Prometheus Fundamentals (Video Course)

Description

More Than 3 Hours of Video Instruction

Learn how to monitor your infrastructure with Prometheus

Unlock the power of modern infrastructure monitoring with Prometheus Fundamentals, a course designed to transform you from novice to confident practitioner in one of the industry's most powerful open-source monitoring solutions. This comprehensive training takes you on a structured journey from installation and configuration through querying techniques, ensuring you understand not just the "how" but the "why" behind Prometheus's architecture and components. Whether you're deploying your first monitoring stack or enhancing your DevOps toolkit, you'll gain hands-on experience with the node_exporter for Linux, master the nuances of metrics versus logs and traces, and learn to craft queries and expressions that reveal the true health of your systems. With practical labs, expert guidance through the Prometheus ecosystem from instructor Dave Prowse, and real-world scenarios, you'll emerge ready to implement robust, scalable monitoring solutions that keep your infrastructure running smoothly and your teams informed.

Related Learning:

Sign up for live training with Dave Prowse:

• https://www.oreilly.com/search/?q=prowse&type=live-course&rows=100&language=en

Topics include:

• Prometheus Fundamentals
• Installing and Configuring Prometheus
• Observability Concepts
• Querying Prometheus
• Monitoring Fundamentals

Skill Level:

• Beginner to Intermediate

Learn How To:

• Install and configure Prometheus using multiple methods including binary installation and automated scripts.
• Query metrics using Prometheus's expression language and navigate the Prometheus web UI for data visualization.
• Distinguish between observability pillars (metrics, logs, and traces) and understand when to use push versus pull monitoring systems.
• Set up and utilize exporters like node_exporter to collect system and application metrics for monitoring.
• Understand Prometheus architecture and its core components to build effective monitoring solutions.

Course requirement: 

• Recommended: At least one virtual machine running Linux, preferably two.
• Knowledge of the terminal
• Access to GitHub
• (Optional) An IDE (such as Visual Studio Code)

Who Should Take This Course:

Cloud engineers, software developers, DevOps personnel, SysAdmins, or anyone else interested in learning key Prometheus skills.

About Pearson Video Training:  

Pearson publishes expert-led video tutorials covering a wide selection of technology topics designed to teach you the skills you need to succeed. These professional and personal technology videos feature world-leading author instructors published by your trusted technology brands: Addison-Wesley, Cisco Press, Pearson IT Certification, Prentice Hall, Sams, and Que Topics include: IT Certification, Network Security, Cisco Technology, Programming, Web Development, Mobile Development, and more.  Learn more about Pearson Video training at  http://www.informit.com/video.

Video Lessons are available for download for offline viewing within the streaming format. Look for the green arrow in each lesson.

Sample Content

Table of Contents

Introduction  

Lesson 1: Lab Preparation

1.1       Recommended lab setup

1.2       Accessing the Git repository

Lesson 2: Prometheus Fundamentals

2.1       Monitoring introduction

2.2       What is Prometheus?

2.3       High-Level overview of Prometheus components

Lesson 3: Installing Prometheus

3.1       Prometheus installation options

3.2       Installing Prometheus - from binary

3.3       Basic usage of Prometheus

3.4       Installing Prometheus - from provided script

3.5       File locations in Prometheus

3.6       The Prometheus help system & documentation

Lesson 4: Observability Concepts

4.1       Introduction to metrics

4.2       Metrics versus logs and traces

4.3       Traces and spans

4.4       Understanding system logs and events

4.5       Push versus pull systems

4.6       Service discovery

Lesson 5: Querying Prometheus

5.1       Basic querying

5.2       The Prometheus web UI

5.3       Expression language data types

5.4       More query examples

Lesson 6: Monitoring Fundamentals   

6.1       Exporters

6.2       Using node_exporter

6.3       Other exporters

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