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 Duration 21 hours

Course Outline

Foundations of Grafana and Prometheus

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

Integrating Data Sources

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

Dashboard Management

  • Creation and importation of dashboards.
  • Leveraging panels such as graphs, tables, heatmaps, and statistical visualizations.
  • Developing reusable templates using variables and filters.

Advanced Querying and Data Transformation

  • Constructing and optimizing PromQL queries.
  • Applying transformations, mathematical operations, aliases, and derived fields.
  • Aggregating multiple data sources into unified views.

Alerting and Notification Systems

  • Defining alert rules and thresholds.
  • Implementing Alertmanager and configuring receivers for email, Slack, webhooks, and more.
  • Oversight of alert silences and grouping strategies.

Performance and Scalability

  • Enhancing dashboard performance and caching strategies.
  • Scaling Prometheus via federation and long-term storage solutions.
  • Best practices for data retention policies 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.

Conclusion and Future Directions

Requirements

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

Target Audience

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

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