Monitoring and Observability for Development and DevOps

Course Description

"Monitoring and Observability for Development and DevOps" is a comprehensive intermediate-level course that equips students with essential skills in application monitoring and observability. This course, offered by IBM, delves deep into the world of ensuring optimal application performance, continuous uptime, and efficient delivery. It covers fundamental concepts, industry-standard tools, and practical techniques used by professionals in the field.

What You'll Learn

• Understand the importance and concepts of monitoring and observability
• Learn to interpret application performance metrics
• Develop troubleshooting skills using logging, stack trace, and log analytics
• Gain hands-on experience with popular tools like Prometheus, Grafana, Kibana, Splunk, OpenTelemetry, and Mezmo
• Explore monitoring techniques and their application as metrics
• Understand the Three Pillars of Observability
• Learn to work with the OpenTelemetry framework
• Develop skills in creating logs with Mezmo

Prerequisites

• Basic knowledge of DevOps
• Intermediate-level skills in Python programming
• Intermediate-level skills in working with Containers, Container Orchestration, Kubernetes, and OpenShift
• Intermediate skills in Application development

Course Content

• Introduction to Monitoring for Applications
• Monitoring Systems and Techniques
• Methodologies and Tools in Logging
• Observability and Concepts
• Hands-on experience with various monitoring and observability tools
• Final project applying learned concepts to a real-world scenario

Who This Course Is For

This course is ideal for software developers, DevOps engineers, IT professionals, and anyone involved in application development and maintenance who wants to enhance their skills in monitoring and observability. It's particularly suited for those looking to improve application performance and reliability in their professional roles.

Real-World Applications

The skills learned in this course are directly applicable to real-world scenarios in software development and IT operations. Professionals can use these skills to:

• Proactively identify and resolve issues in application performance
• Implement effective monitoring systems in their organizations
• Improve application reliability and user experience
• Optimize resource utilization and reduce downtime
• Enhance troubleshooting capabilities in complex systems
• Implement best practices in observability for cloud-native applications

Syllabus

Each module contains multiple lessons covering various aspects of monitoring and observability, including video lectures, hands-on labs, quizzes, and practical exercises. The course concludes with a final project and a comprehensive assessment to evaluate the learner's understanding of the material.