Grafana Stack Deep Dive
Master the Complete LGTM Stack
Go beyond basics with advanced PromQL, LogQL, and TraceQL. Learn production patterns for recording rules, alerting, cost optimization, and scaling the Grafana stack.
What You'll Achieve
Advanced Querying
Production Alerting
Cost Optimization
Scale Operations
Who This Track Is For
Designed for professionals ready to level up their observability expertise
Teams using Grafana Cloud or self-hosted Grafana
Engineers responsible for monitoring infrastructure
Platform teams managing observability for others
Anyone looking to optimize observability costs
Prerequisites
What You'll Learn
A structured progression through key topics, with hands-on labs at every step
- Advanced PromQL patterns
- Recording rules at scale
- Alert design principles
- Alert routing with labels
- Loki architecture deep dive
- LogQL advanced patterns
- Log-derived metrics
- Dashboard transformations
- Tempo architecture
- TraceQL advanced queries
- Advanced dashboarding techniques
- Infinity plugin for external data
What You'll Be Able To Do
Practical skills you can apply immediately in your work
Advanced Querying
Write complex PromQL aggregations, LogQL patterns, and TraceQL structural queries
Production Alerting
Design multi-condition alerts with proper routing, silencing, and escalation
Cost Optimization
Implement cardinality controls, retention policies, and sampling strategies
Scale Operations
Understand Mimir, Loki, and Tempo architecture for horizontal scaling
Team Training
Customized to your team's needs
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