Prometheus
Open-source monitoring system with time-series database
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About Prometheus
Prometheus is a powerful open-source monitoring and alerting toolkit designed for cloud-native environments. It features a multi-dimensional data model, powerful query language (PromQL), and pull-based metric collection. Prometheus is the foundation of many modern observability stacks and is a CNCF graduated project.
Key Features
- Multi-dimensional time-series data model
- Powerful PromQL query language
- Pull-based metric collection
- Service discovery integration
- Built-in alerting with Alertmanager
- No dependency on distributed storage
- Rich ecosystem of exporters
- Kubernetes native integration
Use Cases
Cloud-native application monitoring
Kubernetes cluster monitoring
Microservices observability
Infrastructure performance tracking
SLA and SLO monitoring
Capacity planning and forecasting
Incident response and alerting
DevOps automation and optimization