PCA Study Guide
This study guide covers the key topics tested in the Prometheus Certified Associate (PCA) exam. Each topic provides essential concepts, configuration examples, and practical knowledge to help you prepare.
The PCA exam validates your understanding of:
- Prometheus fundamentals and architecture
- PromQL queries and functions
- Scrape configuration and service discovery
- Instrumentation and client libraries
- Alerting rules and Alertmanager
Select a topic below to begin studying.
PromQL Basics
Core PromQL concepts, selectors, operators, and functions for querying Prometheus metrics.
Read moreScrape Configuration
How Prometheus discovers and scrapes targets using static configs and service discovery.
Read moreInstrumentation
Instrumenting applications with Prometheus client libraries and metric types.
Read moreAlerting Rules
Configuring alerting rules in Prometheus and routing alerts with Alertmanager.
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