https://www.sre.wang/en/tags/prometheus/Recent content in Prometheus on SRE Engineering PracticeHugo -- gohugo.ioenFri, 17 Jul 2026 09:20:09 +0800https://www.sre.wang/en/posts/monitoring-database-metrics/Fri, 17 Jul 2026 09:20:09 +0800https://www.sre.wang/en/posts/monitoring-database-metrics/MySQL and PostgreSQL monitoring comparison, exporter deployment, core metrics interpretation, PromQL alert rules, and Grafana dashboardshttps://www.sre.wang/en/posts/monitoring-data-governance/Sun, 12 Jul 2026 01:18:19 +0800https://www.sre.wang/en/posts/monitoring-data-governance/When metrics balloon from hundreds to millions, data governance becomes unavoidable. This article breaks down the engineering practices of metric naming conventions, high-cardinality control, tiered collection strategies, data quality measurement, and deprecated metric retirement.https://www.sre.wang/en/posts/blackbox-exporter-uptime/Tue, 04 Feb 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://www.sre.wang/en/posts/blackbox-exporter-uptime/A guide to Blackbox Exporter configuration, HTTP/TCP/ICMP/DNS probing, SSL certificate expiry monitoring, multi-region probing, Prometheus integration, and availability SLO measurementhttps://www.sre.wang/en/posts/prometheus-blackbox-exporter-script/Thu, 19 Dec 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://www.sre.wang/en/posts/prometheus-blackbox-exporter-script/Batch service probing, SSL certificate expiry checking, configuration drift detection, alerting rule validation, and automated report generation — a complete inspection toolkit built on the Prometheus ecosystemhttps://www.sre.wang/en/posts/thanos-deployment-practice/Tue, 19 Nov 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://www.sre.wang/en/posts/thanos-deployment-practice/In-depth analysis of Thanos architecture design and production deployment practices, covering Sidecar, Query, Store, Compactor, Ruler and other core component configurationshttps://www.sre.wang/en/posts/victoriametrics-deployment-practice/Fri, 13 Sep 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://www.sre.wang/en/posts/victoriametrics-deployment-practice/An in-depth guide to VictoriaMetrics architecture design, cluster deployment, data migration, performance tuning, and production best practices, covering both single-node and cluster modeshttps://www.sre.wang/en/posts/prometheus-federation-ha/Tue, 23 Jul 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://www.sre.wang/en/posts/prometheus-federation-ha/An in-depth analysis of Prometheus single-point issues, comparing dual-replica, Thanos, Mimir, VictoriaMetrics, and Cortex high-availability and long-term storage solutions, with a selection decision frameworkhttps://www.sre.wang/en/posts/prometheus-service-discovery/Thu, 06 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://www.sre.wang/en/posts/prometheus-service-discovery/An in-depth guide to Prometheus static configuration and dynamic service discovery, covering file/kubernetes/consul/dns/ec2 SD solutions, relabel_configs label management, and multi-cluster monitoring in practicehttps://www.sre.wang/en/posts/datadog-vs-selfhosted-monitoring/Wed, 17 Apr 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://www.sre.wang/en/posts/datadog-vs-selfhosted-monitoring/A comprehensive comparison of Datadog commercial monitoring with Prometheus/Grafana open-source self-hosted solutions, covering feature matrix, cost models, TCO analysis, and a selection decision frameworkhttps://www.sre.wang/en/posts/prometheus-promql-guide/Thu, 04 Apr 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://www.sre.wang/en/posts/prometheus-promql-guide/A systematic guide to PromQL data models, basic queries, aggregation operations, common functions, practical query examples, and advanced techniques for SRE engineershttps://www.sre.wang/en/posts/alertmanager-routing-silencing/Tue, 27 Feb 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://www.sre.wang/en/posts/alertmanager-routing-silencing/An in-depth guide to Alertmanager architecture, routing tree design, grouping strategies, inhibition rules, silence management, and multi-channel notification configuration, with a complete alertmanager.yml examplehttps://www.sre.wang/en/posts/prometheus-quick-setup/Fri, 23 Feb 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://www.sre.wang/en/posts/prometheus-quick-setup/Quickly set up Prometheus + Grafana + Alertmanager monitoring stack using Docker Composehttps://www.sre.wang/en/posts/zabbix-vs-prometheus/Mon, 05 Feb 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://www.sre.wang/en/posts/zabbix-vs-prometheus/A comprehensive comparison of Zabbix and Prometheus across architecture, data models, alerting mechanisms, ecosystems, and use cases, with migration plans and hybrid monitoring practices