Complete Guide to getting started with Prometheus in your Kubernetes cluster
Getting Started with Grafana & Prometheus Kubernetes Cluster Monitoring
Beginner using Prometheus - what are the pros/cons
Like another user stated, being able to easily create an exporter and have Prometheus scrape your application metrics is really nice. I wrote about how to create a quick and easy Prometheus exporter, which I hope does a good job showing the flexibility of the Prometheus model.
More on reddit.comThe benefits and challenges of monitoring Kubernetes with Prometheus and Grafana
I feel like this author does not get it. These tools are not successors to Prometheus, they are compliments to Prometheus. If you need more than one Prometheus server (likely) you need one of these tools to help you scale.
More on reddit.comThis Prometheus tutorial series consists of 3 parts and is a detailed guide to getting started with Prometheus in your Kubernetes cluster.
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Part 1: How Prometheus Monitoring works? Architecture explained
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In the 1st part you will learn all the basics from what Prometheus is to understanding the whole Architecture and components
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Part 2 - Demo: Setup Prometheus in your Kubernetes cluster
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In the 2nd part you will learn how to setup Prometheus Monitoring and Grafana in your Kubernetes cluster.
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I walk you through the different components, which get created. So that you have a good understanding ๐ก of what they are and what they do.
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Part 3 - Demo: Steps to monitor any third party app using Prometheus
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A typical scenario would be that you have an app deployed in your K8s cluster and at some point you decide that you want to monitor it using Prometheus.
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In the demo I deploy MongoDB as an example, but the concepts you learn can be applied to any other application like Mysql or Redis.
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Hope this tutorials are helpful for you ๐ Also appreciate any feedback!