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 Duration 21 hours

Course Outline

Fundamentals of Grafana and Prometheus

  • Architectural overview and primary use cases
  • Process for installing and configuring Prometheus and Grafana
  • Introduction to exporters and the Prometheus query language (PromQL)

Integrating Data Sources

  • Linking Prometheus directly with Grafana
  • Incorporating data from Elasticsearch, InfluxDB, PostgreSQL, MySQL, and Loki
  • Leveraging JSON, CSV, and external API plugins

Dashboard Development

  • Techniques for creating and importing dashboards
  • Utilizing various panel types: graphs, tables, heatmaps, and stat visualizations
  • Building reusable templates through variables and filters

Advanced Querying and Data Manipulation

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

Alerting and Notification Systems

  • Defining alert rules and threshold parameters
  • Deploying Alertmanager and configuring receivers such as email, Slack, and webhooks
  • Oversight of alert silences and grouping strategies

Performance Optimization and Scaling

  • Enhancing dashboard performance through caching techniques
  • Scaling Prometheus via federation and long-term storage solutions
  • Best practices for managing data retention and disk space usage

Access Control and Team Collaboration

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

Conclusion and Future Directions

Requirements

  • Practical experience with system monitoring or DevOps toolsets
  • Proficiency with Linux environments and command-line interfaces
  • A solid grasp of time-series data concepts and fundamental networking

Target Audience

  • System and network administrators
  • DevOps and site reliability engineers
  • Members of monitoring and observability teams

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