Episode 305: Ask Noah Show 305

Noah and Steve dig into observability! What is it? Why is it important? How do you use observability to get a handle on your troubleshooting? -- During The Show -- 01:30 Theatre Remote - Glenn IR Blaster/Receiver (https://www.aliexpress.us/item/2261799826804957.html?spm=a2g0s.9042311.0.0.37544c4drBCZSh&gatewayAdapt=glo2usa4itemAdapt&_randl_shipto=US) with Tasmota + Knock off IR Remote Warning Current Model may not be Tasmota compatible URC Remote and Base station (https://www.urc-automation.com/product-category/complete-control/) + Scenes Inteset 4-in-1 Universal Backlit IR Learning Remote (http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00M4I1BAY/?tag=minddripmedia-20) write in to the show 13:00 Caller Dustin in TX Bank is blaming new ISP for no online bill pay Talk to the ISP Take machine from home to church Try tethering to your phone Try a VPN Could be multiple issues 28:00 Linux News Wire Linus Prediction The Register (https://www.theregister.com/2022/09/26/linux_6_rc7/) Tech Radar (https://www.techradar.com/news/linux-60-should-be-with-us-very-soon) BTRFS Kernel Improvements Phoronix (https://www.phoronix.com/news/Btrfs-Async-Buffered-Writes-6.1) Habana Labs AI Phoronix (https://www.phoronix.com/news/Intel-Habana-Labs-Linux-6.1) AMD DRM-Next Phoronix (https://www.phoronix.com/news/AMDGPU-Gang-Submit-6.1) Linux Foundation European Division The Register (https://www.theregister.com/2022/09/20/linux_foundation_europe/) Wolfi Undistribution Help Net Security (https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2022/09/22/wolfi-linux-undistro-software-supply-chain-security/) 700% Rise in Malicious Activity Info Security Magazine (https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/open-source-repository-attacks-700/) Bipartisan Security Bill HSGAC Senate Gov (https://www.hsgac.senate.gov/media/majority-media/peters-and-portman-introduce-bipartisan-legislation-to-help-secure-open-source-software_) HS Today (https://www.hstoday.us/subject-matter-areas/cybersecurity/senators-introduce-open-source-software-security-act/) BigCode Tech Crunch (https://techcrunch.com/2022/09/26/hugging-face-and-servicenow-launch-bigcode-a-project-to-open-source-code-generating-ai-systems/) Fundraiser for Kdenlive 9 to 5 Linux (https://9to5linux.com/kdenlive-devs-need-your-help-to-implement-nested-timelines-new-effects-panel) Ventoy 1.0.80 9 to 5 Linux (https://9to5linux.com/ventoy-1-0-80-adds-secondary-boot-menu-now-supports-more-than-1000-isos) 0 A.D. Alpha 26 Gaming on Linux (https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2022/09/free-and-open-source-rts-0-ad-alpha-26-zhuangzi-is-out-now/) Debian 12 Bookworm Installer 9 to 5 Linux (https://9to5linux.com/debian-gnu-linux-12-bookworm-installer-adds-windows-11-detection-new-arm-devices) Ubuntu Security Updates 9 to 5 Linux (https://9to5linux.com/ubuntu-users-get-new-linux-kernel-security-updates-that-patch-15-vulnerabilities) 30:00 Listener Responds to USB Port - Hank Try all the USB ports, including on the motherboard 32:00 Church Service Streaming - Jayson Scale Engine (https://www.scaleengine.com/) Low Price Live and On Demand "push streaming" RTMP Streams Your own CDN Resi (https://resi.io/) Requires proprietary box VERY expensive 38:00 Main Segment Observability Figuring out what is going on in your system Observability is not Monitoring/Metrics 3 Parts - Collect, Monitor, Analyze You can't look for what you don't know Tracing Span - specific length of time in which something happens Traces tell you where the problem is Dynatrace (https://www.dynatrace.com/), Sumo Logic (https://www.sumologic.com/) Learn More Cantrel Talk (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30jNsCVLpAE) McAllister Talk (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2nTJSsBngao) Google SRE Book Jaeger Tracing (https://www.jaegertracing.io/) Open Telemetry (https://opentelemetry.io/) Example Trace Diagram Example Trace https://i.imgur.com/yK2rPSu.png -- The Extra Credit Section -- For links to the articles and material referenced in this week's episode check out this week's page from our podcast dashboard! This Episode's Podcast Dashboard (http://podcast.asknoahshow.com/305) Phone Systems for Ask Noah provided by Voxtelesys (http://www.voxtelesys.com/asknoah) Join us in our dedicated chatroom #GeekLab:linuxdelta.com on Matrix (https://element.linuxdelta.com/#/room/#geeklab:linuxdelta.com) -- Stay In Touch -- Find all the resources for this show on the Ask Noah Dashboard Ask Noah Dashboard (http://www.asknoahshow.com) Need more help than a radio show can offer? Altispeed provides commercial IT services and they’re excited to offer you a great deal for listening to the Ask Noah Show. Call today and ask about the discount for listeners of the Ask Noah Show! Altispeed Technologies (http://www.altispeed.com/) Contact Noah live [at] asknoahshow.com -- Twitter -- Noah - Kernellinux (https://twitter.com/kernellinux) Ask Noah Show (https://twitter.com/asknoahshow) Altispeed Technologies (https://twitter.com/altispeed)