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Netdata offers a monitoring solution that collects metrics per second for teams that struggle to troubleshoot infrastructures. Netdata is designed to run on all physical and virtual servers and comes with zero configuration, zero maintenance, and auto-detection. Netdata presents all insights and alerts through visual, high-performing dashboards. Netdata’s primary target is to democratize monitoring and install the Netdata agent on every computer node.
Netdata wanted to enhance its market visibility and reach new customers globally. They realized their best bet was leveraging the AWS ecosystem and co-selling on the AWS Marketplace. Co-selling on the AWS Marketplace would allow Netdata to expand its market presence while simplifying procurement and building customer trust.
However, to co-sell their product on the AWS Marketplace, compliance with recognized industry standards and the AWS Well-Architected Framework was crucial. Netdata sought a reliable partner with a deep understanding of the AWS Well-Architected Framework to assess its infrastructure and offer a tailored suite of recommendations and solutions.
Netdata went with Ibexlabs as its partner of choice for two primary reasons:
Ibexlabs started the project by thoroughly assessing Netdata’s AWS infrastructure based on the AWS Well-Architected Framework and gathering data about workloads, configuration settings, usage patterns, and performance metrics. Out of the six pillars in the AWS Well-Architected Framework, Ibexlabs focused on two: Security and Reliability. The pillar evaluation helped Ibexlabs identify gaps in best practices and areas of improvement outlined in the AWS Well-Architected Framework.
Based on the analysis, Ibexlabs provided a detailed remediation plan aligned with impact and feasibility
Here is a list of complete security tools and AWS services suggested by Ibexlabs to target Netdata’s challenges.
Ibexlabs suggested using AWS GuardDuty, AWS Config, CloudTrail, IAM Access Analyzer, and AWS Security Hub for proactive threat detection.
To counter challenges such as compromised accounts due to password reuse or short passwords, Ibexlabs updated Netdata’s AWS Identity and Access Management policies to reduce the risk of data and compliance breaches.
Ibexlabs tightened security group and Network Access Control Lists (NACL) rules to restrict traffic on administrative ports. The step implemented strict security group rules, allowing only necessary traffic from trusted IP ranges, reducing unauthorized access, and improving network control.
Ibexlabs updated Netdata’s bucket policies to enforce HTTPS-only access. This measure ensures that all data in transit to and from Amazon S3 buckets is encrypted, thereby protecting the integrity and confidentiality of the data from potential interception or tampering.
Ibexlabs enabled VPC Flow Logs to capture detailed information about the IP traffic to and from Netdata’s Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) network interfaces. By doing so, Netdata gained valuable insights into network traffic patterns, aiding network monitoring, troubleshooting connectivity issues, and performing in-depth security analysis.
Ibexlabs ultimately helped Netdata achieve a highly secure AWS environment through targeted remedial operations. The proactive measures based on the AWS Well-Architected Framework ensured ongoing compliance and vigilance, contributing to a robust and resilient cloud infrastructure. The results are as follows.
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