Can I use this for non-containerized environments?

Yes, the skill includes configurations for static targets, file-based service discovery, and Node Exporter setups suitable for traditional VM or bare-metal infrastructure.

How does this skill assist with Kubernetes monitoring?

It provides specialized relabeling configurations and service discovery roles (pod, service, endpoint) to automatically discover and scrape metrics within Kubernetes clusters.

Does this skill help with alert management?

Yes, it includes templates for common alert categories like availability, high error rates, and resource saturation, as well as instructions for connecting to Alertmanager.

What are recording rules and why are they included?

Recording rules allow you to pre-compute frequently needed or computationally expensive expressions and save their result as a new set of time series, significantly speeding up dashboard loading and alerting.

Prometheus Monitoring Configuration

Name: Prometheus Monitoring Configuration
Author: HermeticOrmus

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Analytics & Monitoring

Configures Prometheus for end-to-end infrastructure monitoring, metric scraping, and automated alerting systems.

About

This skill provides a comprehensive framework for implementing Prometheus-based observability across diverse environments. It guides users through the architectural setup, installation via Helm or Docker Compose, and the detailed configuration of scraping jobs, service discovery, and recording rules for performance optimization. By providing standardized templates for alerting logic and metric collection, this skill helps developers and SREs establish a robust monitoring foundation that ensures high availability and deep visibility into application health.

Key Features

Multi-platform deployment guides including Helm charts and Docker Compose
Automated scrape configurations for Kubernetes, Docker, and static targets
0 GitHub stars
Pre-defined recording rules for optimizing frequent and expensive queries
Comprehensive alert rule templates for availability, latency, and resource usage
Validation workflows using promtool to ensure configuration integrity

Use Cases

Implementing custom application metrics and SLI/SLO tracking
Deploying a complete monitoring stack for production Kubernetes clusters
Setting up automated resource usage alerts to prevent system downtime

About

Key Features

Multi-platform deployment guides including Helm charts and Docker Compose
Automated scrape configurations for Kubernetes, Docker, and static targets
0 GitHub stars
Pre-defined recording rules for optimizing frequent and expensive queries
Comprehensive alert rule templates for availability, latency, and resource usage
Validation workflows using promtool to ensure configuration integrity

Use Cases

Implementing custom application metrics and SLI/SLO tracking
Deploying a complete monitoring stack for production Kubernetes clusters
Setting up automated resource usage alerts to prevent system downtime