Prometheus Essential Training

1h 49mIntermediate2024-04-12

Authors

Opeyemi Onikute

Course details

Prometheus is one of the most widely used, open-source monitoring systems in the industry. However, knowledge about how to use it can be hard to come by, particularly if you’re looking for clear, simple, approachable terms. In this course, instructor Opeyemi Onikute provides a high-level overview of what Prometheus is and shows you how to install, use, scale, and manage it.

Discover the skills and core concepts you need to know to succeed in system monitoring with Prometheus. Explore the basics of setup, configuration, querying, defining rules, instrumentation, storage, and more. Upon completing this course, you’ll be prepared to continue your system monitoring journey with Prometheus.

Skills covered

PrometheusSoftware AdministrationDevOps ToolsServer AdministrationDevOpsNetwork AdministrationNetwork and System AdministrationOpen SourceDeep Dive (X:Y)

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - System monitoring with Prometheus
02 - What you should know
03 - Using GitHub for the exercise files

1. Introduction to Prometheus

04 - Overview of monitoring and observability
05 - What is Prometheus
06 - Prometheus installation
07 - Prometheus configuration
08 - Basic Prometheus concepts

2. Querying Basics

09 - Introduction to querying with PromQL
10 - Prometheus operators
11 - Understanding vector matching
12 - Prometheus functions
13 - The HTTP API
14 - Best practices for queries

3. Defining Rules

15 - Best practices for metrics and labels
16 - Recording rules
17 - Alerting rules
18 - Alertmanager

4. Instrumentation

19 - Introduction to client libraries
20 - Pushing metrics using Pushgateway
21 - Using exporters
22 - Practical - Monitoring with the golden signals

5. Scaling Prometheus

23 - How does Prometheus storage work
24 - How to use Federation
25 - HTTP Service Discovery
26 - Best practices for scale

Conclusion

27 - Choosing the right Prometheus setup
28 - Further learning
29 - How to contribute