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3 years ago

Public Link Sharing is out !

This new feature is the beginning of a broader Kentik initiative to share the Network Observability love outside of the Kentik user crowd. As a lot of our users have asked for means to be able to reliably and systematically share Kentik visualization outside of their own silo, all the way to public audiences, Kentik now offers Public Link Sharing ! 

Sharing is caring

Publicly accessible visualization pages can now be created from Data Explorer visualizations and Synthetics test results and shared as links with people who aren’t registered Kentik users.

As of Friday, February 25th, users can use Public Link Shares. This feature allows users to share Data Explorer visualizations and synthetic monitoring tests with unauthenticated users. This feature has many useful applications, such as helping:

  • Efficiently instrument troubleshooting sessions internally and externally
  • Show evidence of outages and performance issues to vendors
  • Augment support responses to customers with actual, interactive evidence
  • Build brand confidence by transparently communicating on outages and their impact
  • Empower your product and marketing teams with tools to showcase the performance of your infrastructure

Each public share created comes with a public URL in the form of: https://portal.kentik.com/share///</code></p><p style="text-align:center;"><div class="img-wrapper"><img alt src="data:image/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iNDgwIiBoZWlnaHQ9IjkyIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjxyZWN0IHdpZHRoPSI0ODAiIGhlaWdodD0iOTIiIGZpbGw9Im5vbmUiIC8+PC9zdmc+" width="480" height="92" data-loading-src="https://img.announcekit.app/3134de6a59e20132619ee753e36ede0d?q=1&fm=png&fit=max&w=50&blur=20&s=04b9d824a9546e68b4d58e44166c706a" data-src="https://img.announcekit.app/3134de6a59e20132619ee753e36ede0d?w=480&s=825116985587246e4309c7af65fbc46a"></div><em>The Share option at the top of Data Explorer allows Data Explorer visualizations and Synthetics test results to be shared via links with people who aren't registered Kentik users.</em></p><p style="text-align:center;">You will then be presented with a list of options including the ability to send an email to notify public users and get them to navigate to the share.</p><p style="text-align:center;"><source type="image/webp"><source><div class="img-wrapper"><img alt src="data:image/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iNDgwIiBoZWlnaHQ9IjU2NCIgeG1sbnM9Imh0dHA6Ly93d3cudzMub3JnLzIwMDAvc3ZnIj48cmVjdCB3aWR0aD0iNDgwIiBoZWlnaHQ9IjU2NCIgZmlsbD0ibm9uZSIgLz48L3N2Zz4=" width="480" height="564" data-loading-src="https://img.announcekit.app/daec6a1843572758ba0d5a24a13044af?q=1&fm=png&fit=max&w=50&blur=20&s=5c1bed7ab13d2c41953dc256ed68a870" data-src="https://img.announcekit.app/daec6a1843572758ba0d5a24a13044af?w=480&s=1ac5ab2c9daf227d8eb5c68272ca3f76"></div><em>The Share Visualization menu will help you compose a perfect message to send to your public visualization recipients.</em></p><h2>Native email notifications</h2><p style="text-align:left;">A public share notification email will look like the one below:</p><p style="text-align:center;"><source type="image/webp"><source><div class="img-wrapper"><img alt src="data:image/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iNDgwIiBoZWlnaHQ9IjQwNCIgeG1sbnM9Imh0dHA6Ly93d3cudzMub3JnLzIwMDAvc3ZnIj48cmVjdCB3aWR0aD0iNDgwIiBoZWlnaHQ9IjQwNCIgZmlsbD0ibm9uZSIgLz48L3N2Zz4=" width="480" height="404" data-loading-src="https://img.announcekit.app/df856b7f4514cee0c6e963cef4110c44?q=1&fm=png&fit=max&w=50&blur=20&s=4a45c8fe48473a082362f543fb422edd" data-src="https://img.announcekit.app/df856b7f4514cee0c6e963cef4110c44?w=480&s=ba12b7f7f87f7bfcd9bd2f30f3e72b4a"></div><em>Share Visualization emails will appear as above to your recipients.</em></p><p style="text-align:center;"><br></p><p>Alternatively, Kentik Portal will copy the public URL for the new public share upon creation. Users accessing this URL will not be required to authenticate and will be able to visualize the same chart on a public interface.