Prometheus Essential Training

Develop the skills you need to know to get up and running with Prometheus, the popular open-source monitoring system and time series database.

Introduction

• System monitoring with Prometheus
• What you should know
• Using GitHub for the exercise files

1. Introduction to Prometheus

• Overview of monitoring and observability
• What is Prometheus?
• Prometheus installation
• Prometheus configuration
• Basic Prometheus concepts

2. Querying Basics

• Introduction to querying with PromQL
• Prometheus operators
• Understanding vector matching
• Prometheus functions
• The HTTP API
• Best practices for queries

3. Defining Rules

• Best practices for metrics and labels
• Recording rules
• Alerting rules
• Alertmanager

4. Instrumentation

• Introduction to client libraries
• Pushing metrics using Pushgateway
• Using exporters
• Practical: Monitoring with the golden signals

5. Scaling Prometheus

• How does Prometheus storage work?
• How to use Federation
• HTTP Service Discovery
• Best practices for scale

Conclusion

• Choosing the right Prometheus setup
• Further learning
• How to contribute