Last Thursday we launched the latest addition to our managed services – Prometheus. As a leading open source monitoring solution, it offers a whole range of exciting features.
Let’s take a look at what Prometheus is, how it can help you monitor your IT infrastructure, and how to launch it in MyNWS.
What is Prometheus
Prometheus is the leading open source monitoring solution that allows you to collect, aggregate, store and query metrics from a wide range of IT systems.
Prometheus has its own query language, PromQL, which is also used for visualization and alerting .
As a fundamental pillar of the cloud-native ecosystem, Prometheus integrates wonderfully with applications such as Kubernetes, Docker and microservices in general. It also enables the monitoring of services such as databases or message queues.
With our Managed Prometheus, you can take advantage of this versatility within minutes , without having to spend time setting up, configuring and operating your environment.
Try it out right away – the first month is free!
How Prometheus works
Prometheus collects data in a machine-readable format from web endpoints of the applications to be monitored, usually under the path /metrics.
If a service does not offer such an endpoint, there is probably already a so-called metrics exporter in the ecosystem that queries the data locally in another way and provides it itself.
The collected metrics are stored by Prometheus itself, aggregated over time, and deleted after some time. With PromQL, you can visualize this data either in Prometheus’ web interface or in Grafana.
Use Managed Prometheus in MyNWS
To use Managed Prometheus in MyNWS, all you have to do is select the product from the list, choose a name and plan, and click Create. Your Managed Prometheus app will be up and running within minutes – but what features does it offer?
Managed Prometheus in MyNWS offers a wide range of features right from the start, including
- Web access to Prometheus and Grafana – for quick queries and detailed visualizations
- User access management based on MyNWS ID – get your team on board
- Prebuilt dashboards and alerts for Kubernetes – Visualize your data from minute 1
- Custom Domain Support – configure your own domain easily in MyNWS
- Remote Write possible – aggregate, secure and visualize data from other Prometheus instances in MyNWS
If this all sounds good to you, be sure to give Managed Prometheus in MyNWS a try – the first month is free!
If you have any further questions or need support on the first few meters, feel free to contact our MyEngineer® at any time or take a look at our Opensource trainings if you are just getting started with Prometheus.
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