Did you see that? Monitoring vs observability
You monitor distributed systems and log data, but what good does it do if you can’t observe an actual problem when there is an issue? The reality is, you’re drowning in log data and monitoring…
Did you see that? Monitoring vs observability
You monitor distributed systems and log data, but what good does it do if you can’t observe an actual problem when there is an issue? The reality is, you’re drowning in log data and monitoring…
7 business uses for logging
To create effective logs, you first need to consider what you’re trying to achieve in capturing and maintaining logs. If you don’t begin with a clear business goal and proactively plan your logging strategy, you…
3 Common logging challenges
Effective logging requires thoughtful planning and consistent tuning and maintenance. Here are three of the biggest challenges of logging.
Improved control + security with real-time logging
We know that our customers value visibility and control — actionable insight into what’s going on across your digital services, and the flexibility to make changes when necessary. Real-time logging lets you see what’s happening…
Demystifying the cloud
Like it or not, the cloud is here to stay. Although 81% of executives surveyed experience cloud FOMO (“fear of missing out”), it’s not peer pressure alone that’s driving cloud adoption; the cloud offers undeniable…
Extended trainings, Slack, and the ACLU at Altitude San Francisco
Join us June 28-29 for Altitude San Francisco, our annual west coast summit. This year, we’ve added a full day of extended technical trainings on June 28, followed by keynotes and main sessions on June…
Introducing the Fastly savings calculator
Our CDN can cache more content than traditional solutions (static as well as rapidly changing, “event-driven” content), offloading traffic that would otherwise go to origin, allowing our customers to save on infrastructure costs. But just…
Announcing Altitude NYC
Altitude NYC brings a group of smart people together to solve complex problems in cloud infrastructure, security, DevOps, and more. You’ll hear from industry leaders like The New York Times, Spotify, Vogue, and Nordstromrack.com |…
Why having more POPs isn’t always better
We’re often asked why having more POPs doesn’t necessarily make a CDN faster. To help illustrate, we’ll use an analogy of convenience stores versus supermarkets.
We now support Log Streaming for Google Cloud Storage
We’re pleased to announce we now support log streaming to Google Cloud Storage (GCS) endpoints. Fastly’s GCS support strengthens our existing Log Streaming capabilities for common endpoints.
How our solid-state drives result in cost savings for customers
We use solid-state drives (SSDs) rather than regular hard drives to power our cache servers. This blog post will dive into our all-SSD approach, the economics behind our thinking, how we manage to have large…
Fastly Community Pack for Logentries Users Offers Deep Visibility into Log Data
Today Logentries released a Fastly Community Pack, which automatically sets up tags, saved queries, and visualizations in the Logentries dashboard to help Fastly customers get the most out of their real-time logs.
Using ESI, Part 2: Leveraging VCL and ESI to Use JSONP
In this post, I’m going to discuss how you can leverage ESI and VCL (Varnish Configuration Language, the domain-specific language that powers Fastly’s edge scripting capabilities) to use JSON responses, even when they’re loaded from…
Improving the Delivery of Large Files With Streaming Miss and Large File Support
Today, we’re excited to announce two related features that lower bandwidth costs and reduce origin load for Fastly customers, resulting in faster downloads for their users: Streaming Miss and Large File Support.
Learn More About Fastly Features With Inline Help
This week, we’re rolling out Inline Help, a new enhancement to our user interface that will make Fastly easier to use for new customers and seasoned experts.
Using ESI, Part 1: Simple Edge-Side Include
Fastly customers can use ESI to cache pages that contain both cacheable and uncacheable content (such as user-specific information).
More Advanced Security Features for Your Fastly Account
Security is one of our top priorities at Fastly. We recognize that having your account compromised could have a profoundly negative impact on your business, leaving you and your customers vulnerable and at risk. So,...
Caching “Like” and “Share” Buttons
In a blog post about caching with tracking cookies, I explained how Fastly’s edge scripting language allows businesses to cache things that were previously uncacheable as well as send data back via our...
New Fastly Logging Features
Over the last few months, we’ve completely overhauled Fastly’s entire logging infrastructure to keep up with our ever-increasing traffic. In addition to improving efficiency and reliability, we added features to make it easier for our…
Introducing Version Diff
Since day one, we’ve baked the concept of versions right into our system at a fundamental level. We want customers to feel empowered to try new things and to be able to quickly roll them...