Monitor Containerized Application Health with Docker
In this lab, you’ll practice monitoring containerized health with Docker. When you’re finished, you’ll have monitored the docker container, and the docker host.
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Challenge
Getting Started in the Lab Environment
Here are the initial instructions and explanation of the lab environment. Read this while your environment is busy creating itself from nothing. Yes, this violates physics; we know. How fun!
Challenge
Starting Docker Monitoring with Prometheus
Prometheus is used to monitor a containerized environment. In this challenge, you will run Prometheus, and start testing
Challenge
Expanding Prometheus for Monitoring
In this challenge, you'll run Prometheus on the Ubuntu host directly, and will add jobs so that it can scrape metrics from the environment.
Challenge
Using cAdvisor to Monitor Containers
To finish up this lab, you'll configure cAdvisor to monitor running Docker containers.
Provided environment for hands-on practice
We will provide the credentials and environment necessary for you to practice right within your browser.
Guided walkthrough
Follow along with the author’s guided walkthrough and build something new in your provided environment!
Did you know?
On average, you retain 75% more of your learning if you get time for practice.
Recommended prerequisites
- Monitoring Containerized Application Health with Docker, by Elton Stoneman
- Recommended you are familiar with the Linux cli, vim, and yaml (yml) files