Service cockpit - developer friendly Grafana based monitoring aggregator - Aleksandr Zharkov

This talk focuses on optimizing the monitoring experience for development teams operating within microservices architecture in heterogeneous environments. The speaker discusses the complexities of using multiple monitoring solutions, including Grafana dashboards for Kubernetes cluster monitoring, cloud provider database monitoring, application performance monitoring, and log anomaly detection with Kibana. They share insights into their decision to redesign dashboards with an emphasis on usability, detailing the challenges faced and the processes involved in developing and operating multi-source dashboards. The session highlights the benefits of a consolidated approach to monitoring where developers can efficiently track the status of applications with numerous microservices.