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Tarun Sharma
Tarun Sharma

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The Developer's Guide to Mastering NodeJS with Prometheus and Grafana

In this tutorial, you'll learn how to effectively monitor your NestJS applications using Prometheus and Grafana. These powerful tools provide essential metrics to track performance, identify bottlenecks, and optimize your microservices.

Playlist
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HfCry7ZMDxQ&list=PLT5Jhb7lgSBNJSUY34A8wQqZAlrJZFbfC
Github
https://github.com/tkssharma/nestjs-graphana-prometheus

This is divided into 4 different Parts
Part-1 what is Grafana and Prometheus
https://youtu.be/oyZhKaubFV0
Part-2 Dockerize Your NestJS App with Postgres
https://youtu.be/yUtm8h57Dag
Part-3 Nest.js Metrics - Prometheus & Grafana Tutorial #03
https://youtu.be/XNxfnlxpf30
Part-4 Nest.js Metrics Dashboards - Prometheus & Grafana Tutorial
https://youtu.be/bRuulq-TVgU

Key Topics Covered:

  • Understanding Prometheus: Discover how Prometheus works as a time series database and monitoring system.
  • Integrating Prometheus with NestJS: Set up Prometheus to collect metrics from your NestJS application.
  • Creating Custom Metrics: Define custom metrics to track specific aspects of your application's behavior.
  • Visualizing Metrics with Grafana: Create dashboards in Grafana to visualize your Prometheus metrics.
  • Setting Up Alerts: Configure alerts to be notified of critical issues or performance anomalies.
  • Best Practices: Learn tips for effective monitoring and alerting with Prometheus and Grafana.

Benefits of Using Prometheus and Grafana:

  • Enhanced visibility: Gain deeper insights into your application's performance.
  • Proactive monitoring: Detect and address issues before they impact users.
  • Improved troubleshooting: Identify and resolve performance bottlenecks efficiently.
  • Data-driven decision-making: Make informed decisions based on performance metrics.

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