Prometheus is an open-source and scalable monitoring and alerting framework, that generally works alongside Kubernetes (but not only). Configuring and operating Prometheus can be a bit of challenge due to its complexity, but past the learning curve and with proper patience, it is a really powerful tool for which no real alternative exists. Community Helm chart and official Manifests do a great job at hidding the inherent complexity of Prometheus and templating its configuration files. In this article, I will walk you through deploying it alongside Grafana.
Setting up Prometheus and Grafana in Kubernetes
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