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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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(66 reviews)
Level
Clock icon Beginner
Duration
Clock icon 1h 35m
Published
Clock icon Oct 30, 2024

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Table of Contents

  1. 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!

  2. Challenge

    Starting Docker Monitoring with Prometheus

    Prometheus is used to monitor a containerized environment. In this challenge, you will run Prometheus, and start testing

  3. 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.

  4. Challenge

    Using cAdvisor to Monitor Containers

    To finish up this lab, you'll configure cAdvisor to monitor running Docker containers.

Matt Conran is a lead Network & Security Architect and successfully delivered major global greenfield service provider and data center networks.

What's a lab?

Hands-on Labs are real environments created by industry experts to help you learn. These environments help you gain knowledge and experience, practice without compromising your system, test without risk, destroy without fear, and let you learn from your mistakes. Hands-on Labs: practice your skills before delivering in the real world.

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.