Set up Prometheus for comprehensive metric collection, storage, and monitoring of infrastructure and applications. Use when implementing metrics collection, setting up monitoring infrastructure, or configuring alerting systems.
Complete guide to Prometheus setup, metric collection, scrape configuration, and recording rules.
resources/implementation-playbook.md.Configure Prometheus for comprehensive metric collection, alerting, and monitoring of infrastructure and applications.
┌──────────────┐
│ Applications │ ← Instrumented with client libraries
└──────┬───────┘
│ /metrics endpoint
↓
┌──────────────┐
│ Prometheus │ ← Scrapes metrics periodically
│ Server │
└──────┬───────┘
│
├─→ AlertManager (alerts)
├─→ Grafana (visualization)
└─→ Long-term storage (Thanos/Cortex)
helm repo add prometheus-community https://prometheus-community.github.io/helm-charts
helm repo update
helm install prometheus prometheus-community/kube-prometheus-stack \
--namespace monitoring \
--create-namespace \
--set prometheus.prometheusSpec.retention=30d \
--set prometheus.prometheusSpec.storageVolumeSize=50Gi