Monitoring with Grafana Training in Kraków, Poland

This course provides hands-on experience in using Grafana to monitor infrastructure, applications, and business metrics. Participants will learn to visualize data from various sources (Prometheus, InfluxDB, Loki, etc.), create dynamic dashboards, set up alerts, and implement observability practices. Ideal for IT professionals seeking better operational insight and reliability.

Course Outline:

Introduction to Monitoring and Grafana

• Overview of modern monitoring tools

• What is Grafana and its ecosystem

• Key concepts: time-series data, dashboards, panels, queries

• Installing Grafana (local, Docker, cloud)

Grafana Interface and Core Concepts

• Navigating the Grafana UI

• User roles and team management

• Dashboard basics: panels, rows, time range

• Understanding queries and visualization types

Connecting to Data Sources

• Adding and configuring data sources

• Working with Prometheus, InfluxDB, MySQL, Elasticsearch

• Using variables and templates in queries

Building Dashboards

• Creating panels for metrics, logs, and traces

• Using repeat panels and variables

• Importing/exporting dashboards

• Dashboard design best practices

Alerting in Grafana

• Alert rules and evaluation

• Notification channels (email, Slack, PagerDuty, etc.)

• Alert history and management

• Using Grafana Alerting vs. legacy alerting

Real-World Use Cases

• Infrastructure monitoring

• Application performance dashboards

• Business KPIs visualization

• Troubleshooting scenarios

Access Control and Security

• Organization management

• API tokens and external integrations

• User authentication methods (OAuth, LDAP, etc.)

Hands-on Exercises