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# Prometheus
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Bedecke deinen Himmel, Zeus! A new kid is in town.
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Prometheus is a systems and service monitoring system. Prometheus' main
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distinguishing features as compared to other monitoring systems are:
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Prometheus is a generic time series collection and computation server that is
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useful in the following fields:
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- a **multi-dimensional** data model (timeseries defined by metric name and set of key/value dimensions)
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- a **flexible query language** to leverage this dimensionality
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- no dependency on distributed storage; **single server nodes are autonomous**
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- timeseries collection happens via a **pull model** over HTTP
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- **pushing timeseries** is supported via an intermediary gateway
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- targets are discovered via **service discovery** or **static configuration**
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- multiple modes of **graphing and dashboarding support**
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- **federation support** coming soon
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* Industrial Experimentation / Real-Time Behavioral Validation / Software Release Qualification
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* Econometric and Natural Sciences
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* Operational Concerns and Monitoring
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The system is designed to collect telemetry from named targets on given
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intervals, evaluate rule expressions, display the results, and trigger an
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action if some condition is observed to be true.
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TODO: The above description is somewhat esoteric. Rephrase it into
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something that tells normal people how they will usually benefit from
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using Prometheus.
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Prometheus collects metrics from configured targets at given intervals,
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evaluates rule expressions, displays the results, and can trigger alerts
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if some condition is observed to be true.
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## Install
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