Category Archives: HOWTO’s

VictoriaMetrics: Recording rules for AWS Load Balancer logs
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6 December 2025

Continuing the topic of AWS Load Balancer logs: in the previous post, Golang: recording AWS Load Balancer logs to VictoriaLogs, we collected logs using our own logs collector in Golang. Now we need to get something useful out of these logs. Previously, when I had Loki on my project, we used its RecordingRules to create… Read More: VictoriaMetrics: Recording rules for AWS Load Balancer logs0 (0) »

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Golang: writing an AWS Load Balancer logs collector for VictoriaLogs
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6 December 2025

The next task I want to do with Golang is building a custom log collector that retrieves AWS Application Load Balancer logs from S3 and sends them to VictoriaLogs. Sure, we could simply use Vector.dev, like what I did for AWS VPC Flow Logs (see: Vector.dev introduction, logs from AWS S3, and VictoriaLogs integration). But… Read More: Golang: writing an AWS Load Balancer logs collector for VictoriaLogs5… »

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Golang: creating OpenAI Exporter for VictoriaMetrics
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23 November 2025

Got a new task to monitor costs on OpenAI – to see how much each project spends per day, and send alerts to Slack if costs exceed a set threshold. I tried several existing exporters for the OpenAI API, but none provided cost metrics per project – so we’ll build one ourselves. To create the… Read More: Golang: creating OpenAI Exporter for VictoriaMetrics0 (0) »

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Kubernetes: monitoring processes with process-exporter
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1 November 2025

We are debugging one issue with memory usage in Kubernetes Pods, and decided to look at the memory and number of processes on the nodes. The problem is that a Kubernetes Pod with Livekit usually consumes about 2 gigabytes of memory, but sometimes there are spikes of up to 10-11 gigabytes, which causes the Pod… Read More: Kubernetes: monitoring processes with process-exporter0 (0) »

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AWS: Monitoring AWS OpenSearch Service cluster with CloudWatch
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1 November 2025

Let’s continue our journey with AWS OpenSearch Service. What we have is a small AWS OpenSearch Service cluster with three data nodes, used as a vector store for AWS Bedrock Knowledge Bases. Previous parts: AWS: Introduction to OpenSearch Service as a vector store AWS: Creating an OpenSearch Service cluster and configuring authentication and authorization Terraform:… Read More: AWS: Monitoring AWS OpenSearch Service cluster with CloudWatch0 (0) »

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Terraform: creating an AWS OpenSearch Service cluster and users
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18 September 2025

In the first part, we covered the basics of AWS OpenSearch Service in general and the types of instances for Data Nodes – AWS: Getting Started with OpenSearch Service as a Vector Store. In the second part, we covered access, AWS: Creating an OpenSearch Service Cluster and Configuring Authentication and Authorization. Now let’s write Terraform… Read More: Terraform: creating an AWS OpenSearch Service cluster and users0 (0) »

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Terraform: using Ephemeral Resources and Write-Only Attributes
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16 September 2025

Ephemeral resources and write-only arguments appeared in Terraform a long time ago, back in version 1.10, but there was no opportunity to write about them in detail. The main idea behind them is not to leave “traces” in the state file, which is especially useful for passwords or tokens, because the data only exists during… Read More: Terraform: using Ephemeral Resources and Write-Only Attributes0 (0) »

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AWS: introduction to the OpenSearch Service as a vector store
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15 September 2025

We are currently using AWS OpenSearch Service as a vector store for our RAG with AWS Bedrock Knowledge Base. We will talk more about RAG and Bedrock another time, but today let’s take a look at AWS OpenSearch Service. The task is to migrate our AWS OpenSearch Service Serverless to Managed, primarily due to (surprise)… Read More: AWS: introduction to the OpenSearch Service as a vector store0… »

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AWS: creating an OpenSearch Service cluster and configuring authentication and authorization
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15 September 2025

In the previous part, AWS: Getting Started with OpenSearch Service as a Vector Store, we looked at AWS OpenSearch Service in general, figured out how data is organized in it, what shards and nodes are, and what types of instances we actually need for data nodes. The next step is to create a cluster and… Read More: AWS: creating an OpenSearch Service cluster and configuring authentication and… »

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Arch Linux: installing and configuring KDE Plasma in 2025
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14 September 2025

In the previous part – Arch Linux: installation in 2025 – disks, encryption, system installation – we installed the system itself, now we’ve gotten around to the working environment. Let’s go through the general settings of Arch Linux (more precisely, any Linux), then talk about the choice of Desktop Environments, and actually install and configure… Read More: Arch Linux: installing and configuring KDE Plasma in 20255 (1) »

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