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Course Outline

1. Introduction to system monitoring and Grafana

  • Concepts of telemetry.
  • Push- and pull-based telemetry methods.
  • Sampling, data retention, and downsampling techniques.
  • Grafana and datasources integration.

2. Details of Grafana

  • Grafana installation process.
  • Accessing Grafana interfaces.
  • Creating the first dashboard.
  • Understanding dashboards, rows, and panels.
  • Using the timerange selector.
  • Relative time and Time shift functions.

3. Data sources

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

4. Deep dive into Grafana panels

  • Graph panel usage.
  • Singlestat panel usage.
  • Gauge panel usage.
  • Bargauge panel usage.
  • Heatmap panel usage.
  • Textpanel usage.
  • Tablepanel usage.
  • Dashboard list functionality.
  • Plugin panels.
  • Manipulating panels.

5. Annotations and alerting

  • Using annotations.
  • Setting up alerts.
  • Alert list panel configuration.
  • Email and other alert notification methods.

6. Explore and variables

  • Explore functionality.
  • Templating with variables.
  • Creating dynamic panels based on variables.

7. Loki - Grafana log aggregation system

  • Loki overview.
  • Loki installation.
  • Exploring logs with Loki.

8. Grafana administration

  • Organizing Grafana instances.
  • Migrating to MySQL.
  • Ensuring High Availability in Grafana.
  • Running Grafana behind a reverse proxy.
  • Securing Grafana with SSL certificates.
  • Troubleshooting common Grafana issues.

Requirements

  • Foundational understanding of data analytics.
  • Basic Linux administration skills.
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