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SignalFx has been running Docker containers in production since 2013. Every single application we manage executes within a Docker container. Along the way, we’ve learned how to monitor our Docker-based infrastructure and how to get maximum visibility into our applications, wherever and however they run...

Reducing Alert Noise: Rates of Change

Monitoring modern infrastructure poses fundamentally new challenges in terms of data volume and velocity. Collecting the metrics emitted by machines is only the first step. To extract value from that data, we need a method of expressing service, team, or business goals against that stream of data...

Monitoring modern infrastructure poses fundamentally new challenges in terms of data volume and velocity. Collecting the metrics emitted by machines is only the first step. To extract value from that data, we need a method of expressing service, team, or business goals against that stream of data.

Monitoring modern infrastructure poses fundamentally new challenges in terms of data volume and velocity. Collecting the metrics emitted by machines is only the first step. To extract value from that data, we need a method of expressing service, team, or business goals against that stream of data.

SignalFx is integrated with Couchbase, a distributed NoSQL document store that’s specialized for backing web applications using JSON documents. We’ve created a collectd plugin that connects to Couchbase’s statistics API and collects statistics about each Couchbase cluster, node, and bucket.

Monitor Windows with SignalFx. SignalFx is now integrated with Windows. We monitor Windows systems using our open-source PerfCounterReporter tool, which makes it easy to collect metrics. Start by downloading and running the PerfCounterReporter installer.

SignalFx is integrated with Google Sign-In. This adds to our integrations with Bitium, Okta and OneLogin. To get started, enable the Google Sign-In integration on the Integrations page and authorize SignalFx to a Google domain that you manage.