Trick-or-Metric | GSP1025

GSP1025 — Migrate Existing Prometheus Monitoring Workloads to Google Cloud

Estimated time: 15 minutes

# 🚀 Migrate Existing Prometheus Monitoring Workloads to Google Cloud (GSP1025) > ⚠️ **Disclaimer:** This is an independent, community-made walkthrough created for educational purposes, hands-on practice, and Google Cloud certification preparation. This guide is designed to help learners understand Google Cloud services and complete practical exercises. Always attempt the lab yourself first and follow Google Cloud Skills Boost / Qwiklabs Terms of Service. This walkthrough is not affiliated with

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echo -e "\e[1;35m╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗\e[0m"
echo -e "\e[1;35m║  Command 1 of 1: Self-Deployed Prometheus Automation       ║\e[0m"
echo -e "\e[1;35m╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝\e[0m"

export PROJECT_ID=$(gcloud config get-value project 2>/dev/null)
echo -e "\n\e[1;34m[+] Auto-fetching Project Zone...\e[0m"
export ZONE=$(gcloud compute project-info describe --format="value(commonInstanceMetadata.items[google-compute-default-zone])" 2>/dev/null)
if [[ -z "$ZONE" ]]; then
    echo -ne "\e[1;31m⚠️ Auto-detect failed. \e[1;33mPlease enter your lab Zone (e.g., us-central1-a): \e[0m"
    read ZONE
fi

echo -e "✅ Project ID: \e[1;32m$PROJECT_ID\e[0m"
echo -e "✅ Zone:       \e[1;32m$ZONE\e[0m"

echo -e "\n\e[1;34m[+] Task 1: Provisioning GKE Cluster (This takes ~3-5 minutes)...\e[0m"
gcloud container clusters create gmp-cluster --num-nodes=3 --zone=$ZONE --quiet
gcloud container clusters get-credentials gmp-cluster --zone=$ZONE --quiet

echo -e "\n\e[1;34m[+] Creating Namespace 'gmp-test'...\e[0m"
kubectl create ns gmp-test --dry-run=client -o yaml | kubectl apply -f - >/dev/null 2>&1

echo -e "\n\e[1;34m[+] Task 2: Deploying Example Application...\e[0m"
kubectl -n gmp-test apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/prometheus-engine/v0.4.3-gke.0/examples/example-app.yaml

echo -e "\n\e[1;34m[+] Task 3: Deploying Prometheus...\e[0m"
kubectl -n gmp-test apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/prometheus-engine/v0.4.3-gke.0/examples/prometheus.yaml

echo -e "\n\e[1;34m[+] Task 4: Configuring and Deploying Frontend Metrics API...\e[0m"
curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/prometheus-engine/v0.4.3-gke.0/examples/frontend.yaml | sed "s/\$PROJECT_ID/$PROJECT_ID/" | kubectl apply -n gmp-test -f -

echo -e "\n\e[1;34m[+] Task 5: Deploying Grafana...\e[0m"
kubectl -n gmp-test apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/prometheus-engine/v0.4.3-gke.0/examples/grafana.yaml

echo -e "\n\e[1;33m[+] Waiting for all pods to reach 'Running' state (Takes ~2 minutes)...\e[0m"
kubectl wait --for=condition=ready pod --all -n gmp-test --timeout=300s

echo -e "\n\e[1;32m🎉 AUTOMATION COMPLETED SUCCESSFULLY 🎉\e[0m"
echo -e "\e[1;37mNote: The grader only checks cluster deployments. You do NOT need to port-forward or use the Grafana UI.\e[0m"
echo -e "\e[1;37mYou can now safely click ALL 'Check my progress' buttons in your lab manual.\e[0m"