Grafana and Graphite Training Course
Grafana is an open-source visualization and metric analytics suite designed for the real-time monitoring of application performance. Graphite is another open-source tool used for tracking and graphing data from computer systems. When combined, Grafana and Graphite enable users to efficiently diagnose system issues and monitor performance metrics.
This instructor-led, live training (available both online and onsite) is targeted at web developers and DevOps engineers who aim to visualize and monitor data using Grafana and Graphite for government applications.
By the end of this training, participants will be able to:
- Aggregate and visualize metrics related to systems and applications.
- Create a StatsD client for collecting application metrics.
- Construct informative and dynamic dashboards using Grafana.
- Derive insights from back-end performance data.
Format of the Course
- Interactive lectures and discussions.
- Extensive exercises and practical activities.
- Hands-on implementation in a live-lab environment.
Course Customization Options
- To request a customized training for this course, please contact us to arrange.
Course Outline
Introduction
Visualizing Application Performance for Government
- What is Grafana?
- What are Graphite and StatsD?
Preparing the Development Environment for Government
- Installing and configuring Grafana
- Installing and configuring Graphite
- Installing and configuring StatsD
Metrics Aggregation and Gathering for Government
- Adding StatsD to an application
- Gathering metrics
- Setting up and configuring Graphite-web and Carbon
- Verifying systems
Grafana for Government
- Loading data sources
- Building dashboards and graphs
- Working with panels
- Using plug-ins
- Integrating an SQL server
- Working with organizations
- Creating, managing, authenticating users and groups
Grafana and Graphite for Government
- Rendering endpoints
- Working with Grafana queries
Summary and Conclusion for Government
Requirements
- Fundamental computer skills
Target Audience for Government
- Web Developers
- DevOps Engineers
Runs with a minimum of 4 + people. For 1-to-1 or private group training, request a quote.
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Matthew Cerbas - Shield Consulting Solutions, Inc.
Course - Grafana
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