Description
Build metrics, logs, traces, dashboards, and alerts for a production service using Prometheus, Grafana, and OpenTelemetry.
Objective
Create an observable service platform that helps teams detect, understand, and resolve production issues quickly.
Solution
Instrument the service
- 1Define golden signals for latency, traffic, errors, and saturation.
- 2Add structured logs, application metrics, and distributed tracing.
Build the observability stack
- 1Collect metrics with Prometheus and traces with OpenTelemetry.
- 2Create Grafana dashboards for service health and dependency behavior.
- 3
bash
docker compose up -d prometheus grafana curl http://localhost:9090/-/healthy
Alert and improve
- 1Create alerts tied to user impact and service-level objectives.
- 2Test alert routing and document the first-response workflow.
Tool Stack Used
- 📊Prometheus
- 📊Grafana
- 🔧OpenTelemetry
- 🔧Alertmanager