Prometheus User Survey A study of real-world Prometheus use OK Question Title * 1. How long have you been using Prometheus? 0-6 months 7 months - 1 year 1 - 2 years 3+ years I don't use it yet (If this is you - you're done!) OK Question Title * 2. Where do you use Prometheus? (Select all that apply) In Dev/Test In Production OK Question Title * 3. What do you monitor with Prometheus? (Select all that apply) Containers (no Kubernetes) Kubernetes (kube-state-metrics) Service components - like Nginx, ElasticSearch, Cassandra, SOLR, etc Applications instrumented with Prometheus metrics Node health (node_exporter) Other (please specify) OK Question Title * 4. How many Prometheus servers do you have installed? 1 2 3 4 5 -10 More than 10 OK Question Title * 5. How many nodes do you monitor with Prometheus? 1-5 6-10 11-20 21-30 31-50 more than 50 OK Question Title * 6. What is the volume of metrics you collect with Prometheus (e.g., 500 metrics per minute)? OK Question Title * 7. Do you collect other custom metrics? Yes, we use JMX Yes, we use StatsD Yes, we use Prometheus metrics Yes, we use APM/Opentracing No If other, please note here OK Question Title * 8. What is your Prometheus deployment model? Standalone server Multiple servers Federated Prometheus Cortex Thanos Other (please specify) OK Question Title * 9. What in your opinion is the most important reason for using Prometheus? It's open source and free The metric format The PromQL query language The pull model Kubernetes support Ecosystem Other (please specify) OK Question Title * 10. On a scale of 1 to 10 (with 10 being the most difficult) how difficult is it for you to manage and maintain Prometheus monitoring (including Metrics server, AlertManager, Grafana and other components)? 1 10 Clear i We adjusted the number you entered based on the slider’s scale. OK Question Title * 11. Do you set up management and administration enterprise features with Prometheus like SSO and RBAC? Yes No If yes, please note what features you use. OK Question Title * 12. Do you use Prometheus in a pull or push model? Pull Push Both OK Question Title * 13. Prior to using Prometheus, did you use another monitoring tool? Yes No If yes, please list which solution you used. OK Question Title * 14. What, if any, tools do you use with or in addition to Prometheus? APM OpenTracing Logging Infrastructure monitoring Please list solutions in use. OK DONE