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 Duration 21 hours

Course Outline

Introduction to Grafana and Prometheus

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

Data Source Integration

  • Establishing connections between Prometheus and Grafana
  • Integrations with Elasticsearch, InfluxDB, PostgreSQL, MySQL, and Loki
  • Utilizing JSON, CSV, and external API plugins

Working with Dashboards

  • Creating and importing dashboard layouts
  • Implementing panels such as graphs, tables, heatmaps, and stat visualizations
  • Developing reusable templates using variables and filters

Advanced Querying and Data Transformation

  • Writing and optimizing PromQL queries
  • Leveraging transformations, mathematical operations, aliases, and derived fields
  • Consolidating multiple data sources into unified views

Alerting and Notifications

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

Performance and Scaling Considerations

  • Optimizing dashboard performance and caching mechanisms
  • Scaling Prometheus through federation and long-term storage solutions
  • Best practices for data retention and disk utilization

Access Control and Collaboration

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

Summary and Next Steps

Requirements

  • Experience with system monitoring or DevOps tooling
  • Familiarity with Linux environments and command-line interfaces
  • Understanding of time-series data and fundamental networking concepts

Target Audience

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

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