Prabhat Korshub Blogs

  Introduction Monitoring is the backbone of modern DevOps and SRE (Site Reliability Engineering) practices. Without proper monitoring, even the most robust infrastructure can fail silently. This is where Prometheus and Grafana come in — one collects and processes metrics, the other visualizes them beautifully. Together, they form one of the most powerful monitoring stacks in the DevOps ecosystem. In this complete guide, we’ll cover everything about Prometheus and Grafana, from basic setup to advanced scaling , and how you can use them to master infrastructure monitoring like a pro. Getting Started with Prometheus Prometheus is an open-source monitoring and alerting toolkit designed for reliability and scalability. Originally developed at SoundCloud, it’s now a CNCF (Cloud Native Computing Foundation) project. Core Features of Prometheus Multi-dimensional data model Powerful query language (PromQL) Pull-based metric collection Integrated alerting with Alertm...

 In today’s digital-first world, observability and monitoring have become crucial pillars for ensuring the reliability, scalability, and performance of modern applications. One powerful tool that dominates this space is Grafana . Whether you're a DevOps engineer, SRE, developer, or tech-savvy entrepreneur, mastering Grafana can significantly enhance your infrastructure visibility and reduce downtime. In this comprehensive Grafana Masterclass , we’ll dive deep into how Grafana supports observability, how to configure monitoring dashboards, and how to set up actionable alerts. 🔍 What is Grafana? Grafana is an open-source analytics and interactive visualization web application. It allows users to query, visualize, and understand their metrics from multiple data sources like Prometheus, Loki, Elasticsearch, Graphite, InfluxDB, MySQL , and many more. Key Features: Customizable dashboards Multi-source support Real-time data visualization Alerting and notifications ...