From PromQL's four data types to instant and range vector selectors, label matchers, time durations, and the offset and @ modifiers
Tag: Prometheus
9 posts
Going beyond static_configs to auto-discover scrape targets across file, DNS, Consul, Kubernetes, and cloud environments
Anatomy of prometheus.yml -- scrape_configs, relabeling, and zero-downtime config reloads
Prometheus binary and Docker installation, first run with Web UI and expression browser walkthrough
The relationship between Jobs and Instances as Prometheus scraping units, auto-generated labels and metrics, and Part 02 recap
Characteristics and selection criteria for the four metric types — Counter, Gauge, Histogram, and Summary
The structure of Prometheus time series, metric naming, labels, cardinality, and how samples are stored
Prometheus components, Pull vs Push model, Grafana's role, and the full data flow diagram
The cost of outages, the 3 pillars of observability, and an overview of the Prometheus + Grafana ecosystem