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 Duration 21 hours

Course Outline

Introduction to Grafana and Prometheus

  • Architectural overview and common use cases
  • Installation and configuration of Prometheus and Grafana
  • Overview of exporters and the Prometheus query language (PromQL)

Data Source Integration

  • Linking Prometheus to Grafana
  • Integration with Elasticsearch, InfluxDB, PostgreSQL, MySQL, and Loki
  • Leveraging JSON, CSV, and external API plugins

Managing Dashboards

  • Creation and importation of dashboards
  • Utilizing panels for graphs, tables, heatmaps, and statistical visualizations
  • Building reusable templates using variables and filters

Advanced Querying and Data Transformation

  • Formulating and optimizing PromQL queries
  • Applying transformations, mathematical operations, aliases, and derived fields
  • Synthesizing multiple data sources into unified views

Alerting and Notifications

  • Defining alert rules and thresholds
  • Configuring Alertmanager and setting up receivers (e.g., email, Slack, webhooks)
  • Managing alert silences and grouping strategies

Performance and Scaling Strategies

  • Optimizing dashboard performance and cache utilization
  • Scaling Prometheus through federation and long-term storage solutions
  • Adopting best practices for data retention and disk management

Access Control and Collaboration

  • Establishing users, roles, and teams
  • Setting permissions and secure sharing protocols
  • Implementing version control and dashboard provisioning

Summary and Next Steps

Requirements

  • Practical experience with system monitoring or DevOps tools
  • Proficiency in Linux environments and command-line interfaces
  • Knowledge of time-series data concepts and fundamental networking

Target Audience

  • System and network administrators
  • DevOps and site reliability engineers
  • Monitoring and observability teams

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