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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...@@ -104,12 +104,15 @@ https://github.com/influxdb/influxdb/issues/582). ...@@ -104,12 +104,15 @@ https://github.com/influxdb/influxdb/issues/582).
Still, InfluxDB is better geared towards the following use cases: Still, InfluxDB is better geared towards the following use cases:
* storing all **individual** events, not just time series of values * 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 * E.g. storing every HTTP request with full metadata *vs.* storing the
* storing time series with completely unbounded dimensionality cumulative count of HTTP requests for certain dimensions.
* e.g. storing user IDs or email addresses in the key-value metadata *vs.* * [Logs and Metrics and Graphs, Oh My!](https://blog.raintank.io/logs-and-metrics-and-graphs-oh-my/)
storing bounded dimensionality like the HTTP method, HTTP handler and describes the difference between event logging and metrics recording.
instance ID * 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 There are other storage features, such as downsampling, which InfluxDB supports
and Prometheus does not yet. and Prometheus does not yet.
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The Alertmanager cannot currently be made highly available, but this is a goal. 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? ### What language is Prometheus written in?
Most Prometheus components are written in Go. Some are also written in Java and Ruby. Most Prometheus components are written in Go. Some are also written in Java and Ruby.
...@@ -57,6 +63,18 @@ blog post by Brian Brazil goes into more detail. ...@@ -57,6 +63,18 @@ blog post by Brian Brazil goes into more detail.
For cases where you must push, we offer the [Pushgateway](/docs/instrumenting/pushing/). 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? ### Who wrote Prometheus?
Prometheus was initially started privately by Prometheus was initially started privately by
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# Media # 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 ## Blogs
* This site has its own [blog](http://prometheus.io/blog/). * 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. * [SoundCloud's blog post announcing Prometheus](https://developers.soundcloud.com/blog/prometheus-monitoring-at-soundcloud)
* The [monitoring series](http://www.boxever.com/tag/monitoring) on Boxever's tech blog. – 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. * [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. * [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. * 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 ## 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. * [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. * [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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