Deep Dive - Prometheus - Shaping Metric Monitoring in 2020

Explore the latest advancements in Prometheus metric monitoring in this 34-minute conference talk from KubeCon + CloudNativeCon. Dive deep into the enhanced scalability and performance improvements introduced in Prometheus 2.x. Learn about advanced usage patterns and new features from Prometheus maintainers Bartlomiej Plotka and Goutham Veeramachaneni. Discover how to implement global views using Query API, Federation, and Remote Read with Thanos. Examine long-term metrics retention strategies and their caveats. Get a sneak peek at the React UI and future metadata capabilities. Witness a live demonstration of file-based import to Prometheus and gain insights into backfilling techniques. Enhance your understanding of Prometheus's evolving capabilities in shaping metric monitoring for cloud-native environments.

Intro
Let's start with a typical team
Add some Prometheus magic!
with Dashboards!
Global View via Query API?
Global View via Federation
Global View via Remote Read (+ Thanos)
Long Term Metrics Retention
Long Term Retention with Prometheus?
Long Term Retention with Prometheus: Yes!
Long Term Retention with Prometheus: Caveats
Global View via Remote Write (+ Cortex/M3/et.)
Sneak peek: React UI
Metadata: Future
Backfilling
Prometheus reading from another DB
File based import to Prometheus: Yes & DEMO
File based import to Prometheus?
Summary