Essentials of Monitoring Critical Systems (EMCS) – Outline

Detailed Course Outline

Module 1 - Monitoring Overview

  • Introduction to Cloud Monitoring
  • Cloud Monitoring architecture patterns (platform monitoring, application monitoring for GKE and Compute Engine, hybrid monitoring)

Module 2 - Monitoring Multiple Projects

  • Understanding metrics scopes
  • Monitoring project con

Module 3 - Data Model and Dashboards

  • Cloud Monitoring data model (time series data, metrics, resources, etc.)
  • Predefined and custom dashboards
  • Dashboard builder
  • Metrics Explorer
  • Chart display options and configurations

Module 4 Query Metrics

  • Querying metrics using MQL
  • Querying metrics using PromQL
  • Google Cloud Managed Service for Prometheus

Module 5 - Uptime Checks

  • Purpose and creation of uptime checks
  • Uptime check configurations and options
  • Relating uptime checks to alerting policies