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Grafana Learning Roadmap

From first dashboard to a unified observability layer across metrics, logs, and traces.

Estimated time:2–4 weeks

1🌱

Phase 1 — Fundamentals

Data sources (Prometheus, Loki, Elasticsearch)

Panels & visualization types

Variables for dynamic dashboards

Dashboard JSON model

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Templating & repeating panels

Transformations

Annotations & alerts on panels

Dashboard provisioning as code

3🚨

Grafana unified alerting

Notification policies & contact points

Correlating metrics/logs/traces (Explore view)

Loki for log aggregation

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important

RBAC & folder permissions

Multi-tenant Grafana (organizations)

Dashboard-as-code (Grafonnet/Terraform provider)

Cost/performance tuning for large dashboards

Begin with interview questions to assess your current level.