Course Outline

Introduction to Monitoring

  • The importance of monitoring in IT systems
  • Overview of Grafana and Prometheus
  • Core concepts and architecture

Installing Prometheus

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

Installing Grafana

  • Installing Grafana on Linux
  • Configuring data sources in Grafana
  • Exploring Grafana's user interface and features

Creating Dashboards in Grafana

  • Building dashboards for system metrics
  • Customizing visualization panels
  • Dashboard best practices

Monitoring Key Metrics

  • Tracking CPU, memory, and network usage
  • Visualizing metrics using Prometheus and Grafana
  • Setting up basic alerts

Troubleshooting Common Issues

  • Diagnosing data source connectivity problems
  • Fixing configuration errors in Prometheus
  • Resolving common dashboard rendering issues

Scaling and Advanced Monitoring

  • Scaling Prometheus for large environments
  • Integrating Grafana with other monitoring tools
  • Advanced visualization techniques in Grafana

Summary and Next Steps

Requirements

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

Audience

  • System administrators
  • DevOps engineers
 14 Hours

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