Introduction to Data Visualization with Tidyverse and R Training Course

This instructor-led, live training in New Zealand (online or on-site) is designed for advanced-level DevOps and SRE professionals seeking to enhance their alerting and automation skills using Grafana and Prometheus.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Create and manage advanced alerting rules in Prometheus.
• Integrate Prometheus Alertmanager with external tools using webhooks.
• Automate responses to alerts to resolve issues more quickly.
• Use Grafana to effectively visualise and manage alerts.

This instructor-led, live training in New Zealand (online or on-site) is aimed at intermediate-level DevOps and SRE professionals who wish to create impactful dashboards and optimise their monitoring practices using Grafana and Prometheus.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Understand best practices for designing effective dashboards.
• Create and configure advanced Grafana dashboard elements.
• Leverage Grafana templating for dynamic and reusable dashboards.
• Implement alerting mechanisms to enhance operational awareness.

This instructor-led, live training in New Zealand (online or on-site) is aimed at intermediate-level developers and DevOps engineers who wish to instrument their applications to export and monitor custom metrics effectively using Prometheus and Grafana.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Understand the importance of custom metrics for application monitoring.
• Instrument applications to export custom metrics for Prometheus.
• Create and configure dashboards in Grafana to visualise custom metrics.
• Apply best practices for integrating monitoring into the development lifecycle.

This instructor-led, live training in New Zealand (onsite or remote) is designed for data analysts who wish to use Grafana for monitoring and visualising data.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Set up the necessary development environment to begin creating visualisations in Grafana.
• Configure Grafana for high availability.
• Customise panels and dashboards with data.
• Configure a reverse proxy to achieve fast loading speeds.

This instructor-led, live training in New Zealand (online or on-site) is designed for intermediate-level data analysts who wish to learn and leverage the advanced features and components of Grafana for data visualisation and analysis.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Gain a deep understanding of advanced Grafana concepts and components.
• Use template variables and dynamic dashboards to enhance data visualisation.
• Apply the Grafana Query Language for complex queries.
• Learn best practices for scaling Grafana, optimising performance, and ensuring high availability.

This instructor-led, live training in New Zealand (online or on-site) is designed for intermediate-level system administrators and monitoring professionals who wish to effectively use Grafana to set up monitoring solutions, manage dashboards, and create alerts.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Understand the difference between observability and monitoring.
• Install and set up the Grafana server.
• Configure and connect various data sources such as Prometheus, InfluxDB, and ElasticSearch.
• Create, manage, and customise dashboards and charts.
• Use variables and queries to create dynamic dashboards.
• Set up notifications and alerts through Grafana.
• Install and manage plugins to extend Grafana’s functionality.

This instructor-led, live training in New Zealand (online or on-site) is designed for beginner to intermediate-level IT professionals who wish to gain the knowledge and practical skills needed to excel in administering Grafana and GLPI.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Create and customise Grafana dashboards with a range of visualisations.
• Implement alerting and notifications for effective monitoring.
• Administer user accounts, teams, and permissions.
• Manage IT assets efficiently, including hardware and software inventory.
• Implement a helpdesk system for user support and ticket management.

This instructor-led, live training in New Zealand (delivered either online or on-site) is designed for web developers and DevOps engineers who wish to visualise and monitor data using Grafana and Graphite.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Aggregate and visualise metrics related to systems and applications.
• Create a StatsD client for collecting application metrics.
• Build informative and dynamic dashboards with Grafana.
• Gain insights from back-end performance data.

This instructor-led, live training in New Zealand (online or on-site) is designed for intermediate-level Grafana users who want to build interactive, drill-down dashboards featuring dynamic thresholds and contextual updates.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Create dashboards that respond to user interactions, such as clicking on a graph bar
• Implement visual drill-downs that update in-place (without opening new tabs)
• Configure pie charts and detailed panels based on selection filters
• Use dynamic thresholds that react to user input and real-time data

This instructor-led, live training in New Zealand (online or onsite) is aimed at beginner-level IT professionals and DevOps practitioners who wish to learn the basics of Grafana and Prometheus.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Understand the purpose and key features of Grafana and Prometheus.
• Install and configure Grafana and Prometheus on a Linux environment.
• Set up basic data sources and dashboards in Grafana.
• Monitor system metrics and visualise data using Prometheus.

This instructor-led, live training in New Zealand (online or on-site) is designed for intermediate-level cloud and DevOps engineers who wish to enhance cloud observability using Grafana and Prometheus.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Understand the benefits of integrating Grafana and Prometheus with cloud platforms.
• Set up Prometheus for monitoring cloud-based resources.
• Configure Grafana to visualise cloud service metrics.
• Leverage cloud-native tools and integrations to support monitoring scalability.

Grafana and Prometheus are industry-standard tools used to monitor, visualise, and alert on IT infrastructure and application metrics through real-time dashboards and integrations.

This instructor-led, live training (online or on-site) is designed for intermediate to advanced IT professionals who wish to integrate Grafana with Prometheus and multiple data sources, and build actionable visualisations and alerts across distributed systems.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Install and configure Grafana and Prometheus in production-ready setups.
• Integrate multiple data sources, including SQL, Elasticsearch, InfluxDB, and cloud APIs.
• Create advanced dashboards with variables, templating, transformations, and alerts.
• Apply best practices in data modelling, performance tuning, and user access control.

Course Format

• Interactive lecture and discussion.
• Abundant exercises and practice opportunities.
• Hands-on implementation in a live-lab environment.

Course Customisation Options

• To request a customised training session for this course, please contact us to make arrangements.

This instructor-led, live training in New Zealand (online or onsite) is aimed at beginner-level system administrators and DevOps engineers who wish to develop core monitoring skills using Grafana and Prometheus.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Understand the purpose and importance of monitoring in IT environments.
• Install and configure Grafana and Prometheus for basic monitoring tasks.
• Create simple dashboards and alerts to visualise system performance.
• Apply best practices for monitoring system availability and performance.

This instructor-led, live training in New Zealand (either online or on-site) is designed for advanced-level Kubernetes administrators and DevOps engineers who wish to enhance their monitoring skills for Kubernetes clusters using Prometheus and Grafana.

By the conclusion of this training, participants will be able to:

• Set up Prometheus and Grafana for Kubernetes monitoring.
• Monitor key metrics across pods, nodes, and services.
• Create dynamic dashboards to visualise cluster health and performance.
• Implement alerting strategies for proactive issue resolution.
• Apply best practices for scaling monitoring solutions within Kubernetes environments.

This instructor-led, live training in New Zealand (online or onsite) is aimed at advanced-level DevOps engineers and SREs who wish to manage and scale Prometheus and Grafana for large environments effectively.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Architect Prometheus and Grafana for large-scale and distributed environments.
• Optimise Prometheus performance for high-traffic systems.
• Configure Grafana for large datasets and complex visualisations.
• Implement advanced troubleshooting and scalability strategies.