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

Exporter

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