Prometheus
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Prometheus. Is the CNCF metrics database and scraper ecosystem for time-series monitoring and alerting.
Blurb
An open-source monitoring system with a dimensional data model, flexible query language, efficient time series database and modern alerting approach.
Summary
What it is: Pull-based scraper, TSDB storage, PromQL, alert rules, and federation patterns for Kubernetes and services.
When to use: Cloud-native metrics with Grafana dashboards; kube-prometheus-stack style deployments.
When to skip: Long-term log archival (use Loki or Elasticsearch). Vendor SaaS mandate (Datadog).
Key features: Service discovery, recording rules, Alertmanager routing, remote write/read integrations.
Details
| Topic | Notes |
|---|---|
| Deploy | Single binary, Operator on Kubernetes, or managed compatible (Mimir, Cortex, AMP) |
| Pairing | OpenTelemetry metrics pipeline can remote-write into Prometheus-compatible stores |
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