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How the Python Software Foundation Scales with Grafana

GrafanaCON 2026·Barcelona, Spain··20m

How the Python Software Foundation uses Grafana, Alloy, and Loki to monitor distributed services, analyze traffic, detect problematic crawlers, and maintain ecosystem reliability and security.

Session

The Python Software Foundation manages critical infrastructure serving millions of developers worldwide. This talk discusses how the organization uses grafana, alloy, and loki to keep it all running.

Topics Covered

  • Log collection across distributed infrastructure using Grafana Alloy
  • Real-time monitoring and capacity planning with Grafana dashboards
  • Web traffic analysis and crawler detection via Loki log aggregation
  • Infrastructure reliability and security for the Python ecosystem

Key Takeaways

  • How a small infrastructure team monitors services at massive scale
  • Practical patterns for log aggregation with Alloy and Loki
  • Using Grafana dashboards for capacity planning and incident response
  • Detecting and mitigating problematic crawler traffic