Monitor GCP VM & Docker Containers using Prometheus and Grafana | Node Exporter | cAdvisor |
In this tutorial, I’ll walk you through the entire process of installing and setting up 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐮𝐬 and 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐟𝐚𝐧𝐚 to monitor both 𝐆𝐨𝐨𝐠𝐥𝐞 𝐂𝐥𝐨𝐮𝐝 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦 (𝐆𝐂𝐏) 𝐕𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐌𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬 and 𝐃𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬 using 𝐍𝐨𝐝𝐞 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐫 and 𝐜𝐀𝐝𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐫.
𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐘𝐨𝐮’𝐥𝐥 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧:
How to install and configure Prometheus to collect metrics.
Setting up Node Exporter for monitoring system-level metrics of GCP VMs.
Using cAdvisor to monitor Docker container performance and resource usage.
Integrating Prometheus with Grafana for data visualization.
Creating custom dashboards in Grafana to monitor your infrastructure.
𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐔𝐬𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐥:
Prometheus and Grafana together provide a powerful, open-source solution for monitoring and visualizing metrics in real time. Whether you’re managing a single GCP instance or a fleet of Docker containers, this setup will help you gain insights into resource usage, system health, and performance bottlenecks.
𝐆𝐢𝐭𝐇𝐮𝐛: https://github.com/vijaygiduthuri/Ins...