Mimir, Keeper of the Well of Wisdom
Implementing the Kubernetes Observability Stack
https://app.pluralsight.com/library/courses/implementing-k8s-observability-stack
Year : 2026
Language : English
Level : Intermediate
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Duration : 51m
Lectures : 13
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INSTRUCTOR(S)
Elle Krout
With a background at a cloud hosting company, I started learning Linux
and DevOps from the bottom up as a technical writer set out to
document configuration management systems. Falling in love with Linux,
DevOps and tech as a whole, I eventually took my ability to explain
technical concepts to wide audiences to the training area, creating
courses on Red Hat, SaltStack, HashiCorp, LXD, Docker, and more.
HEADLINE
Learn how to turn application data into insight with a Kubernetes
observability stack. In this course, you’ll build and configure a full
stack and correlate metrics, logs, and traces in Grafana to
troubleshoot real-world application issues.
WHAT YOU'LL LEARN
REQUIREMENTS
WHO IS THIS COURSE FOR
DESCRIPTION
Kubernetes applications can fail in a variety of ways, and without
proper observability troubleshooting these issues can be guesswork. In
this course, Implementing the Kubernetes Observability Stack, you’ll
gain the ability to deploy, configure, and use a complete metrics,
logging, and tracing stack to identify and resolve real-world
application problems. First, you’ll explore deploy Prometheus,
Grafana, Loki, and Promtail using Helm, configure a ServiceMonitor,
and verify that application metrics and logs are successfully
collected. Next, you’ll discover how to add distributed tracing by
deploying Grafana Tempo and an OpenTelemetry Collector, and verify the
trace ingestion path. Finally, you’ll learn how to configure exemplar
linking to correlate metrics and traces directly in Grafana, enabling
you to track an issue from metric anomaly to source. When you’re
finished with this course, you’ll have the skills and knowledge of
Kubernetes observability needed to deploy a full observability stack
and use it to troubleshoot any issues you may encounter with your
Kubernetes applications.
LINKS
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COURSE CONTENT
[1] Deploying the Observability Stack
1. The Kubernetes observability stack [3:23]
2. Installing the Helm package manager for Kubernetes [3:44]
3. Using MinIO as object storage on Kubernetes [3:47]
4. Installing Grafana on Kubernetes [4:39]
5. Installing Prometheus on Kubernetes [3:44]
6. Deploying a ServiceMonitor [3:36]
7. Installing Loki on Kubernetes [6:08]
8. Installing Grafana Alloy on Kubernetes [1:46]
9. Creating a Grafana dashboard [5:22]
[2] Adding Distributed Tracing
10. Installing Grafana Tempo on Kubernetes [3:09]
11. Deploying the OpenTelemetry Collector [5:10]
[3] Using Exemplar Linking to Correlate Metrics, Logs, and Traces
12. Configuring exemplar linking for Prometheus [2:32]
13. Troubleshooting an issue end-to-end [4:38]
DATES
Published : 2026-04-22
Last Updated : 2026-04-22
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