Prometheus has become the de facto standard for the monitoring and alerting of distributed systems and architecture. Designed to overcome shortcomings in existing monitoring solutions, including a lack of scalability and deployment challenges, its core architecture, data collection and discovery services, and third-party integrations help to derive greater value.

In this Refcard, we explore the core components of the Prometheus architecture and key concepts — then focus on getting up and running with Prometheus, including configuration and both collecting and working with data.