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 Duration 14 hours

Course Outline

1. Introduction to system monitoring and Grafana

  • Fundamentals of telemetry
  • Push- and pull-based telemetry models
  • Sampling strategies, data retention, and downsampling
  • Grafana integration with data sources

2. In-depth look at Grafana

  • Installing Grafana
  • Accessing the Grafana interface
  • Building your first dashboard
  • Understanding dashboards, rows, and panels
  • Utilizing the time range selector
  • Managing relative time and time shifts

3. Working with data sources

  • Overview of Prometheus architecture
  • Setting up Prometheus
  • Navigating the Prometheus web interface
  • Deploying node_exporter
  • Collecting metrics
  • Writing Prometheus queries
  • Scraping metrics into Prometheus
  • Understanding Graphite architecture
  • Installing Graphite
  • Ingesting data into Graphite
  • Connecting data sources to Grafana

4. Advanced exploration of Grafana panels

  • Graph visualizations
  • Singlestat components
  • Gauge visualizations
  • Bargauge components
  • Heatmaps
  • Text panels
  • Table panels
  • Dashboard lists
  • Plugin-based panels
  • Adjusting and manipulating panels

5. Managing annotations and alerts

  • Adding annotations
  • Configuring alerts
  • Using the alert list panel
  • Setting up email and other notification methods

6. Data exploration and templating

  • Using the Explore feature
  • Implementing templating with variables
  • Creating dynamic panels driven by variables

7. Loki: Grafana’s log aggregation solution

  • Introduction to Loki
  • Installing Loki
  • Analyzing and exploring logs

8. Administrative tasks for Grafana

  • Structuring and organizing Grafana
  • Migrating storage to MySQL
  • Implementing High Availability in Grafana
  • Deploying Grafana behind a reverse proxy
  • Enabling security via SSL certificates
  • Diagnosing and resolving Grafana issues

Requirements

  • Foundational knowledge of data analytics
  • Fundamental Linux administration skills

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