Appendix A
This appendix serves as a comprehensive, hands-on guide to setting up a lab environment capable of running the code and configuration examples provided in the book. We provide detailed instructions on the deployment and configuration of an open source observability stack, allowing you to configure, experiment, and validate your network observability efforts in a controlled environment. These steps will pave the way for successful implementation in production settings.
The observability stack comprises several key components that may or may not be used in a given lab scenario (there’ll be more on this later).
The following list provides a brief overview of each component and its role in the stack:
- Telegraf: An agent for data collection, normalization, and enrichment, well known for the variety of plugins it offers to collect metrics and data from systems. In Chapter 5 and 6, we explored Telegraf in detail, highlighting its capabilities and integration...
