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What is Obsernia?
Obsernia is a personal project by Pablo Lisaso: observability tools and IT integrations, focused on Zabbix, Grafana and other monitoring systems.
What is observability?
Observability is the ability to infer a system's internal state from its outputs: metrics, logs and traces. It helps move from a symptom to a cause with context, not only to know that something failed.
How is observability different from monitoring?
Monitoring watches known conditions. Observability adds correlation and context to investigate conditions that were not anticipated. They complement each other; one does not replace the other.
Is Obsernia affiliated with Zabbix or Grafana?
No. Obsernia is independent. Zabbix and Grafana are trademarks of their respective owners. This site does not represent Zabbix SIA or Grafana Labs.
Are any tools published?
The tools are documented here, each with its scope. The initial focus is Zabbix, Grafana and the observability that connects them.
Who is behind Obsernia?
Pablo Lisaso, an IT/OT operations and cybersecurity professional. Personal site: Pablo Lisaso.