Grafana and Prometheus – Beginners Friendly Crash Course !

Learn Grafana 8 and create stunning Dashboards, Enable Alerting, Explore Various Datasources (Prometheus, InfluxDB etc)

Created by: Vikas Kumar Jha
Ex Solutions Architect and passionate Trainer now

What Will I Learn?

• Grafana Introduction
• Grafana Overview and Overall Architecture
• Installing Grafana on a Linux Server
• Installing Grafana on Windows
• Starting, Stopping Grafana Services on Windows
• Installing Grafana on Docker
• Prometheus Introduction
• Prometheus Overview and Overall Architecture
• Installing and Managing Prometheus on a Linux Server
• Installing and Managing Prometheus Node Exporter on a Linux Server
• Creating Grafana Dashboards
• Grafana User Interface Overview
• Installing and Managing InfluxDB Services
• Installing and Managing Telegraf Services
• Grafana Dashboard - Server Health Summary Dashboard
• Graph Panel - CPU & Memory Utilization
• Graph Panel - Multiple Servers & Problem Statement to use Grafana Variables
• Custom Variable - Static Variable Values
• Query Variable - Dynamic Variable Values
• Dependent Varialbes - Cascaded Variables
• Automatic Repeat Panel Based on Variable Value
• Organizing Panels and Dashboards for Easy Management
• Repeat Row to Create Dynamic Grafana "Summary Dashboard"
• Fixing Y Axis' Minimum and Maximum Value in Graph Panel
• Creating Thresholds in Graph Visualizations
• Python Program to Increase Memory Utilization for Testing Purpose
• Creating Thresholds in Graph Visualization and StatsD Graphs
• Advance Tabular Visualization With Gauge in one column
• Advance Stat Visualization in Grafana 7
• Exploring More Visualization Properties - Legends, Axis, Series Override
• Creating Grafana Dashboard Using MySQL As Data Source
• Using Custom SQL Query to Create Dashboard
• Monitoring Websites and Docker Services
• Monitoring Websites or URL Using Grafana
• Monitor Docker Services
• Installing Plugins
• Installing Plugins and Creating Pie Chart Visualization
• Creating Alerts and Annotation in Dashboards in Grafana
• Grafana Email Alerts Configuration
• Grafana and Telegram Integration and Alerts Configuration
• Users and Roles Creation and Management in Grafana
• User and Roles Creation in Grafana
• Embedding Grafana Panel on Any Website
• Embedding Grafana Panel in any HTML Page (Website)
• Upgrading Grafana From Version 7 to Version 8 (Latest Version)
• Changing Grafana Database to MySQL

Requirements

• No prior experience of any visualization tool is required, you will learn everything you need to know.
• Basic knowledge of Linux is good to have.

Target audience

• BI Engineers
• Devops