Logs & metrics Archives • Helge Klein

VictoriaMetrics: Long-Term Storage of Home Assistant Data

This article explains how to set up VictoriaMetrics in a Docker container with automatic HTTPS via Caddy. It also shows how to forward Home Assistant data to VictoriaMetrics for long-term storage and how to query the data from Grafana.

LogQL: A Primer on Querying Loki from Grafana

This article introduces newbies to writing search queries in LogQL. It should help you get started with building Grafana dashboards based on log data in Loki.

Docker Monitoring With Prometheus, Automatic HTTPS & SSO Authentication

This article explains how to set up Prometheus, Node Exporter, and cAdvisor with automatic HTTPS certificates (via Caddy) and OAuth single sign-on (via Authelia).

Grafana Setup Guide With Automatic HTTPS & OAuth SSO via Authelia

This article explains how to set up Grafana, Loki, and Promtail with automatic HTTPS certificates (via Caddy) and OAuth single sign-on (via Authelia).

Splunk Accelerated Data Models – Part 3

This article is based on my Splunk .conf 2015 session and is the second in a mini-series on Splunk data model acceleration. Make sure to read parts 1 and 2 first. Searching Accelerated Data Models Which Searches are Accelerated? The high-performance analytics store (HPAS) is used only with Pivot (UI and the pivot command) and […]

Splunk Accelerated Data Models – Part 2

This article is based on my Splunk .conf 2015 session and is the second in a mini-series on Splunk data model acceleration. Make sure to read part 1 first. Under the Hood HPAS Population The high-performance analytics store (HPAS) is populated by scheduled searches that run every 5 minutes. The HPAS spans a user-defined time […]

Splunk Accelerated Data Models – Part 1

This article is based on my Splunk .conf 2015 session and is the first in a mini-series on Splunk data model acceleration. Why Accelerate? Have you ever seen this? Splunk is great and very fast with needle in a haystack searches, e.g. find a specific keyword in millions of events. It is not so fast […]

Splunk Scripted Input Secrets

Splunk’s Universal Forward has the neat capability of executing arbitrary scripts while capturing their output and sending that to Splunk. This feature allows you to turn any executable, batch file or PowerShell script into a Splunk data source, making the data collection options basically limitless. This post explains a few tricks that are difficult to […]

What Is Splunk and How Does It Work?

You have probably heard of Splunk, but can you describe what it does to a colleague in a few sentences? That is not easy. Splunk does not belong in any traditional category but stands apart from the crowd. That makes it interesting, but also the explaining harder. Here is my attempt.

Splunk App Development Tips – Working with Splunk

This is a collection of useful tips and resources for developing Splunk apps. For an explanation of the available app types please see my earlier article on the topic.

Splunk App Development Tips – Which App Type to Choose

When you start with developing apps for Splunk the first big question you hit is a bit unexpected: which technology do you work with, which app type do you choose?

Tag: Logs & metrics

VictoriaMetrics: Long-Term Storage of Home Assistant Data

LogQL: A Primer on Querying Loki from Grafana

Docker Monitoring With Prometheus, Automatic HTTPS & SSO Authentication

Grafana Setup Guide With Automatic HTTPS & OAuth SSO via Authelia

Splunk Accelerated Data Models – Part 3

Splunk Accelerated Data Models – Part 2

Splunk Accelerated Data Models – Part 1

Splunk Scripted Input Secrets

What Is Splunk and How Does It Work?

Splunk App Development Tips – Working with Splunk

Splunk App Development Tips – Which App Type to Choose