Commit e0f8805c authored by Björn Rabenstein's avatar Björn Rabenstein

Merge pull request #289 from prometheus/beorn7/doc-improve

Add a few helpful links to the media section
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Still, InfluxDB is better geared towards the following use cases:
* storing all **individual** events, not just time series of values
* e.g. storing every HTTP request with full metadata *vs.* storing the cumulative count of HTTP requests for certain dimensions
* storing time series with completely unbounded dimensionality
* e.g. storing user IDs or email addresses in the key-value metadata *vs.*
storing bounded dimensionality like the HTTP method, HTTP handler and
instance ID
* Storing all **individual** events, not just time series of values.
* E.g. storing every HTTP request with full metadata *vs.* storing the
cumulative count of HTTP requests for certain dimensions.
* [Logs and Metrics and Graphs, Oh My!](https://blog.raintank.io/logs-and-metrics-and-graphs-oh-my/)
describes the difference between event logging and metrics recording.
* Storing time series with completely unbounded dimensionality.
* E.g. storing user IDs or email addresses in the key-value metadata
*vs.* storing bounded dimensionality like the HTTP method, HTTP handler
and instance ID.
There are other storage features, such as downsampling, which InfluxDB supports
and Prometheus does not yet.
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The Alertmanager cannot currently be made highly available, but this is a goal.
### I was told Prometheus “doesn't scale”.
There are in fact various ways to scale and federate
Prometheus. Read [Scaling and Federating Prometheus](http://www.robustperception.io/scaling-and-federating-prometheus/)
on the Robust Perception blog to get started.
### What language is Prometheus written in?
Most Prometheus components are written in Go. Some are also written in Java and Ruby.
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For cases where you must push, we offer the [Pushgateway](/docs/instrumenting/pushing/).
### How to feed logs into Prometheus?
Short answer: Don't! Use something like the ELK stack instead.
Longer answer: Prometheus is system to collect and process metrics, not an
event logging system. The Raintank blog post
[Logs and Metrics and Graphs, Oh My!](https://blog.raintank.io/logs-and-metrics-and-graphs-oh-my/)
provides more details about the differences between logs and metrics.
If you want to extract Prometheus metrics from application logs, Google's
[mtail](https://github.com/google/mtail) might be helpful.
### Who wrote Prometheus?
Prometheus was initially started privately by
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# Media
Resources on the Internet helpful to get started with Prometheus.
There is a [subreddit](https://www.reddit.com/r/prometheusmonitoring)
collecting all Prometheus-related resources on the internet.
The following selection of resources are particularly useful to get started
with Prometheus.
## Blogs
* This site has its own [blog](http://prometheus.io/blog/).
* [SoundCloud's blog post announcing Prometheus](https://developers.soundcloud.com/blog/prometheus-monitoring-at-soundcloud) – a more elaborate overview than the one given on this site.
* The [monitoring series](http://www.boxever.com/tag/monitoring) on Boxever's tech blog.
* [SoundCloud's blog post announcing Prometheus](https://developers.soundcloud.com/blog/prometheus-monitoring-at-soundcloud)
– a more elaborate overview than the one given on this site.
* Prometheus-related posts on the
[Robust Perception blog](http://www.robustperception.io/tag/prometheus/).
* The [monitoring series](http://www.boxever.com/tag/monitoring) on Boxever's
tech blog.
## Tutorials
* [Instructions and example code for a Prometheus workshop](https://github.com/juliusv/prometheus_workshop).
* [How To Install Prometheus using Docker on Ubuntu 14.04](https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-install-prometheus-using-docker-on-ubuntu-14-04).
## Podcasts and interviews
* [Prometheus on FLOSS Weekly 357](https://twit.tv/shows/floss-weekly/episodes/357) - Julius Volz on the [FLOSS Weekly TWiT.tv](https://twit.tv/shows/floss-weekly/) show.
* [Prometheus and Service Monitoring](https://changelog.com/168/) - Julius Volz on the [Changelog](https://changelog.com/) podcast.
## Recorded talks and interviews
## Recorded talks
* [Prometheus: A Next-Generation Monitoring System](https://www.usenix.org/conference/srecon15europe/program/presentation/rabenstein) – Julius Volz and Björn Rabenstein at SREcon15 Europe, Dublin.
* [What is your application doing right now?](http://youtu.be/Z0LlilNpX1U) – Matthias Gruter, Transmode, at DevOps Stockholm Meetup.
* [Prometheus workshop](https://vimeo.com/131581353) – Jamie Wilkinson at Monitorama PDX 2015 ([slides](https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1X1rKozAUuF2MVc1YXElFWq9wkcWv3Axdldl8LOH9Vik/edit)).
* [Monitoring Hadoop with Prometheus](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qs2sqOLNGtw) – Brian Brazil at the Hadoop User Group Ireland ([slides](http://www.slideshare.net/brianbrazil/monitoring-hadoop-with-prometheus-hadoop-user-group-ireland-december-2015)).
* In German: [Monitoring mit Prometheus](https://entropia.de/GPN15:Monitoring_mit_Prometheus) – Michael Stapelberg at Gulaschprogrammiernacht 15.
* [Prometheus workshop](https://vimeo.com/131581353) - Jamie Wilkinson at Monitorama PDX 2015 ([Slides](https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1X1rKozAUuF2MVc1YXElFWq9wkcWv3Axdldl8LOH9Vik/edit)).
* [Prometheus on FLOSS Weekly 357](https://twit.tv/shows/floss-weekly/episodes/357) - Julius Volz on the [FLOSS Weekly TWiT.tv](https://twit.tv/shows/floss-weekly/) show.
* [Prometheus and Service Monitoring](https://changelog.com/168/) - Julius Volz on the [Changelog](https://changelog.com/) podcast.
## Presentation slides
### General
* [Prometheus Overview](http://www.slideshare.net/brianbrazil/prometheus-overview) – by Brian Brazil.
* [Systems Monitoring with Prometheus](http://www.slideshare.net/brianbrazil/devops-ireland-systems-monitoring-with-prometheus) – Brian Brazil at Devops Ireland Meetup, Dublin.
* [OMG! Prometheus](https://www.dropbox.com/s/0l7kxhjqjbabtb0/prometheus%20site-ops%20preso.pdf?dl=0) – Benjamin Staffin, Fitbit Site Operations, explains the case for Prometheus to his team.
### Docker
* [Prometheus and Docker](http://www.slideshare.net/brianbrazil/prometheus-and-docker-docker-galway-november-2015) – Brian Brazil at Docker Galway.
### Python
* [Better Monitoring for Python](http://www.slideshare.net/brianbrazil/better-monitoring-for-python-inclusive-monitoring-with-prometheus-pycon-ireland-lightning-talk) – Brian Brazil at Pycon Ireland.
* [Monitoring your Python with Prometheus](http://www.slideshare.net/brianbrazil/python-ireland-monitoring-your-python-with-prometheus) – Brian Brazil at Python Ireland Meetup, Dublin.
* [OMG! Prometheus](https://www.dropbox.com/s/0l7kxhjqjbabtb0/prometheus%20site-ops%20preso.pdf?dl=0) – Benjamin Staffin, Fitbit Site Operations, explains the case for Prometheus to his team.
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