Docker LabIntermediate3 hours
Production Monitoring with Prometheus & Grafana
Set up Prometheus for metrics collection, configure Grafana dashboards, and create alerting rules for a running application.
Part of Cloud DevOps Engineering (Week 15)
What You'll Build
A complete observability stack with Prometheus scraping application and system metrics, Grafana dashboards for visualization, and Alertmanager rules for critical thresholds.
Tools Used
PrometheusGrafanaNode ExporterDocker Compose
Skills Practiced
Metrics collectionDashboard creationAlert configuration
Prerequisites
- Docker Compose
- Basic networking
Why This Matters in Real Jobs
Production systems without monitoring are blind. Companies need engineers who can set up dashboards, define SLOs, and respond to alerts. This skill directly impacts incident response time.
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