PCA
Prometheus Certified Associate
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Getting Started with OpenTelemetry (LFS148)
by Linux Foundation
Learn to use OpenTelemetry to build and manage unified observability.
Introduction to DevOps and Site Reliability Engineering (LFS162)
by Linux Foundation
Learn how to start transforming your organization using the principles and practices of DevOps.
Introduction to Kubernetes (LFS158)
by Linux Foundation
Get an in-depth primer on this powerful system for managing containerized applications in a clustered environment.
Prometheus Fundamentals
by PromLabs (Julius Volz)
Official course from Prometheus co-founder - 13 lessons
Learn Observability in 5 Hours
by Abhishek.Veeramalla
Prometheus, Grafana and OpenTelemetry - complete demo (2024)
Docker for Beginners
by KodeKloud
Container fundamentals - prerequisite for PCA
Monitoring Modern Infrastructure (2024)
by Datadog
FREE - Techniques for collecting metrics, alerting, and investigating issues
Monitoring in the Cloud (2024)
by Datadog
FREE - PDF guide to cloud-scale monitoring and analytics
The Elastic Observability Guide for AWS (2024)
by Elastic / AWS
FREE - Unified observability with Elasticsearch on AWS
Security Observability with eBPF (2024)
by Isovalent
FREE - Runtime security and observability using eBPF
PromQL Cheat Sheet and Tutorial (2024)
by PromLabs (Julius Volz)
FREE - Interactive PromQL reference by Prometheus co-founder
Mastering Prometheus (2024)
by William Hegedus
Advanced Prometheus deployment, PromQL, and integration with Thanos
Prometheus: Up & Running, 2nd Edition (2023)
by Julien Pivotto, Brian Brazil
Complete guide to Prometheus - essential for PCA exam
Hands-On Infrastructure Monitoring with Prometheus (2019)
by Joel Bastos, Pedro Araújo
Implement and scale queries, dashboards, and alerting
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