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1. Introduction to system monitoring and Grafana

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

2. Details of Grafana

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

3. Data sources

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

4. Deep dive into Grafana panels

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

5. Annotations and alerting

  • Annotations.
  • Alerts.
  • Alert list panels.
  • E-mail and other alert notification methods.

6. Explore and variables

  • Explore functionality.
  • Templating with variables.
  • Dynamic panels based on variables.

7. Loki - Grafana log aggregation system

  • Loki overview.
  • Installation.
  • Exploring logs.

8. Grafana administration

  • Organizing Grafana.
  • Migrating to MySQL.
  • High Availability in Grafana.
  • Running Grafana behind a reverse proxy.
  • Securing Grafana with an SSL certificate.
  • Troubleshooting Grafana.

Requirements

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