run a prometheus / grafana stack locally, for metrics / visiblity / alerting development

This project borrows heavily from the grafana turorials found at grafana.com/tutorials.

Prequisites

Docker / docker compose installed locally :

• Docker
• Docker Compose

If you're running Docker for Desktop for macOS or Windows, Docker Compose is already included in your installation.

Running prometheus / grafana locally :

docker-compose up -d

Grafana runs here : http://localhost:4000 Promethesus runs here : http://localhost:9090

Grafana default user : admin Grafana default passowrd : admin (the first time you log in you will be asked to change your password)

You must add a data source to grafana :

• click the gear icon
• click add a data source
• click "prometheus"
• enter "http://prometheus:9090" for the URL
• click "Save & Test"