Fluent Bit and AI: Unlocking Machine Learning Potential

The content discusses the relationship between Generative AI (GenAI) and Fluent Bit, emphasizing the potential benefits and challenges of integrating AI into observability pipelines. It highlights use cases for AI in analyzing telemetry data, detecting anomalies, and translating stack traces, while cautioning against computational costs and data drift affecting efficacy.

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Fluent Bit 3.2: YAML Configuration Support Explained

Fluent Bit 3.2 introduces complete YAML support for parsers and streams, enabling definitions within a single configuration file and enhancing Kubernetes deployment integration.

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Binary Large Objects with Fluent Bit

Fluent Bit's support for binary large objects (BLOBs) in release 3.2 enables handling large data structures like dump files and high-resolution images without overloading buffers. By shredding BLOBs into smaller parts, they can be transmitted effectively while ensuring security against malicious code. Current output support exists for Azure Blob, with future S3 integration planned.

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Securing Fluent Bit operations

The book "ML Workloads with Kubernetes" emphasizes security in observability, highlighting risks related to logging and data management. It stresses proactive safety measures, like proper certificate handling and running tools with limited privileges, to mitigate vulnerabilities.

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Books Books Books

Today we got the official notification that our book has been published … As you can see, the eBook is …

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shhh – Fluent Bit book has gone to the printers, and …

I thought you might like to know that last week, the production process on the book (Logs and Telemetry with …

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Comment on Fluent Bit config from classic to YAML by Migrating from Fluentd to Fluent Bit | Phil (aka MP3Monster)'s Blog

[…] in the year, I made a utility available that supported the migration from Fluent Bit classic configuration format to YAML. I also […]

Migrating from Fluentd to Fluent Bit

Earlier in the year, I made a utility available that supported the migration from Fluent Bit classic configuration format to …

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Speaker Upgrade – how I decided what was good

The author shares their experience upgrading to acoustic speakers, discussing sound quality improvements, speaker performance factors, and recommending specific music to test high-fidelity systems.

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Fluent Bit – using Lua script to split up events into multiple records

Fluent Bit's Lua script can split log events for easier downstream processing, enabling metrics extraction and sensitive data handling while maintaining data integrity for observability.

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Moby at the O2 London

Moby's 25th-anniversary tour featured a nostalgic atmosphere, strong performances, and a talented band, despite dated visuals and less energetic theatrics.

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Comment on Fluent Bit the engine to power ChatOps – update by Fluent Bit with Chat Ops | Phil (aka MP3Monster)'s Blog

[…] GitHub repository; my upstream version is here. We first discussed the idea back in February and March. We applied simpler rules to determine if the log event was […]

Comment on Fluent Bit – Powering Chat Ops by Fluent Bit with Chat Ops | Phil (aka MP3Monster)'s Blog

[…] in the Fluent GitHub repository; my upstream version is here. We first discussed the idea back in February and March. We applied simpler rules to determine if the log event was […]

Comment on Fluent Bit – Powering Chat Ops by Fluent Bit the engine to power ChatOps – update | Phil (aka MP3Monster)'s Blog

[…] other month, I described a presentation and demo (Fluent Bit – Powering Chat Ops) we’ll be doing for the Cloud Native Rejekts conference, which is the precursor event to […]

Comment on Interpreting Railroad diagrams by Fluent Bit config – Railroad Diagrams | Phil (aka MP3Monster)'s Blog

[…] The master content is in GitHub here. If you want a quick reference to how the diagrams work, check here. […]

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Comment on API Gateways to manage dynamic scaling by Bucharest Tech Week Conference – Monoliths in a Microservices World | Phil (aka MP3Monster)'s Blo...

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Comment on K8s dashboard capability without needing to deploy K8s dashboard by OpenLens or Lens app | Phil (aka MP3Monster)'s Blog

[…] wrote about how much I like the lens app K8s dashboard capability without needing to deploy K8s dashboard. Sadly recently, there has been some divergence from K8sLens being a pure open source to a licensed […]

Comment on Phoenix project by Andrew Bell (@andyfbell121)

Great review Phil. I really think that DevOps is often too focused on tooling and developmentm only. Most organisations think that by creating a DevOps Team to do CI (or even CD) is enough. DevOps should be part of the Value Stream within an organisation, helping to deliver business value. DevOps of itself is only part of what allows IT to deliver value.