Setup Prometheus Monitoring

Configure a production-ready Prometheus deployment with scrape targets, recording rules, and federation.

When to Use

• Setting up centralized metrics collection for microservices or distributed systems
• Implementing time-series monitoring for application and infrastructure metrics
• Establishing a foundation for SLO/SLI tracking and alerting
• Consolidating metrics from multiple Prometheus instances via federation
• Migrating from legacy monitoring solutions to modern observability stack

Inputs

• Required: List of scrape targets (services, exporters, endpoints)
• Required: Retention period and storage requirements
• Optional: Existing service discovery mechanism (Kubernetes, Consul, EC2)
• Optional: Recording rules for pre-aggregated metrics
• Optional: Federation hierarchy for multi-cluster setups