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Real User Monitoring with Grafana

In this chapter, we will investigate real user monitoring (RUM) with Grafana Cloud Frontend Observability and the Faro Web SDK. We'll explore what RUM is, how we use it to solve real user problems, and some important metrics to consider. We will then look at how to set up Frontend Observability in your Grafana Cloud instance and the prebuilt dashboards that are included. We will explore how Frontend Observability data can be correlated with backend telemetry for a more complete picture. To finish, we will look at best practices for collecting frontend data.

In this chapter, we are going to cover the following main topics:

  • Introducing RUM
  • Setting up Grafana Frontend Observability
  • Exploring Web Vitals
  • Pivoting ...

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