March 2026
Intermediate
3h 21m
English
Closed Captioning available in German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese
Overview
More Than 3 Hours of Video Instruction
Learn how to monitor your infrastructure with Prometheus
Unlock the power of modern infrastructure monitoring with Prometheus Fundamentals, a course designed to transform you from novice to confident practitioner in one of the industry’s most powerful open-source monitoring solutions. This comprehensive training takes you on a structured journey from installation and configuration through querying techniques, ensuring you understand not just the “how” but the “why” behind Prometheus’s architecture and components. Whether you’re deploying your first monitoring stack or enhancing your DevOps toolkit, you’ll gain hands-on experience with the node_exporter for Linux, master the nuances of metrics versus logs and traces, and learn to craft queries and expressions that reveal the true health of your systems. With practical labs, expert guidance through the Prometheus ecosystem from instructor Dave Prowse, and real-world scenarios, you’ll emerge ready to implement robust, scalable monitoring solutions that keep your infrastructure running smoothly and your teams informed.
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Topics include:
- Prometheus Fundamentals
- Installing and Configuring Prometheus
- Observability Concepts
- Querying Prometheus
- Monitoring Fundamentals
About the Instructor:
Dave Prowse has more than 20 years of experience in the IT field. He solves problems for organizations using Linux, infrastructure as code, and many other types of technology. He loves to teach these solutions to others.
Dave is an advocate of lifelong learning, self-improvement, building confidence, and the sharing of knowledge. Dave can be contacted at his website, prowse.tech.
Skill Level:
- Beginner to Intermediate
Learn How To:
- Install and configure Prometheus using multiple methods including binary installation and automated scripts.
- Query metrics using Prometheus’s expression language and navigate the Prometheus web UI for data visualization.
- Distinguish between observability pillars (metrics, logs, and traces) and understand when to use push versus pull monitoring systems.
- Set up and utilize exporters like node_exporter to collect system and application metrics for monitoring.
- Understand Prometheus architecture and its core components to build effective monitoring solutions.
Course requirement:
- Recommended: At least one virtual machine running Linux, preferably two.
- Knowledge of the terminal
- Access to GitHub
- (Optional) An IDE (such as Visual Studio Code)
Who Should Take This Course:
Cloud engineers, software developers, DevOps personnel, SysAdmins, or anyone else interested in learning key Prometheus skills.
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