This lab is inspired by the VMWare Tanzu article “Gathering Metrics from Kubernetes with Prometheus and Grafana” . The article will help further explain the steps in this lab and the importance of metrics.

Running in production means keeping a close eye on how things are performing, so having data that provides such insight is important. After all, being able to recognize potentially problematic patterns in how your applications are performing or how Kubernetes is handling specific workloads can mean the difference between making a quick fix and getting a call at 3 a.m. because your website is down. – Brian McClain, Staff Technologist, VMware

In this lab, you will learn how to:

    ☐ Install Prometheus and Grafana
    ☐ Configure a Prometheus datasource for Grafana
    ☐ Configure a dashboard for Grafana
    ☐ Access the Grafana web interface

Measure twice, cut once.