How can I set up Prometheus and Grafana on a single cheap DigitalOcean droplet to monitor our API endpoints without using hosted observability tools.
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How can I set up Prometheus and Grafana on a single cheap DigitalOcean droplet to monitor our API endpoints without using hosted observability tools.
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- Docker Engine installation for Ubuntu · docs.docker.com
- Understanding and using the multi-target exporter pattern · prometheus.io
- blackbox_exporter/CONFIGURATION.md at master · prometheus/blackbox_exporter · github.com
- Configuration · prometheus.io
- http://localhost:3000 · localhost
- Provision Grafana · grafana.com
- Configure Grafana · grafana.com
- prom-client — Node.js Prometheus client · github.com
- Prometheus documentation · prometheus.io
- Grafana documentation · grafana.com
- Blackbox Exporter · github.com
- Prometheus Alertmanager · prometheus.io
- Node Exporter guide · prometheus.io