Video: Prometheus Crash Course 2026 — Complete Guide

Master Prometheus monitoring from scratch in this complete 2026 crash course!
Learn how to set up Prometheus, write PromQL queries, configure alerting with
Alertmanager, and build Grafana dashboards — all with a real Docker Compose demo.

In this video, you'll learn:
- ✅ Prometheus architecture & how the pull model works
- ✅ The 4 metric types: Counter, Gauge, Histogram, Summary
- ✅ Setting up a full monitoring stack with Docker Compose
- ✅ Writing PromQL queries for CPU, memory, latency & error rates
- ✅ Configuring alert rules and Alertmanager with Slack routing
- ✅ Building Grafana dashboards from Prometheus data
- ✅ Production best practices & avoiding common mistakes

⏰ CHAPTERS:
0:00 - Why Monitoring Matters (The 2AM Problem)
3:35 - What is Prometheus?
5:35 - Prometheus vs Nagios, Zabbix & Datadog
6:30 - Architecture Deep Dive
9:00 - Data Model & Time Series Explained
12:10 - The 4 Metric Types
14:35 - Quick Start with Docker Compose
19:25 - prometheus.yml Configuration
20:05 - Exporters Overview
23:50 - Instrument Your App (Python Demo)
32:15 - PromQL Basics
16:30 - 6 Production PromQL Queries
34:52 - Alert Rules Setup
40:47 - Alertmanager Configuration
46:20 - Grafana Integration & Dashboards
51:15 - Best Practices for Production
54:00 - Summary & Next Steps

? RESOURCES:
- GitHub Demo Code: https://github.com/shazforiot/Prometheus-crash-course-for-beginners
- Prometheus Docs: https://prometheus.io/docs
- Grafana Dashboard 1860 (Node Exporter Full): https://grafana.com/grafana/dashboards/1860
- ExporterHub: https://exporterhub.io
- Thanos (long-term storage): https://thanos.io

? RELATED VIDEOS:
- Kubernetes Monitoring with Prometheus Operator https://youtu.be/dk2-_DbWb80
- Docker Full Course: https://youtu.be/iARL7iFyasE

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