Prometheus

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First Added:June 12, 2026 Updated: July 2, 2026

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

TopicNotes
DeploySingle binary, Operator on Kubernetes, or managed compatible (Mimir, Cortex, AMP)
PairingOpenTelemetry metrics pipeline can remote-write into Prometheus-compatible stores

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