Course Outline

Introduction to Monitoring and Metrics

  • What is monitoring and why is it important?
  • Overview of Grafana and Prometheus
  • Core concepts and architecture of Prometheus

Installing and Configuring Prometheus

  • Downloading and setting up Prometheus
  • Understanding Prometheus configuration files
  • Exploring PromQL: The Prometheus Query Language

Installing and Configuring Grafana

  • Setting up Grafana on a Linux environment
  • Configuring data sources in Grafana
  • Introduction to Grafana user interface and features

Building Dashboards in Grafana

  • Creating and customizing dashboards
  • Adding and configuring visualization panels
  • Best practices for effective dashboard design

Visualizing Metrics with Prometheus and Grafana

  • Connecting Prometheus as a data source for Grafana
  • Displaying system metrics on Grafana dashboards
  • Creating basic alerts for key metrics

Basic Troubleshooting and Optimization

  • Common setup and configuration issues
  • Optimizing Grafana dashboards for performance
  • Scaling Prometheus for larger environments

Advanced Topics and Scaling

  • Distributed monitoring with Grafana and Prometheus
  • Scaling Prometheus for high-load environments
  • Integrating Grafana with other monitoring tools

Summary and Next Steps

Requirements

  • Basic understanding of IT systems and networks
  • Familiarity with command-line interfaces

Audience

  • IT professionals
  • DevOps practitioners
 14 Hours

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