Monitoring dashboards basics

Topic: Monitoring basics

Build dashboards with key metrics per service or host. Use for ops and incident response. Keep panels focused and avoid clutter. Use when you need a single view of health and metrics.

Intent: How-to

Quick answer

  • One dashboard per service or layer. Panels for CPU, memory, disk, request rate, errors, latency. Use time range and variables for flexibility.
  • Link from alerts to dashboard. Use consistent naming and units. Avoid too many panels; focus on what you act on.
  • Review with team. Update when SLOs or architecture change. Export or version dashboard as code if possible.

Prerequisites

Steps

  1. Choose panels

    Add panels for key metrics. CPU, memory, disk, rate, error rate, latency. One row per host or service if needed.

  2. Variables and links

    Add variables for host or service. Link from alert to dashboard. Set time range.

  3. Review and maintain

    Review with team. Update when topology or SLOs change. Version dashboards if tool supports it.

Summary

Create dashboards with key metrics; use variables and links from alerts; review and update regularly.

Prerequisites

Steps

Step 1: Choose panels

Add panels for CPU, memory, disk, rate, errors, latency.

Add variables; link from alerts; set time range.

Step 3: Review and maintain

Review with team; update when things change.

Verification

  • Dashboard loads; panels show current data; alert links work.

Troubleshooting

No data — Check metric names and scrape. Too busy — Reduce panels; split by service.

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