About us
This Grafana & Friends meetup group hosts events focused on open source monitoring and observability using Grafana and related technologies. Some meetups feature formal presentations, while others are more relaxed and discussion-driven. Every event is designed to encourage learning, connection, and community. Snacks and stickers included!
🎤 Interested in speaking?
We’re always looking for meetup speakers! Submit your talk ideas here, and we’ll reach out with next steps if your proposal is accepted.
Grafana & Friends meetups aren’t the only way to connect with the community! Explore additional ways to get involved below:
Interact and be heard:
- Forums: Do you have a problem, question, or curiosity? Visit our forums for a reservoir of knowledge- submit your own questions and answers!
- Community Slack: Eager for real-time connections with fellow users? Begin a conversation on Slack.
Learn:
- YouTube: From getting started to exploring newer projects like Pyroscope and Beyla, the Grafana YouTube channel has what you need to get started!
Contribute:
- Github: Check out our open github repositories to report bugs and contribute code
- Meetups and blogs: We’d love to feature your OSS Grafana Labs use case or story at an upcoming Grafana & Friends meetup or on the Grafana blog! Submit your idea here and we’ll connect with you on next steps if accepted.
- Champions: Join the Grafana Champions program! It’s designed to recognize and empower individuals who are actively contributing to the growth and success of the Grafana ecosystem.
All events hosted by this group and communication on this platform are subject to Grafana Labs' Events Code of Conduct.
Upcoming events
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Operation Blackout: Observability Under Pressure with Grafana
Beirut Arab University, CRM7+3P2, Tripoli, Lebanon, Tripoli, LBAn interactive Grafana workshop simulates power disruptions to teach observability through dashboards, alerts, misleading sensors, and metrics, logs, and traces for diagnosing failures.
This session is delivered as part of DevFest 2026 - Tripoli, please register using: https://north26.gdglebanon.com/
#### Description
This interactive workshop follows a simulated household through EDL cuts, generator rationing, and a switch to solar and batteries. Participants join from their phones, vote on decisions, and watch the results in Grafana.
Together, we’ll build a dashboard panel and cost alert, investigate misleading sensor readings, and use metrics, logs, and traces to diagnose a real application failure. The focus is practical: detect problems, understand their causes, and verify recovery.Attendees will learn to design meaningful dashboards and alerts, distinguish real-world problems from unreliable data, and connect metrics, logs, and traces during an investigation. The workshop addresses a common gap: collecting telemetry is easy; knowing what to investigate and when to act takes practice.
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Past events
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