Prometheus, started by SoundCloud in 2012, is a CNCF-graduated open-source monitoring and alerting system that uses a Pull model with built-in PromQL - the de-facto monitoring standard for cloud-native and Kubernetes environments.
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Grafana, created by Grafana Labs in 2014 (Stockholm/New York), is the world's most popular open-source monitoring visualization platform with 20M+ users, 100+ data sources and 30+ panel types.
Thanos is a cloud-native open-source project providing highly available Prometheus setups and long-term storage, using a Sidecar architecture, and became a CNCF graduated project in 2021, used by thousands of enterprises for production observability.
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3 results shownPrometheus Monitoring System Setup: From Metric Collection to Alert Notifications
Prometheus + Grafana is the standard combination for modern monitoring. This hands-on guide walks you through building a complete Prometheus monitoring system.
Designing Prometheus Alert Rules: PromQL and Alertmanager Routing
Good alert rules first suppress noise, then notify precisely. Based on the official Prometheus docs, this article explains PromQL rule expressions and how to design Alertmanager grouping, routing, inhibition, and silences.
Prometheus + Grafana Basics
Prometheus + Grafana is the de facto standard for server monitoring. From Docker Compose deployment, PromQL queries, and alert rules to metric reading and best practices — one guide covering setup, usage, and troubleshooting.