Grafana and Graphite Training Course
Grafana is an open-source visualization and metric analytics suite designed for monitoring real-time application data. Graphite is an open-source tool used for monitoring and graphing computer system metrics. By leveraging both Grafana and Graphite, users can rapidly identify system issues and oversee overall system performance.
This instructor-led, live training (available online or onsite) is tailored for web developers and DevOps engineers looking to visualize and monitor data using Grafana and Graphite.
Upon completing this training, participants will be equipped to:
- Aggregate and visualize metrics related to systems and applications.
- Develop a StatsD client for collecting application metrics.
- Construct informative and dynamic dashboards using Grafana.
- Extract actionable insights from backend performance data.
Course Format
- Interactive lectures and discussions.
- Numerous exercises and practical practice sessions.
- Hands-on implementation in a live laboratory environment.
Customization Options
- To request a customized version of this course, please get in touch with us to arrange your requirements.
Course Outline
Introduction
Visualizing Application Performance
- What is Grafana?
- What are Graphite and StatsD?
Preparing the Development Environment
- Installing and configuring Grafana
- Installing and configuring Graphite
- Installing and configuring StatsD
Metrics Aggregation and Gathering
- Adding StatsD to an application
- Gathering metrics
- Setting up and configuring Graphite-web and Carbon
- Verifying systems
Grafana
- Loading data sources
- Building dashboards and graphs
- Working with panels
- Using plug-ins
- Integrating an SQL server
- Working with organizations
- Creating, managing, authenticating users and groups
Grafana and Graphite
- Rendering endpoints
- Working with Grafana queries
Summary and Conclusion
Requirements
- Basic computer proficiency
Audience
- Web Developers
- DevOps Engineers
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