Grafana Tutorial for Beginners | What is Grafana | Prometheus and Grafana Monitoring (2026)

🎓 What is Grafana and how does it work? This Grafana tutorial for beginners covers Prometheus and Grafana monitoring, Grafana dashboard creation, data sources, panels, variables, and the three pillars of observability, all explained with simple visuals. In this Grafana guide, you'll see: Why traditional monitoring tools fall short and what problem Grafana solves How data sources work, from Prometheus to MySQL to even Google Sheets How Prometheus exporters collect metrics and feed them into Grafana The three pillars of observability: metrics, logs, and traces with the LGTM stack How dashboards and panels let you visualize data from multiple sources in one place A great starting point if you want to set up Grafana and understand modern monitoring from scratch. 📌 Hashtags #grafana #grafanatutorial #prometheusandgrafanamonitoring #grafanatutorialforbeginners #grafanadashboardcreation #grafanadashboardtutorial #prometheusgrafana #whatisgrafana #grafanasetup #grafanaprometheus #setupgrafanadashboard 🎁 Cool Links for You (Save for Later) Get 30% OFF in all courses and certifications using the code "DIEGO" 👉 https://tidd.ly/4lUT45Y ⏱️ Chapters 0:00 Intro 0:33 The old way of monitoring 1:34 What is Grafana 1:55 Data sources 2:27 Prometheus explained 4:00 Metrics, logs, and traces 5:09 Dashboards and panels 5:40 Grafana extra features 5:45 Grafana Open-Source and Grafana Cloud 📬 Connect with Me LinkedIn:   / diego-arias-501b62186   For business inquiries and partnerships, please use the email listed on my channel's About page. 👋 About Me Diego Arias is a Senior DevOps Engineer based in Paris. He graduated 1st in his Networks & Cybersecurity master's, 2nd in his Computer Science master's. He works full-time in a big tech company in Paris, and he does motion design in his free time. His goal is to make complex tech concepts easier to understand by turning them into clear, engaging visuals that support better learning. 🎥 Gear I Use Camera: Sony A7C II Lens: SIGMA 24-70mm f/2.8 DG DN II Art Audio: DJI Mic 2 Key Light: GVM CRI97 Panels: GVM 800D RGB Software: Adobe Stack (After Effects, Premier Pro, Illustrator) + Blender for 3D scenes Don't forget to subscribe:    / @diegoarias-tech