Prometheus is an open-source monitoring system with a dimensional data model, flexible query language, efficient time series database, and modern alerting approach.
Key Concepts
Pull-based metrics collection
PromQL query language
Service discovery
Alertmanager for alerting
Exporters for integration
Common Use Cases
Infrastructure monitoring
Application metrics (Red metrics)
Service discovery integration
Alerting and on-call
SLO/SLI monitoring
Best Practices
Use consistent labeling
Implement proper retention policies
Avoid high-cardinality labels
Set up alert routing
Use recording rules
Resources
Prometheus.io: prometheus.io/docs
Related Skills: monitoring, grafana, alerting
1---2name: prometheus-23description: Prometheus4---5# Prometheus67Prometheus is an open-source monitoring system with a dimensional data model, flexible query language, efficient time series database, and modern alerting approach.89## Key Concepts1011- Pull-based metrics collection12- PromQL query language13- Service discovery14- Alertmanager for alerting15- Exporters for integration1617## Common Use Cases1819- Infrastructure monitoring20- Application metrics (Red metrics)21- Service discovery integration22- Alerting and on-call23- SLO/SLI monitoring2425## Best Practices2627- Use consistent labeling28- Implement proper retention policies29- Avoid high-cardinality labels30- Set up alert routing31- Use recording rules3233## Resources3435- Prometheus.io: prometheus.io/docs36- Related Skills: monitoring, grafana, alerting
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