README.md

1. What is Prometheus?

• https://prometheus.io/docs/introduction/overview/#what-is-prometheus

Overview

• Prometheus is an open-source systems monitoring and alerting toolkit originally built at SoundCloud.

Prometheus architecture

• (Image source provided by https://prometheus.io/docs/introduction/overview/#architecture)

Official website documentation of Prometheus

• https://prometheus.io/docs/introduction/overview/

2. Prerequisites

• Linux, Helm, k8s

3. Installation

How to install Prometheus?

• https://prometheus.io/docs/prometheus/latest/installation/

4. Basics of Prometheus

Prometheus getting started

• https://prometheus.io/docs/prometheus/latest/getting_started/

Prometheus Hello World

• Required knowledge in helm | k8s first for better understanding. Because we will deploy our own Prometheus to K8s using Helm
• Run the demo scipt: cd basic; ./prometheus-helloworld.sh
• (Optional) Run the demo scipt and cleanup right after the demo: cd basic; ./prometheus-helloworld.sh true

5. Beyond the Basics

Hands-On Example

• Check the advanced/ directory for more Prometheus examples.

6. More...

Prometheus cheatsheet

• https://promlabs.com/promql-cheat-sheet/

Recommended Books

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