How To Install Prometheus using Docker on Ubuntu 14.04 | Linux Today

How To Install Prometheus using Docker on Ubuntu 14.04

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Jan 19, 2016

Prometheus is an open source monitoring system and time series database. It addresses many aspects of monitoring such as the generation and collection of metrics, graphing the resulting data on dashboards, and alerting on anomalies. To achieve this, it offers a variety of components that are run separately but used in combination.

Docker provides a way for you to encapsulate server processes using Linux containers (or other encapsulation technologies) so that they are more easily managed and isolated from each other.

Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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