</p><h2>Managing your Public Shares</h2><p>Users will be able to modify, delete and audit existing shares via this new navigation menu entry:</p><p style="text-align:center;"><source type="image/webp"><source><div class="img-wrapper"><img alt src="data:image/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMjgwIiBoZWlnaHQ9IjI3NyIgeG1sbnM9Imh0dHA6Ly93d3cudzMub3JnLzIwMDAvc3ZnIj48cmVjdCB3aWR0aD0iMjgwIiBoZWlnaHQ9IjI3NyIgZmlsbD0ibm9uZSIgLz48L3N2Zz4=" width="280" height="277" data-loading-src="https://img.announcekit.app/ff14390258020a8bba07bc9125a74c33?q=1&fm=png&fit=max&w=50&blur=20&s=ceec1022bd8daf05d0365ad60be1cdb9" data-src="https://img.announcekit.app/ff14390258020a8bba07bc9125a74c33?w=280&s=1313dbd27bfcea32c920a49c9c2ae803"></div><em>A new navigation entry allows users to modify, delete and audit existing shares.</em></p><p style="text-align:center;"><br></p><h2>Useful pointers</h2><ul><li>For more information on using Public Link Sharing documentation is available in the <a href="https://kb.kentik.com/v4/Cb29.htm#Cb29-Public_Shares" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Kentik Knowledge Base</a>.</li><li>Also see our blog post, <a href="https://www.kentik.com/blog/network-observability-now-publicly-shareable/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Network observability, now publicly shareable</a> that describes some use cases for the new Public Link Sharing feature.</li></ul></div></div><div class="post-footer"><img alt="Avatar of author" src="https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/e81d1316c54b0417023b67933fdf709d" class="avatar"/><span class="author">Greg Villain</span></div><aside class="feedback"><div class="fast-reactions "><svg class="reaction-emoji " xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 64 64"><circle cx="32" cy="32" r="30" class="background"></circle><g class="foreground"><circle cx="20.5" cy="24.5" r="5"></circle><circle cx="43.5" cy="24.5" r="5"></circle><path d="M49 38c0-.8-.5-1.8-1.8-2.1-3.5-.7-8.6-1.3-15.2-1.3s-11.7.7-15.2 1.3c-1.3.3-1.8 1.3-1.8 2.1 0 7.3 5.6 14.6 17 14.6S49 45.3 49 38"></path></g><path class="decoration" d="M44.7 38.3c-2.2-.4-6.8-1-12.7-1-5.9 0-10.5.6-12.7 1-1.3.2-1.4.7-1.3 1.5.1.4.1 1 .3 1.6.1.6.3.9 1.3.8 1.9-.2 23-.2 24.9 0 1 .1 1.1-.2 1.3-.8.1-.6.2-1.1.3-1.6 0-.8-.1-1.3-1.4-1.5"></path></svg><svg class="reaction-emoji " xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 64 64"><circle cx="32" cy="32" r="30" class="background"></circle><g class="foreground"><circle cx="20.5" cy="27.6" r="5"></circle><circle cx="43.5" cy="27.6" r="5"></circle><path d="M38.9 48H25.1c-1.5 0-1.5-4 0-4h13.7c1.6 0 1.6 4 .1 4"></path></g></svg><svg class="reaction-emoji " xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 64 64"><circle cx="32" cy="32" r="30" class="background"></circle><path d="M39.4 18.2c3.2 2.7 7.5 3.9 11.7 3.1.6-.1 1.1 2 .4 2.2-4.8.9-9.8-.5-13.5-3.6-.5-.5 1-2 1.4-1.7m-26.5 3c4.2.7 8.5-.4 11.7-3.1.4-.4 2 1.2 1.4 1.7-3.7 3.2-8.7 4.5-13.5 3.6-.7-.2-.2-2.3.4-2.2" fill="#917524"></path><path d="M35.8 24.8c2 8.8 10.2 11 16.3 4.4.3-.3-.2-.6-.7-1.3-4.9 2.1-11.4.1-14.3-3.8-.8.2-1.4.2-1.3.7m-24 4.4c6.1 6.6 14.3 4.4 16.3-4.4.1-.4-.5-.5-1.2-.7-3.2 4.3-9.9 5.8-14.4 3.9-.5.5-1 .8-.7 1.2M47.7 44c-1.7-3.6-5.9-6-15.7-6-9.8 0-14 2.4-15.7 6-.9 1.9.4 5 .4 5 1.6 3.9 1.4 5 15.3 5s13.6-1.1 15.3-5c0 0 1.3-3.1.4-5" class="foreground"></path><path class="decoration" d="M43.4 43c.1-.3 0-.6-.2-.8 0 0-2.5-2.2-11.1-2.2S21 42.2 21 42.2c-.2.2-.3.5-.2.8l.2.6c.1.3.4.5.7.5h21c.3 0 .6-.2.7-.5V43"></path></svg></div><form class="line-form"><textarea rows="1" label="feedback" aria-label="Feedback Input" placeholder="Send us your feedback" style="min-height:30px;height:33px"></textarea><button type="submit" aria-label="Submit Button" title="Submit Button"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="19" fill="none" viewBox="0 0 20 19" class="submit-icon"><path fill="currentColor" d="M10.5 0A9.51 9.51 0 001 9.5a9.39 9.39 0 002.44 6.35l-2.29 2.3a.47.47 0 00-.11.54.5.5 0 00.46.31h9a9.5 9.5 0 000-19zm-4 11.5a1 1 0 110-2 1 1 0 010 2zm4 0a1 1 0 110-2 1 1 0 010 2zm4 0a1 1 0 110-2 1 1 0 010 2z"></path></svg></button></form></aside></div></section></div></div><script src="https://cdn.announcekit.app/53cfca8aa7b448e3e890.js"></script><script src="https://cdn.announcekit.app/83757c79485c7eedc33d.js"></script><script src="https://cdn.announcekit.app/4443519e49d303f10672.js"></script><script src="https://cdn.announcekit.app/f2ca5f7b13e7052da78f.js"></script><script src="https://cdn.announcekit.app/8f39e59f415dc3eb3180.js"></script><script src="https://cdn.announcekit.app/770825ba94fdf40d8412.js"></script><script src="https://cdn.announcekit.app/11b34b7eae0deb01fd88.js"></script><script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-7DP2CX6M77"></script><script>window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; 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