Real World Architecture - Building a Global Cross-Cloud Monitoring Platform

Explore the challenges and solutions of scaling a metrics platform to global proportions in this conference talk. Learn how Improbable leverages Prometheus as a foundation for monitoring applications and infrastructure within Kubernetes clusters. Discover strategies for scaling beyond a single cluster and cloud provider, including the use of Thanos for global querying and high availability of Prometheus scrapers. Gain insights into implementing Envoy to enable cross-cluster and cross-cloud communication, allowing engineers to monitor platforms across the globe. Understand the evolution from simple server configurations to advanced techniques like federation and meta monitoring as the scale of operations increases.