Grafana

Basic

Grafana is an open-source platform for monitoring and observability. It enables the user to query, visualize, alert, and analyze metrics stored anywhere. Grafana provides a unified platform for metrics, logs, traces, and other data, which makes it a valuable tool for monitoring and troubleshooting applications and infrastructure.

This key competency area includes an understanding of the concepts of dashboard creation, Grafana panels, annotations, and dashboard variables.

Key Competencies:

  1. Dashboard Creation - Ability to create and customize Grafana dashboards. Understand how to add panels, organize them, and create meaningful layouts for data monitoring.
  2. Grafana Panels - Understand the various types of panels available in Grafana, including their configuration options and use cases.
  3. Annotations - Knowledge of using annotations to add context to the dashboards.

  4. Dashboard Variables - Understand how to create and use variables in the dashboards.