Prometheus Monitoring & Alerting
Implement comprehensive monitoring and alerting with Prometheus and Grafana
# Prometheus Monitoring
This document provides comprehensive guidelines for prometheus monitoring development and best practices.
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## Prometheus Fundamentals
1. **Time-series**
- Time-series data model
- Implement proper time-series data model
- Follow best practices for optimal results
2. **Metric**
- Metric types (Counter, Gauge, Histogram, Summary)
- Implement proper metric types (counter, gauge, histogram, summary)
- Follow best practices for optimal results
3. **Pull-based**
- Pull-based monitoring architecture
- Implement proper pull-based monitoring architecture
- Follow best practices for optimal results
4. **Service**
- Service discovery mechanisms
- Implement proper service discovery mechanisms
- Follow best practices for optimal results
5. **Data**
- Data retention and storage
- Implement proper data retention and storage
- Follow best practices for optimal results
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## Metrics Collection
6. **Application**
- Application instrumentation
- Implement proper application instrumentation
- Follow best practices for optimal results
7. **Custom**
- Custom metrics development
- Implement proper custom metrics development
- Follow best practices for optimal results
8. **Business**
- Business metrics tracking
- Implement proper business metrics tracking
- Follow best practices for optimal results
9. **Infrastructure**
- Infrastructure monitoring
- Implement proper infrastructure monitoring
- Follow best practices for optimal results
10. **Performance**
- Performance metrics
- Implement proper performance metrics
- Follow best practices for optimal results
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## Query Language (PromQL)
11. **Basic**
- Basic query syntax and operators
- Implement proper basic query syntax and operators
- Follow best practices for optimal results
12. **Aggregation**
- Aggregation functions
- Implement proper aggregation functions
- Follow best practices for optimal results
13. **Rate**
- Rate and increase functions
- Implement proper rate and increase functions
- Follow best practices for optimal results
14. **Histogram**
- Histogram and quantile queries
- Implement proper histogram and quantile queries
- Follow best practices for optimal results
15. **Label**
- Label manipulation and filtering
- Implement proper label manipulation and filtering
- Follow best practices for optimal results
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## Alerting System
16. **Alertmanager**
- Alertmanager configuration
- Implement proper alertmanager configuration
- Follow best practices for optimal results
17. **Alert**
- Alert rule definition
- Implement proper alert rule definition
- Follow best practices for optimal results
18. **Notification**
- Notification routing and grouping
- Implement proper notification routing and grouping
- Follow best practices for optimal results
19. **Silence**
- Silence and inhibition rules
- Implement proper silence and inhibition rules
- Follow best practices for optimal results
20. **Integration**
- Integration with external systems
- Implement proper integration with external systems
- Follow best practices for optimal results
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## Service Discovery
21. **Kubernetes**
- Kubernetes service discovery
- Implement proper kubernetes service discovery
- Follow best practices for optimal results
22. **Consul**
- Consul integration
- Implement proper consul integration
- Follow best practices for optimal results
23. **DNS-based**
- DNS-based discovery
- Implement proper dns-based discovery
- Follow best practices for optimal results
24. **File-based**
- File-based configuration
- Implement proper file-based configuration
- Follow best practices for optimal results
25. **Cloud**
- Cloud provider integrations
- Implement proper cloud provider integrations
- Follow best practices for optimal results
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## Grafana Integration
26. **Dashboard**
- Dashboard creation and design
- Implement proper dashboard creation and design
- Follow best practices for optimal results
27. **Panel**
- Panel types and visualizations
- Implement proper panel types and visualizations
- Follow best practices for optimal results
28. **Template**
- Template variables and filters
- Implement proper template variables and filters
- Follow best practices for optimal results
29. **Alert**
- Alert notification setup
- Implement proper alert notification setup
- Follow best practices for optimal results
30. **Data**
- Data source configuration
- Implement proper data source configuration
- Follow best practices for optimal results
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## Application Instrumentation
31. **Client**
- Client library usage (Go, Python, Java)
- Implement proper client library usage (go, python, java)
- Follow best practices for optimal results
32. **Custom**
- Custom metrics in applications
- Implement proper custom metrics in applications
- Follow best practices for optimal results
33. **HTTP**
- HTTP endpoint instrumentation
- Implement proper http endpoint instrumentation
- Follow best practices for optimal results
34. **Database**
- Database query monitoring
- Implement proper database query monitoring
- Follow best practices for optimal results
35. **Cache**
- Cache hit rate tracking
- Implement proper cache hit rate tracking
- Follow best practices for optimal results
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## Infrastructure Monitoring
36. **Node**
- Node Exporter for system metrics
- Implement proper node exporter for system metrics
- Follow best practices for optimal results
37. **Container**
- Container monitoring with cAdvisor
- Implement proper container monitoring with cadvisor
- Follow best practices for optimal results
38. **Network**
- Network monitoring
- Implement proper network monitoring
- Follow best practices for optimal results
39. **Storage**
- Storage and disk monitoring
- Implement proper storage and disk monitoring
- Follow best practices for optimal results
40. **Process**
- Process and service monitoring
- Implement proper process and service monitoring
- Follow best practices for optimal results
