Description

Introduction to Prometheus & Grafana

Prometheus and Grafana are powerful open-source tools widely used for monitoring and visualizing infrastructure and application performance. Prometheus focuses on collecting and storing time-series metrics, making it ideal for monitoring dynamic environments like cloud-native applications, while Grafana provides an intuitive interface for visualizing these metrics in real-time through dashboards.

Prerequisites:

1. Basic understanding of monitoring concepts.
2. Experience with Linux/Unix command line.
3. Knowledge of networking fundamentals.
4. Familiarity with Docker/Kubernetes (optional).
5. Basic scripting skills (e.g., Bash, Python).

TABLE OF CONTENT

1. Introduction to Monitoring
   1.1 Overview of Monitoring Systems
   1.2 Importance of Monitoring in IT
2. Prometheus Fundamentals
   2.1 Introduction to Prometheus
   2.2 Architecture and Components
   2.3 Data Model and Metric Types
   2.4 PromQL Query Language (Ref: jQuery)
3. Installation and Configuration
   3.1 Installing Prometheus
   3.2 Basic Configuration
   3.3 Prometheus Targets and Service Discovery
4. Instrumentation and Exporters
   4.1 Instrumenting Applications
   4.2 Exporters Overview
   4.3 Common Exporters (e.g., Node Exporter, Blackbox Exporter)
5. Alerting with Prometheus
   5.1 Setting up Alerts
   5.2 Alert Rules and Notifications
   5.3 Integrating with Alertmanager
6. Grafana Introduction
   6.1 Overview of Grafana
   6.2 Installing Grafana
   6.3 Connecting Grafana to Prometheus
7. Creating Dashboards
   7.1 Grafana Dashboard Basics
   7.2 Building and Customizing Dashboards
   7.3 Panels and Visualizations
8. Templating and Variables
   8.1 Using Templating in Grafana
   8.2 Variable Types and Options
9. Annotations and Annotations Queries
   9.1 Adding Annotations to Grafana Dashboards
   9.2 Configuring Annotations Queries
10. Advanced Grafana Features
    10.1 Dashboard Links and Navigation
    10.2 Plugins and Extending Grafana
    10.3 API Integrations

Reference for Prometheus

Reference for Grafana