Alerting in Grafana and Prometheus: Stop Firefighting, Start Preventing

Description

🔔 Tired of finding out about problems after users do? In this video, I'll show you how to set up effective alerting in Grafana and Prometheus so you can catch critical issues before they escalate. ✅ What you'll learn: • How Grafana alerting works: alert rules, states, notifications • Creating threshold-based alert rules • Configuring contact points: Slack and email • How to avoid alert fatigue with smart thresholds • Prometheus Alertmanager overview This video was created using NotebookLM — an AI-powered tool that structures complex monitoring setups into clear guides. 👤 About the author: I'm Mykhailo Bulhakov — IT Support Engineer helping teams build alerting systems that actually prevent incidents. 🔗 Connect with me: 📺 YouTube: www.youtube.com/@MykhailoBulhakovInsights 💼 LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/mykhailo-bulhakov #Grafana #Prometheus #Alerting #Monitoring #ITSupport #SupportEngineer #TechTutorial #NotebookLM #MykhailoBulhakovInsights