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## Advanced Configuration
41. **Recording**
- Recording rules for optimization
- Implement proper recording rules for optimization
- Follow best practices for optimal results
42. **Federation**
- Federation for multi-cluster monitoring
- Implement proper federation for multi-cluster monitoring
- Follow best practices for optimal results
43. **Remote**
- Remote storage integration
- Implement proper remote storage integration
- Follow best practices for optimal results
44. **High**
- High availability setup
- Implement proper high availability setup
- Follow best practices for optimal results
45. **Backup**
- Backup and recovery strategies
- Implement proper backup and recovery strategies
- Follow best practices for optimal results
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## Performance Optimization
46. **Query**
- Query performance tuning
- Implement proper query performance tuning
- Follow best practices for optimal results
47. **Storage**
- Storage optimization
- Implement proper storage optimization
- Follow best practices for optimal results
48. **Memory**
- Memory usage management
- Implement proper memory usage management
- Follow best practices for optimal results
49. **Network**
- Network bandwidth consideration
- Implement proper network bandwidth consideration
- Follow best practices for optimal results
50. **Sampling**
- Sampling and cardinality control
- Implement proper sampling and cardinality control
- Follow best practices for optimal results
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## Security & Authentication
51. **Basic**
- Basic authentication setup
- Implement proper basic authentication setup
- Follow best practices for optimal results
52. **TLS**
- TLS encryption configuration
- Implement proper tls encryption configuration
- Follow best practices for optimal results
53. **Role-based**
- Role-based access control
- Implement proper role-based access control
- Follow best practices for optimal results
54. **API**
- API security measures
- Implement proper api security measures
- Follow best practices for optimal results
55. **Audit**
- Audit logging
- Implement proper audit logging
- Follow best practices for optimal results
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## Cloud & Kubernetes
56. **Kubernetes**
- Kubernetes monitoring strategy
- Implement proper kubernetes monitoring strategy
- Follow best practices for optimal results
57. **Pod**
- Pod and container metrics
- Implement proper pod and container metrics
- Follow best practices for optimal results
58. **Service**
- Service mesh monitoring
- Implement proper service mesh monitoring
- Follow best practices for optimal results
59. **Cloud**
- Cloud provider metrics
- Implement proper cloud provider metrics
- Follow best practices for optimal results
60. **Auto-scaling**
- Auto-scaling based on metrics
- Implement proper auto-scaling based on metrics
- Follow best practices for optimal results
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## Best Practices
61. **Metric**
- Metric naming conventions
- Implement proper metric naming conventions
- Follow best practices for optimal results
62. **Label**
- Label design principles
- Implement proper label design principles
- Follow best practices for optimal results
63. **Alert**
- Alert fatigue prevention
- Implement proper alert fatigue prevention
- Follow best practices for optimal results
64. **Dashboard**
- Dashboard organization
- Implement proper dashboard organization
- Follow best practices for optimal results
65. **Documentation**
- Documentation standards
- Implement proper documentation standards
- Follow best practices for optimal results
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## Troubleshooting
66. **Common**
- Common configuration issues
- Implement proper common configuration issues
- Follow best practices for optimal results
67. **Performance**
- Performance bottleneck identification
- Implement proper performance bottleneck identification
- Follow best practices for optimal results
68. **Query**
- Query debugging techniques
- Implement proper query debugging techniques
- Follow best practices for optimal results
69. **Storage**
- Storage problem resolution
- Implement proper storage problem resolution
- Follow best practices for optimal results
70. **Network**
- Network connectivity issues
- Implement proper network connectivity issues
- Follow best practices for optimal results
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## Integration Ecosystem
71. **Slack**
- Slack and PagerDuty integration
- Implement proper slack and pagerduty integration
- Follow best practices for optimal results
72. **Webhook**
- Webhook notifications
- Implement proper webhook notifications
- Follow best practices for optimal results
73. **ITSM**
- ITSM system integration
- Implement proper itsm system integration
- Follow best practices for optimal results
74. **Log**
- Log correlation with ELK stack
- Implement proper log correlation with elk stack
- Follow best practices for optimal results
75. **APM**
- APM tool integration
- Implement proper apm tool integration
- Follow best practices for optimal results
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## Scaling Considerations
76. **Horizontal**
- Horizontal scaling strategies
- Implement proper horizontal scaling strategies
- Follow best practices for optimal results
77. **Sharding**
- Sharding and federation
- Implement proper sharding and federation
- Follow best practices for optimal results
78. **Resource**
- Resource allocation planning
- Implement proper resource allocation planning
- Follow best practices for optimal results
79. **Cost**
- Cost optimization
- Implement proper cost optimization
- Follow best practices for optimal results
80. **Multi-tenant**
- Multi-tenant considerations
- Implement proper multi-tenant considerations
- Follow best practices for optimal results
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## Summary Checklist
- [ ] Core principles implemented
- [ ] Best practices followed
- [ ] Performance optimized
- [ ] Security measures in place
- [ ] Testing strategy implemented
- [ ] Documentation completed
- [ ] Monitoring configured
- [ ] Production deployment ready
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Follow these comprehensive guidelines for successful prometheus monitoring implementation.