Prometheus

Open-source data collection tool

Prometheus is a system that collects, stores, and searches various monitoring metrics from target systems.

Prometheus Features

  • Supports visualization through Grafana.
  • Provides a wide range of plugins for monitoring many types of systems.
  • Is widely used as a primary monitoring system for Kubernetes.
  • Periodically collects metrics by reading them from Exporters, which are the systems being monitored, using a pull-based approach.