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Prometheus

Prometheus

Prometheus is the time-series monitoring standard. Pull-based metrics, PromQL queries, alerting rules, and Kubernetes-native discovery. CNCF-graduated, used at SoundCloud (where it was created), DigitalOcean, and 80% of Kubernetes deployments.

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Active installs

License Apache-2.0 Version 2.53.4 OS Ubuntu Server 24.04 LTS Min RAM 1 GB IP IPV4,IPV6

Active installs is sample data (staging preview); real metric wires in before launch.

Access the UI

Open your browser: http://<server-ip>:9090

If Node Exporter was enabled: http://<server-ip>:9100

Services Installed

prometheus.service – Monitoring engine

node_exporter.service – System metrics exporter (if selected)

Check status:

systemctl status prometheus
systemctl status node_exporter

Important for Production

Prometheus and Node Exporter should not be exposed to the public internet.

Secure access with a reverse proxy and basic authentication.

https://prometheus.io/docs/introduction/overview/

https://prometheus.io/docs/guides/basic-auth/

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