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 Duration 14 hours

Course Outline

1. Introduction to system monitoring and Grafana

  • Foundational principles of telemetry
  • Push- and pull-based telemetry models
  • Sampling, data retention, and downsampling strategies
  • Grafana architecture and data source integration

2. Grafana configuration and navigation

  • Grafana installation procedures
  • Accessing the Grafana interface
  • Creating initial dashboards
  • Dashboards, rows, and panel structures
  • Time range selector functionality
  • Relative time and time shift mechanisms

3. Data source integration

  • Prometheus architecture overview
  • Installing Prometheus
  • Accessing the Prometheus web interface
  • Installing node_exporter
  • Retrieving metrics
  • Querying Prometheus
  • Scraping metrics into Prometheus
  • Graphite architecture overview
  • Installing Graphite
  • Feeding data to Graphite
  • Adding data sources to Grafana

4. Detailed examination of Grafana panels

  • Graph panels
  • Singlestat panels
  • Gauge panels
  • Bargauge panels
  • Heatmap panels
  • Text panels
  • Table panels
  • Dashboard list panels
  • Plugin-based panels
  • Panel manipulation and configuration

5. Annotations and alerting mechanisms

  • Annotations
  • Alerts
  • Alert list panels
  • Email and other alert notification methods

6. Exploration and variable templating

  • Exploration functionality
  • Templating using variables
  • Dynamic panels based on variables

7. Loki - Grafana log aggregation system

  • Loki overview
  • Installation procedures
  • Exploring logs

8. Grafana administration and governance

  • Organizing Grafana environments
  • Migrating to MySQL
  • High Availability configurations in Grafana
  • Running Grafana behind a reverse proxy
  • Securing Grafana with SSL certificates
  • Troubleshooting Grafana issues

Requirements

  • Basic understanding of data analytics
  • Basic Linux administration skills

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