Understanding Monitoring Requirements for ContentSphere Platform

Pre-Lab Preparation

Before starting, ensure:

  • Linux EC2 instance is available.

  • Docker is installed.

  • Internet connectivity is available.

  • Basic understanding of DevOps and cloud infrastructure.

Task 1: Understand the Monitoring Requirement

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Review the following scenario:

The ContentSphere platform is serving thousands of users. The DevOps team needs a monitoring solution to continuously track server health, application performance, and resource utilization to ensure high availability.

Task 2 : Identify Infrastructure Metrics

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Identify the infrastructure metrics that should be monitored.

Examples:

  • CPU Utilization

  • Memory Usage

  • Disk Usage

  • Network Usage

  • System Uptime

Task 3 : Identify Application Metrics

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Identify the application metrics that should be monitored.

Examples:

  • Application Availability

  • Response Time

  • Request Count

  • Error Rate

Task 4 : Explore Monitoring Tools

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Research the purpose of the following tools:

  • Prometheus

  • Grafana

Understand:

  • What Prometheus does

  • What Grafana does

  • How they work together

Task 5 : Define the Monitoring Strategy

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Prepare a monitoring strategy for the ContentSphere platform.

Include:

  • Infrastructure Monitoring

  • Application Monitoring

  • Dashboard Visualization

  • Alerting Requirements

 

Great job!

  • Explored the importance of monitoring in DevOps.

  • Identified infrastructure and application metrics.

  • Learned the roles of Prometheus and Grafana.

  • Defined a basic monitoring strategy for ContentSphere.

Checkpoint

Next-Lab Preparation

  • Installing Prometheus

  • Configuring Prometheus

  • Understanding Prometheus Architecture

  • Accessing the Prometheus Web UI

  • Verifying Metric Collection