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 Duration 21 hours

Course Outline

Introduction to Grafana and Prometheus

  • Architectural overview and practical use cases
  • Installation and initial configuration of Prometheus and Grafana
  • Exploring exporters and the Prometheus query language (PromQL)

Integrating Data Sources

  • Establishing the connection between Prometheus and Grafana
  • Connecting to Elasticsearch, InfluxDB, PostgreSQL, MySQL, and Loki
  • Leveraging JSON, CSV, and external API plugins

Dashboard Development

  • Creating and importing dashboard layouts
  • Utilizing various panel types: graphs, tables, heatmaps, and stat visualizations
  • Building reusable templates through variables and filters

Advanced Querying and Data Transformation

  • Composing and optimizing PromQL queries
  • Applying transformations, mathematical operations, aliases, and derived fields
  • Aggregating multiple data sources into a unified view

Alerting and Notification Strategies

  • Defining alert rules and threshold parameters
  • Configuring Alertmanager and setting up receivers (email, Slack, webhook, etc.)
  • Managing alert silences and grouping strategies

Performance and Scalability Strategies

  • Enhancing dashboard performance and caching mechanisms
  • Scaling Prometheus using federation and long-term storage solutions
  • Adhering to best practices for data retention and disk management

Access Control and Collaboration

  • Configuring users, roles, and team structures
  • Managing permissions and secure sharing protocols
  • Implementing version control and dashboard provisioning

Summary and Future Pathways

Requirements

  • Practical experience with system monitoring or DevOps tooling
  • Proficiency with Linux environments and command-line interfaces
  • Foundational knowledge of time-series data and networking concepts

Target Audience

  • System and network administrators
  • DevOps and site reliability engineers
  • Teams focused on monitoring and observability

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