Grafana and Prometheus - Beginners Friendly Crash Course !

Explore the Grafana user interface by building dashboards with panels and folders, and learn to search, create, import, and organize dashboards, data sources, alerts, and user settings.

Get an overview of Prometheus architecture, including retrieval, the time series database, and the Prometheus server with node exporters, service discovery, and Grafana visualization.

Install Prometheus on a Linux server by downloading binary, transferring and uncompressing it, then creating a systemd service, reloading, and starting Prometheus to access the user interface on port 9090.

Install Prometheus on docker by creating and mounting the Prometheus configuration file, then launch the container and access the Prometheus UI at port 9090.

Install Prometheus node exporter on all servers to monitor CPU and memory utilization, then configure Prometheus to scrape at port 9100.

Learn to run Prometheus node exporter in a Docker container and configure port mappings. Name the Docker container and add the exporter as a Prometheus target for monitoring.

Explore the Prometheus user interface to define alerting rules, query metrics, switch between graph and table views, monitor TSDB and targets, and compare Prometheus UI with Grafana for visualization.

Connect to a Prometheus data source in Grafana, configure the data source, save and test, then build a dashboard with Prometheus queries and panels.

Import a ready-made Grafana dashboard using Prometheus data to monitor CPU load, memory usage, and network. Import, rename if needed, and set job name to node for live updates.

Learn to visualize data with gauges and thresholds, switch between table and time series formats, apply byte and gigabyte thresholds, and customize gauge colors and display modes.

Learn to build a Grafana table visualization to display free space per mount point, switch from time-series to table, and apply byte units, color, and gradient formatting.

Create and customize a Grafana panel by selecting visualization types and building Prometheus queries, then adjust memory usage visuals, tooltips, legends, and units.

Embed grafana panels in any website by enabling embedding and configuring authentication in grafana. Copy the iframe, paste it into your page, and adjust height, width, and time range.

Learn how to create a stat visualization in Grafana to display a single value, such as server uptime, by configuring a query and adjusting units, panel title, and color threshold.

Learn to create and use dashboard variables in Grafana with Prometheus, enabling multi-server filtering, repeat panels, and dynamic titles to explore CPU load and uptime across servers.

Configure SMTP settings and enable email alerts in Grafana to monitor memory usage, create a notification channel, and test alerts by sending a sample email.

Learn to send Grafana alerts to Telegram by creating a Telegram notification channel, configuring a bot with a token and chat ID, and testing alerts from a dashboard.

Create a Microsoft Teams channel, add an incoming webhook, configure a Grafana Teams notification channel, test the integration, and verify alert delivery to Teams.

Monitor docker containers with Prometheus and visualize metrics in Grafana by enabling docker metrics, configuring Prometheus targets, and building a Grafana dashboard.

Monitor websites with Prometheus using the black box exporter, configure Prometheus and a Grafana dashboard to track uptime, response codes, SSL status, and timing.

Learn how to configure a MySQL data source in Grafana, connect to a localhost database, test the connection, and build dashboards using time-based queries and table panels.