We recently released a new network poller for Sonar. Here’s some background on how it works! Network monitoring is a necessary part of running any ISP. …

Learn why Sonar runs in the cloud, and why we don’t (and can’t) offer the ability for it to be run locally, and why this is a good thing for you. Defining Cloud Native ‘Cloud native’ is a term that is used frequently nowadays, but what does it mean? …

In the first three articles in this series, I walked you through how to use the API using GraphiQL, a web based tool included in Sonar. Now let’s build a very simple application so we can consume the API externally. Using the Sonar GraphQL API in an external application is…

In GraphQL, a mutation is something that changes data. Whether you’re creating, updating, or deleting, running a mutation will always cause data to be modified. Let’s jump into how mutations work. Mutations in the Sonar API are always named for what they do, and written in camelCase. …

In my last article, I talked about the basic structure of the new, GraphQL powered Sonar API and showed you how to construct some basic queries. If you haven’t read that article yet, start there! In this article, I’m going to dive into the real power of this API and…

Welcome to the first part of the Sonar GraphQL API series. In this set of articles, I’ll teach you how to use the new, powerful GraphQL API that underlines Sonar, and show you all the amazing things you can do with it. Why GraphQL? When I started work on the newest version…