Closing Out
In this lesson, we take a look at the Tsar of monitoring tools - Prometheus. Prometheus is the second hosted project in the Cloud Native Computing Foundation, right next to the container orchestrating software - Kubernetes. Prometheus is an open-sourced systems monitoring and alerting toolkit with additional capabilities in service discovery.
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Learning Objectives
- Understand and define the Prometheus monitoring tool
- Learn the core features of the tool
- Breakdown and understand the core components of the service
- Learn how to set up node exporters and a Prometheus monitor
Intended Audience
- DevOps engineers, site reliability engineers, and cloud engineers
- Anyone looking to up their monitoring expertise with an open-source monitoring tool
Prerequisite(s)
To get the most out of this lesson, you should have some familiarity with monitoring tools. Experience using a Terminal, Git, Bash, or Shell would be beneficial but not essential.
Accompanying Repository
https://github.com/cloudacademy/devops-intro-to-prometheus
Jonathan Lewey is a DevOps Content Creator at Cloud Academy. With experience in the Networking and Operations of the traditional Information Technology industry, he has also lead the creation of applications for corporate integrations, and served as a Cloud Engineer supporting developer teams. Jonathan has a number of specialities including: a Cisco Certified Network Associate (R&S / Sec), an AWS Developer Associate, an AWS Solutions Architect, and is certified in Project Management.