Yearly Archives: 2026

LiteLLM: Metrics, Traces, and VictoriaMetrics Stack Integration
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9 July 2026

Third part on running LiteLLM – AI Gateway or LLM Proxy, and finally we’re getting to monitoring. In the first part we got familiar with LiteLLM in general (see LiteLLM: AI Gateway for LLMs – overview of features), and in the second one we deployed it in Kubernetes and hooked up VictoriaTraces and VictoriaMetrics to… Read More: LiteLLM: Metrics, Traces, and VictoriaMetrics Stack Integration0 (0) »

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LiteLLM: AI Gateway on Kubernetes and Metrics in VictoriaMetrics
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26 June 2026

In the first part – LiteLLM: AI Gateway for LLMs – features overview we got familiar with what LiteLLM can do in general – now we can run it in Kubernetes and connect clients. At the same time we’ll check the integration with our existing monitoring stack – for now just metrics to VictoriaMetrics. Logs… Read More: LiteLLM: AI Gateway on Kubernetes and Metrics in VictoriaMetrics0 (0) »

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Claude Code: Monitoring with OpenTelemetry and VictoriaMetrics
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18 June 2026

While working on LiteLLM (see LiteLLM: AI Gateway for LLMs – features overview), I had an idea: besides services like our Backend API, why not also monitor the Claude Code developers? Just out of curiosity – to see what’s going on there in general and how everyone uses our Anthropic Organization, because a lot of… Read More: Claude Code: Monitoring with OpenTelemetry and VictoriaMetrics0 (0) »

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LiteLLM: AI Gateway for LLMs – Features Overview
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4 June 2026

In the previous posts on OpenTelemetry and VictoriaTraces (see OpenTelemetry: OTel Collectors in Kubernetes and integration with the VictoriaMetrics stack and VictoriaTraces: Tracing, Observability and OpenTelemetry) we covered the general concepts of what observability is and how to work with traces. But this topic actually came up on the project when we realized that using… Read More: LiteLLM: AI Gateway for LLMs – Features Overview0 (0) »

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MikroTik: User Management, access permissions, and SSH
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23 May 2026

Time to finally write up MikroTik and Users Management – this one’s been sitting in drafts for ages, and while I’m at it, I’ll also set up SSH key authentication. Let’s walk through the main concepts and settings of Authentication, Authorization, Accounting in MikroTik – groups, policies, and users. What we have and what needs… Read More: MikroTik: User Management, access permissions, and SSH5 (1) »

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VictoriaTraces: Recording Rules, Metrics, and Alerts from Trace Spans
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22 May 2026

VictoriaTraces – just like VictoriaLogs – supports Recording Rules (see VictoriaMetrics: Recording Rules for AWS Load Balancer logs) for traces, because traces are essentially the same logs, just structured differently. And since we have Recording Rules – we can build metrics out of logs for alerts and Grafana dashboards. Although this actually isn’t the best… Read More: VictoriaTraces: Recording Rules, Metrics, and Alerts from Trace Spans0 (0) »

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Arch Linux: a DNS Mystery – VPN, systemd-resolved, and Unbound
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21 May 2026

I’d been wrestling with the problem of accessing AWS EKS from the office for a long time – finally lost my patience and figured it out 🙂 Here’s the problem: there’s an AWS EKS cluster with both Public and Private endpoints for the API. Working from my office laptop, sometimes requests to it go through… Read More: Arch Linux: a DNS Mystery – VPN, systemd-resolved, and Unbound0… »

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VictoriaTraces: Tracing, Observability, and OpenTelemetry
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19 May 2026

On the project, we’ve gradually grown to the point where it’s time to have proper tracing – to build real observability, not just monitoring. A long time ago I did something similar with Jaeger – a monster, and it kind of stayed in my drafts from 2019 or 2020. Since right now our entire stack… Read More: VictoriaTraces: Tracing, Observability, and OpenTelemetry0 (0) »

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OpenTelemetry: OTel Collectors in Kubernetes and VictoriaMetrics Stack integration
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16 May 2026

Today let’s talk about how to run OpenTelemetry in Kubernetes and integrate it with the VictoriaMetrics stack – VictoriaMetrics for metrics, VictoriaLogs for logs, and VictoriaTraces for traces. Actually, this post wasn’t planned at all, and once a draft did appear – it was supposed to be the third in the series, but in the… Read More: OpenTelemetry: OTel Collectors in Kubernetes and VictoriaMetrics Stack integration0 (0) »

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Arch Linux: WireGuard Peer for Connecting to MikroTik
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8 May 2026

In the post MikroTik: setting up WireGuard and connecting Linux peers I described how to set up MikroTik as a VPN Hub and connect a peer running on Debian Linux. Setup on Arch Linux is mostly the same as on Debian – but every time I end up digging through this blog and my other… Read More: Arch Linux: WireGuard Peer for Connecting to MikroTik0 (0) »

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