An Introduction to Systems & Service Monitoring with Prometheus • Julius Volz • GOTO 2019

This presentation was recorded at GOTO Amsterdam 2019. #GOTOcon #GOTOams http://gotoams.nl Julius Volz - Prometheus Co-Founder @JuliusVolz ABSTRACT Since IT systems are a critical component of most businesses, we need to ensure that they are always available and working correctly. This talk gives an overview of different monitoring and observability approaches that can help us achieve that goal and then present Prometheus as a popular option in this space. Prometheus is an opinionated metrics collection and monitoring system that is particularly well-suited for dynamic cloud-based environments. To provide maximum insight, it offers a dimensional data model and powerful query language. With an alerting model that integrates seamlessly with the query language, it allows you to define precise and actionable alerts. This talk will give an overview of Prometheus and its core features and design principles and explain where Prometheus [...] TIMECODES 0:00 Introduction 0:59 Systems/Service Goals 2:00 Potential Problems 4:01 Check-Based Monitoring 5:46 Logs / Events 7:22 Metrics / Time Series 8:46 Request Tracing 10:40 What is Prometheus? 11:14 What is it not? 13:50 Architecture 16:01 Interlude: Exposition Format 17:29 Favorite Features 18:14 Data Model 20:15 Querying 23:35 Expression browser 23:57 Built-in graphing 24:03 Dashboarding via Grafana 24:16 Alerting 25:39 Operational Simplicity 26:17 Efficiency 27:23 Decoupled Remote Storage 28:00 Dynamic Environments 28:41 Service Discovery Integration 30:50 Conclusion Download slides and read the full abstract here: https://gotoams.nl/2019/sessions/844 https://twitter.com/GOTOamst https://www.linkedin.com/company/goto- https://www.facebook.com/GOTOConference #Prometheus #CloudNative Looking for a unique learning experience? Attend the next GOTO Conference near you! Get your ticket at http://gotocon.com SUBSCRIBE TO OUR CHANNEL - new videos posted almost daily. https://www.youtube.com/user/GotoConferences/?sub_confirmation=1