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Kubernetes SRE-Grade Observability

1 Course
1 Hours
Skill IQ

This learning path elevates your platform operations from basic monitoring to deep, contextual SRE-grade observability. You will learn the LGT stack (Loki, Grafana, Tempo) to seamlessly collect, correlate, and visualize metrics, logs, and distributed traces, enabling rapid root-cause analysis in complex microservice environments.

**Kubernetes SRE-Grade Observability** - Kubernetes Observability Architecture and Strategy (video course) - Implementing the Kubernetes Observability Stack (video course) - Kubernetes Metrics and Logging Stack Installation (i.e. hands-on lab) - Kubernetes Log Collectors and Sample Application Deployment (i.e. hands-on lab) - Kubernetes Prometheus Service Discovery Configuration (i.e. hands-on lab) - Kubernetes Distributed Tracing Backend Deployment with Tempo (i.e. hands-on lab) - Kubernetes Application Instrumentation and Trace Generation (i.e. hands-on lab) - Kubernetes Exemplar Linking and Full-Stack Dashboard Creation (i.e. hands-on lab)

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What You'll Learn
  • Deploy and integrate the complete LGT (Loki, Grafana, Tempo) observability stack on Kubernetes.
  • Architect and implement cost-effective, index-less distributed tracing using Grafana Tempo.
  • Master Exemplar Linking to correlate metrics spikes directly to their associated distributed traces, accelerating root-cause analysis.
  • Configure log collectors (Promtail) for centralized log aggregation from microservices.
  • Establish production-ready Prometheus service discovery using ServiceMonitor.
  • Design and build full-stack Grafana dashboards that seamlessly connect metrics, logs, and traces.
Prerequisites
  • Strong familiarity with Kubernetes concepts (Pods, Deployments, Services). Proficiency with kubectl and YAML manifest management. Working knowledge of Helm for application deployment.
  • Basic understanding of Prometheus and Grafana for metrics visualization.
Related topics
  • SLOs
  • SLIs
  • OpenTelemetry
  • AlertManager
  • PromQL
  • LogQL
  • SRE
  • Kubernetes
  • DevOps
  • IT Ops
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