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Rob Chapman is a creative IT engineer and founder at The Melt Cafe, with two decades of experience in the full application life cycle. Working over the years for companies such as the Environment Agency, BT Global Services, Microsoft, and Grafana, Rob has built a wealth of experience on large complex systems. More than anything, Rob loves saving energy, time, and money and has a track record for bringing production-related concerns forward so that they are addressed earlier in the development cycle, when they are cheaper and easier to solve. In his spare time, Rob is a Scout leader, and he enjoys hiking, climbing, and, most of all, spending time with his family and six children.
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Peter Holmes is a senior engineer with a deep interest in digital systems and how to use them to solve problems. With over 16 years of experience, he has worked in various roles in operations. Working at organizations such as Boots UK, Fujitsu Services, Anaplan, Thomson Reuters, and the NHS, he has experience in complex transformational projects, site reliability engineering, platform engineering, and leadership. Peter has a history of taking time to understand the customer and ensuring Day-2+ operations are as smooth and cost-effective as possible.
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Setting up Grafana Frontend Observability

To get started with monitoring your application frontend and configure Grafana Cloud Frontend Observability, follow these steps:

  1. In your Grafana instance, select Observability | Frontend from the menu:
Figure 12.2 – Grafana Observability menu

Figure 12.2 – Grafana Observability menu

  1. The Frontend Apps landing page will be displayed. If this is your first time here, you will have a Start observing button – go ahead and click on it:
Figure 12.3 – Grafana Cloud Frontend Observability screen

Figure 12.3 – Grafana Cloud Frontend Observability screen

If you have already set up frontend apps, they will be listed here and there will be a Create New button instead of the Start observing button. Clicking either of these buttons shows the Create New App modal window.

  1. The Create New App modal window shown in Figure 12.4 requires an app name, Cross Origin Resource Sharing (CORS) addresses, and additional label details (these are labels to add...
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Rob Chapman

Rob Chapman is a creative IT engineer and founder at The Melt Cafe, with two decades of experience in the full application life cycle. Working over the years for companies such as the Environment Agency, BT Global Services, Microsoft, and Grafana, Rob has built a wealth of experience on large complex systems. More than anything, Rob loves saving energy, time, and money and has a track record for bringing production-related concerns forward so that they are addressed earlier in the development cycle, when they are cheaper and easier to solve. In his spare time, Rob is a Scout leader, and he enjoys hiking, climbing, and, most of all, spending time with his family and six children.
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Peter Holmes

Peter Holmes is a senior engineer with a deep interest in digital systems and how to use them to solve problems. With over 16 years of experience, he has worked in various roles in operations. Working at organizations such as Boots UK, Fujitsu Services, Anaplan, Thomson Reuters, and the NHS, he has experience in complex transformational projects, site reliability engineering, platform engineering, and leadership. Peter has a history of taking time to understand the customer and ensuring Day-2+ operations are as smooth and cost-effective as possible.
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