Prometheus Concepts
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Overview
Prometheus is a time series database plus tools to collect metrics to be stored in the database.
Target
Prometheus will monitor targets. A target can be a server, database, virtual machine, etc.
Pull vs. Push
Prometheus will pull metrics, by scraping the targets. The retrieval is done by invoking HTTP into endpoints, which are defined in the configuration.
Storage
Uses
System monitoring.