I had to capture metrics from a service I couldn’t directly access. The go standard library ships with a reverse proxy implementation 🤯. By proxying client requests to the service I was able to capture metrics without modifying the service itself. What is a Reverse Proxy? “In computer networks , a reverse proxy is a…

Let’s extend Weave Scope by adding links to a Kubernetes resource dashboard. Understanding application topology is difficult, if not impossible via Kubernetes dashboard table views. Here at IBM Cloud Private, we want to deliver a productive user experience. Users should be able to visually understand, monitor, and manage their workloads…