The 4 Types Of Prometheus Metrics

Discover the different types of Prometheus metrics, how to decide which one is right for a specific scenario, and how to query them.

Prometheus is an excellent tool for gathering metrics from your application so that you can better understand how it’s behaving. When deciding how to publish metrics, you’ll have 4 types of metrics to choose from.

▶️ Introduction 0:00
▶️ Counters 1:23
▶️ Gauges 3:38
▶️ Histograms 5:43
▶️ Summaries 9:45

📚 Resources 📚

✅ Accompanying blog post: https://tomgregory.com/aws/the-four-t...
✅ High-level introduction video "Why use Prometheus?"    • Why use Prometheus? (for monitoring)  
✅ Technical introduction video "Monitoring A Spring Boot Application"    • Monitoring A Spring Boot Application,...  
✅ Official Prometheus docs on the different metric types: https://prometheus.io/docs/concepts/m...
✅ In depth comparison of histograms and summaries: https://prometheus.io/docs/practices/...