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Monitoring IBM Power with Prometheus

Most Prometheus tutorials assume x86 and Linux exporters that simply don’t exist on your platforms. This course closes that gap for IBM Power: real exporters for AIX, Linux on Power, and IBM i, real alerting rules, real dashboards.

You’ll install Prometheus, get metrics flowing from all three platforms, write alerting rules that actually fire when they should, and turn the results into dashboards in Grafana you can hand straight to your team.

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~2 days
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Andrey Klyachkin
Andrey Klyachkin
Founder, power-devops.com
IBM ChampionIBM AIX Community AdvocateIBM CATERHCEIBM TechXchange Technical Excellence Award

Speaker at international conferences. Award-winning trainer. Co-author of five IBM Redbooks, including “Using Ansible for Automation with IBM Power Systems”, and several IBM AIX and Power certifications. Building DevOps tooling for IBM Power since 2019.

✓14 self-paced modules
✓Exporters for AIX, Linux on Power & IBM i
✓PDF certificate on completion
✓Instant access after purchase
// WHAT YOU'LL LEARN

Every part, every lesson — exactly as taught

76 lessons across 15 parts, taken directly from this course's own tree.json.

Tap a part to see every lesson inside it.

01 Part 1: Introduction to Monitoring IBM Power with Prometheus What Prometheus is, its architecture, and monitoring IBM Power in practice. ▼
  • –Overview: What We Will Cover
  • –What Is Prometheus and Why Use It
  • –Prometheus Architecture and How It Works
  • –Monitoring IBM Power Platforms - Opportunities and Constraints
  • –Summary: What We Have Learned
02 Part 2: Setting Up Your Environment Installing your first Prometheus server and confirming your first scrape. ▼
  • –Overview: What We Will Cover
  • –Installing the Prometheus Server
  • –Exporter Concepts
  • –Preparing AIX, Linux on Power, and IBM i Hosts for Monitoring
  • –Verifying Connectivity and First Scrape
  • –Summary: What We Have Learned
03 Part 3: Metrics Fundamentals Metric types, the Prometheus data model, and your first PromQL queries. ▼
  • –Overview: What We Will Cover
  • –Understanding Metrics Types
  • –The Prometheus Data Model and Labels
  • –PromQL Basics
  • –Summary: What We Have Learned
04 Part 4: Prometheus Server Configuration in Depth prometheus.yml, scrape configs, service discovery, relabeling, and storage. ▼
  • –Overview: What We Will Cover
  • –The prometheus.yml Configuration File
  • –Scrape Configs and Jobs
  • –Service Discovery Mechanisms
  • –Relabeling
  • –Storage and Retention
  • –Summary: What We Have Learned
05 Part 5: PromQL in Depth Instant and range vectors, rate functions, aggregation, and recording rules. ▼
  • –Overview: What We Will Cover
  • –Instant Vectors and Range Vectors
  • –Rate, Increase, and Counter Functions
  • –Aggregation Operators
  • –Recording Rules
  • –Summary: What We Have Learned
06 Part 6: Exporters Beyond the Basics Exporter categories, popular exporters, the Blackbox Exporter, and building your own. ▼
  • –Overview: What We Will Cover
  • –Exporter Categories - Application, Protocol, and Blackbox
  • –Popular Exporters for Common Services
  • –The Blackbox Exporter for Endpoint Probing
  • –Building a Custom Exporter
  • –Summary: What We Have Learned
07 Part 7: Monitoring Linux on Power Node Exporter on Linux, key metrics, and scrape target configuration. ▼
  • –Overview: What We Will Cover
  • –Node Exporter on Linux
  • –Key Linux Metrics to Watch
  • –Configuring Scrape Targets for Linux
  • –Summary: What We Have Learned
08 Part 8: Monitoring AIX Node Exporter and njmon on AIX, key metrics, and scrape target configuration. ▼
  • –Overview: What We Will Cover
  • –Node Exporter on AIX
  • –Exporting Metrics from AIX with njmon
  • –Key AIX Metrics to Watch
  • –Configuring Scrape Targets for AIX
  • –Summary: What We Have Learned
09 Part 9: Monitoring IBM i The native and Java-based exporters, key metrics, and scrape target configuration. ▼
  • –Overview: What We Will Cover
  • –Exporting Metrics from IBM i
  • –Key IBM i Metrics to Watch
  • –Configuring Scrape Targets for IBM i
  • –Summary: What We Have Learned
10 Part 10: Visualization with Grafana Connecting Grafana, building dashboards, and IBM Power dashboard practices. ▼
  • –Overview: What We Will Cover
  • –Connecting Grafana to Prometheus
  • –Building Dashboards
  • –Dashboard Best Practices for IBM Power
  • –Summary: What We Have Learned
11 Part 11: Alerting Alertmanager basics, writing alert rules, and routing notifications. ▼
  • –Overview: What We Will Cover
  • –Alertmanager Basics
  • –Writing Alert Rules
  • –Routing and Notifications
  • –Summary: What We Have Learned
12 Part 12: Integrating Prometheus with Other Monitoring Systems Icinga, other open-source tools, IBM Tivoli/Enterprise systems, and OpenTelemetry. ▼
  • –Overview: What We Will Cover
  • –Prometheus and Icinga
  • –Prometheus and Other Open Source Monitoring Systems
  • –Prometheus and IBM Tivoli and Enterprise Monitoring Systems
  • –Alertmanager Integrations with External Notification Systems
  • –OpenTelemetry and Remote Write Integrations
  • –Summary: What We Have Learned
13 Part 13: Scaling and Best Practices Long-term storage options, security, and performance and retention tuning. ▼
  • –Overview: What We Will Cover
  • –Long-Term Storage Options
  • –Security Considerations
  • –Performance and Retention Tuning
  • –Summary: What We Have Learned
14 Course Conclusion A recap of everything covered, from a single server to a full monitoring environment. ▼
  • –Course Conclusion
// BUNDLE OFFER

The Ansible & Monitoring Bundle

Automate AIX and IBM i with Ansible, then monitor both with Prometheus — the three courses that take you from zero to a fully managed IBM Power estate.

Ansible Essentials on IBM Power for AIX €49
Ansible Essentials on IBM Power for IBM i €49
Monitoring IBM Power (AIX, Linux, IBM i) with Prometheus €49
Founding Membership on blog.power-devops.com — 1 year, full access to all articles €240
30-minute 1:1 automation strategy call with Andrey €150
Total value €537
Bundle price — you save €412.05
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// FROM THE COHORT

What past participants say

“Thank you, Andrey. I always really appreciate working with you — I've always found an answer to my questions.”

— Training Participant

“I'm very satisfied with the training. You explained things really well, and your diagrams were always easy to follow. I especially liked the hands-on approach, rather than just watching something demonstrated on a machine and then repeating it. The atmosphere was great too.”

— Training Participant

“Andrey is always friendly and eager to help. He's supported me with plenty of questions and ambiguities, taking the time to answer thoroughly and give real examples.”

— Training Participant

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