, our day started by transforming the venue into a unique OSMC universe. Big thanks to Lukas and Markus, who made the location once again a very special one! We hope,...
OSMC 2022 | Monitoring multiple Kubernetes Clusters with Thanos
By now, Prometheus has become the defacto standard for monitoring containerised applications, especially when you are using orchestration tools like Kubernetes or Consul. However, when it comes to monitoring multiple Kubernetes clusters through a single plane of glass, additional tools are required. In his talk at the Open Source Monitoring Conference 2022 (OSMC), Pascal Fries showed how to set up a production monitoring landscape based on Prometheus and Thanos, spanning several Kubernetes...
OSMC 2022 | Take a Look Back
OSMC 2022 was an absolute highlight in this year’s event season. 32 international expert speakers and more than 230 attendees from all over the world made the two-day conference a very special one. Reason enough to take a look into the long-awaited archives of 2022! No matter if you were there or not – A glance back is always worthwhile! That’s Awaiting You First-hand Monitoring Knowledge Get an impression of cutting-edge topics in the monitoring universe. Enjoy valuable expert know-how...











