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Monitoring & Observability

Monitoring & Observability turns Prometheus, Grafana, Loki into practical infrastructure skill for reliable production systems.

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Prerequisites

Advanced Kubernetes

Key Concepts & Skills

Prometheus
Grafana
Loki
OpenTelemetry
Operate Prometheus in production-like environments
Connect Grafana to infrastructure workflows
Troubleshoot failures with repeatable runbooks
Document operational tradeoffs and risks

Learning Outcomes

Explain how Monitoring & Observability impacts reliability and delivery
Build or configure a lab around Prometheus
Identify common failure modes and mitigation strategies

Resources

Official Docs

Prometheus docs Grafana docs OpenTelemetry docs

Practice Exercises

Complete a hands-on lab for Prometheus.Write a troubleshooting checklist for Prometheus and Grafana.Automate one repeatable DevOps task connected to this topic.

Project Task

Run a monitoring & observability lab in a local or cloud sandbox.

Quiz

What is the first production failure you would expect in Monitoring & Observability, and how would you detect it?Explain the answer with one real-world example.List one mistake a beginner might make here.

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