Kubernetes
Prometheus
Grafana
Loki
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Kubernetes Monitoring with Prometheus, Grafana & Loki
After four days, you will operate a production-ready Kubernetes monitoring stack with Prometheus, Grafana, and Loki. From installation through PromQL and alerting to SLOs and performance tuning: everything hands-on with your own cluster.
Workshop levelSolid practical experience recommended
Satisfied participants2340+
Days4
Workshop codeDW10
Workshop Details
What makes this workshop stand out
What you will learn and take away
Four days, one goal: your Kubernetes observability stack runs production-ready.
- Collect and query metrics with Prometheus: You install Prometheus via the Prometheus Operator and kube-prometheus-stack, write PromQL queries for instant, range, and vector queries, and instrument your own applications with custom metrics
- Centralize logs with Loki and Grafana Alloy: You configure Grafana Alloy (the successor to Promtail) and analyze log data with LogQL, from simple filters to complex aggregations
- Build dashboards, alerting, and SLOs: You create informative Grafana dashboards, configure the Prometheus Alertmanager, and define Service Level Objectives (SLOs) with concrete tools
All exercises take place in the DevNinjas Dojo, where each participant works on their own dedicated Kubernetes cluster. As a next step, we recommend the Kubernetes Security Workshop (DW7) or the Helm Workshop (DW9).
Why the investment pays off
If your team debugs incidents with kubectl logs and takes hours to find the root cause, the gap is not experience but tooling and methodology.
- Reduce downtime: Prometheus alerting and SLOs make system stability measurable. Your team detects problems before they impact operations
- Lower cloud costs: Through targeted performance tuning and capacity planning, you avoid overprovisioning. Metrics-based monitoring reveals where resources are wasted
- Independence from commercial vendors: Prometheus, Grafana, and Loki are open-source CNCF projects with no usage-based billing, unlike Datadog or New Relic
Also available as corporate training for your ops or platform team. In our experience, your team will have a functioning monitoring stack in production within two weeks.
Prerequisites
Required:
- Advanced Kubernetes knowledge (Deployments, Services, ConfigMaps, RBAC)
- Experience administering Kubernetes clusters
- Proficiency with the Linux command line
- Basic YAML knowledge
Not required:
- Monitoring experience (built from scratch in this workshop)
- Knowledge of Prometheus, Grafana, or Loki
Our Kubernetes Introduction (DW2) and Advanced Kubernetes (DW3) provide the ideal preparation.
Workshop Agenda
Your Agenda at a Glance
Hands-on and structured. Every participant works in their own cloud environment. The agenda shows you what to expect each day.
09:00 - 09:30💬 Introduction Round
09:30 - 10:30
Kubernetes Monitoring: The Big Overview
Why do kubectl logs and kubectl top fall short once a cluster runs more than a handful of services? This module explains the difference between monitoring (what is happening?) and observability (why is it happening?) and introduces the stack you will build over the next four days: Prometheus for metrics, Grafana for visualization and alerting, Loki with Grafana Alloy for logs. By the end, you will have a clear picture of the architecture and understand which component handles which task.
10:30 - 11:30
kube-prometheus-stack and Prometheus Operator
You install the kube-prometheus-stack via Helm chart, which deploys Prometheus, Alertmanager, Grafana, Node Exporter, and kube-state-metrics in a single step. At its core is the included Prometheus Operator, whose Custom Resource Definitions (ServiceMonitor, PodMonitor, PrometheusRule) you then explore in detail. By the end, you configure automatic service discovery that detects new scrape targets as soon as a service is deployed.
11:30 - 12:00
Grafana Operator vs. Helm Chart Installation
The Grafana Operator manages dashboards and datasources as Kubernetes resources, ideal for GitOps workflows with ArgoCD or Flux. Installation via Helm chart is faster to set up but requires manual dashboard maintenance. You install both variants, import a dashboard via GrafanaDashboard CR and via ConfigMap, and then decide which approach fits your team.
12:00 - 13:00🥪 Lunch Break
13:00 - 14:30
Hands-on: First Metrics and Dashboard
Now it gets practical: you verify the scrape configuration of the Prometheus Operator, import a first dashboard into Grafana, and analyze CPU, RAM, and network metrics from your cluster. Along the way, you learn the four metric types (counter, gauge, histogram, summary) through real examples and understand when each type is the right choice.
14:30 - 15:30
Introduction to Logging with Loki
How does Loki collect logs without indexing them, and why does that make the stack so storage-efficient? You install Loki in your Kubernetes cluster, configure Grafana Alloy as the log collector, and see how log streams are structured, collected, and displayed in Grafana. The focus is on the architecture (Distributor, Ingester, Querier) and the interplay with Prometheus metrics.
15:30 - 16:00
Grafana Alloy: Migrating from Promtail
Promtail reaches its end-of-life on February 28, 2026. Grafana Alloy takes over as the unified telemetry collector for logs, metrics, and traces. You migrate an existing Promtail configuration to Alloy, use the built-in convert command, and configure initial pipeline stages for log transformation. Along the way, you see how Alloy's modular dataflow model and OpenTelemetry compatibility make it significantly more flexible than its predecessor.
16:00 - 16:30💭 Questions & Answers
Our Benefits
All from one hand!
With our high-quality trainings and workshops, you can bring yourself and your team up to date. All this with many benefits that you get from us.
- High Practical Content
- 70% hands-on, 30% theory. You work continuously with real scenarios and take working code home with you. No PowerPoint battles, but directly applicable knowledge for your projects.
- Cloud Learning Environment
- DevNinjas Dojo: Your own Kubernetes clusters and VMs for each participant in the browser. No installation, works despite VPN/proxy/firewalls. You work with dedicated resources, not in shared environments.
- Experienced Trainers
- Full-time DevOps engineers and consultants from DevNinjas lead the workshops. Not external trainers, but specialized employees actively working on client projects and sharing real-world experience.
- Small Groups
- Maximum 8 participants per workshop. Everyone gets individual support from the trainer. Your specific questions and use cases get answered, not passed over in anonymous crowds.
- Real-World Scenarios
- No toy examples or hello-world demos. You work with production-grade setups: multi-container applications, CI/CD pipelines, monitoring stacks. Directly transferable to your production environments.
- Certification
- You receive an official certificate of attendance as PDF and a verified LinkedIn badge. Document your professional development for your employer, HR, and recruiters professionally.
Testimonials
How participants experience our trainings
4.9/ 5.0
Based on 1047+ participant reviewsacross all DevNinjas trainings
Content
4.8
Trainer
5.0
Hands-on
4.8
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Johannes Bernstein
@TRIMET Gelsenkirchen SE
"The "Docker & Kubernetes Bundle" training provided me with solid, practical knowledge for everyday work and enabled me to handle Docker and Kubernetes professionally. The excellently structured material offers real added value, even beyond the workshop. The combination of technical depth and interactive delivery by the trainer rounded off the whole experience. An experience that continues to help me even after the training."
Swen Strangfeld
@Bundesdruckerei GmbH
"From my perspective, the workshop had the right speed and an appropriate level of challenge. The subject matter was explained clearly by the instructor and practically consolidated with well-distributed exercises. Adjusting the workshop focus to the participants wishes was not a problem. Valuable practical experiences were shared, and even more specific questions were gladly answered. The instructor's professional expertise and extensive practical experience on the subject gave this workshop a special quality."
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@forcont business technology GmbH
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@Bundeswehr
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@OPITZ CONSULTING
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@Mercedes-Benz Tech Innovation
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@Siemens AG
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@Bundeswehr
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