This workshop is designed for system administrators, DevOps engineers, and developers who want to build and implement a comprehensive monitoring solution for their software environments.

• Familiarity with Linux/Unix command line, Docker, and Kubernetes – Must
• Basic understanding of networking and application architectures.

• Overview of Monitoring and Observability: Differences and how they complement each other in a modern software environment.
• Components of a Monitoring Solution: Introduction to Prometheus, Grafana, Elasticsearch, Alert manager, and Jaeger, highlighting their roles and interactions in a comprehensive monitoring setup.

Prometheus: Fundamentals and Hands-On

• Prometheus Core Concepts

• Understanding metrics types, data model, and architecture.
• Installation and configuration basics for a monitoring setup.

• Instrumenting Applications with Prometheus

• Setting up Prometheus exporters for Linux, Docker, and Kubernetes metrics collection.
• Configuring Prometheus to scrape metrics from various exporters.

• Creating Alerts with Alert manager

• Defining alert rules in Prometheus and configuring Alert manager for notifications.
• Hands-On: Setting up alerts for common scenarios in monitored applications and infrastructure.

Grafana: Dashboards and Visualization

• Introduction to Grafana

• Installing and configuring Grafana.
• Integrating Grafana with Prometheus as a data source.

• Building Effective Dashboards

• Querying Prometheus metrics in Grafana.
• Dashboard creation best practices: organizing, visualizing, and annotating data for clarity.
• Hands-On: Participants will create dashboards for visualizing infrastructure and application metrics collected by Prometheus.

Elasticsearch: Log Management and Analysis

• Elasticsearch Basics

• Overview of the Elastic Stack and its components.
• Setting up Elasticsearch for log storage and querying.

• Log Ingestion and Analysis

• Configuring log shipping to Elasticsearch using File beat and Logstash.
• Creating and managing indices in Elasticsearch.

• Kibana: Visualization and Dashboards

• Introduction to Kibana for logs visualization.
• Hands-On: Building dashboards in Kibana for log analysis and monitoring insights.

Jaeger: Tracing and Performance Monitoring

• Introduction to Distributed Tracing

• The role of tracing in performance monitoring and troubleshooting.
• Overview of Jaeger: architecture, components, and integration points.

• Instrumenting Applications for Tracing

• Configuring applications to send traces to Jaeger.
• Understanding trace context and propagation.

• Demo and Hands-On Exploration

• Setting up Jaeger in a monitored environment.
• Walkthrough of using Jaeger UI for trace analysis and identifying performance bottlenecks.

Integrating Monitoring Components

• Combining Tools for a Unified Monitoring Strategy

• Strategies for integrating Prometheus, Grafana, Elasticsearch, and Jaeger for comprehensive observability.
• Sharing data between tools and leveraging each tool’s strengths.

• Case Studies and Best Practices

• Analyzing real-world scenarios where integrated monitoring solutions identify and resolve issues.
• Discussing maintenance, scaling, and security considerations for a robust monitoring setup.

Advanced Topics and Q&A

• Exploring Advanced Features and Techniques

• Advanced querying in Prometheus and Grafana.
• Leveraging machine learning features in Elasticsearch for anomaly detection.

• Open Discussion and Q&A Session

• Addressing participant questions and discussing challenges encountered in monitoring setups.