From c3922330e9bda6d78aa2f8aa20976aee2d94468f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: juliusv Date: Sun, 7 Dec 2014 01:23:01 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Include architecture diagram in README.md. --- README.md | 14 +++++++++----- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index fb5cea16d8..e5c6e249ff 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,7 +1,11 @@ # Prometheus -Prometheus is a systems and service monitoring system. Prometheus' main -distinguishing features as compared to other monitoring systems are: +Prometheus is a systems and service monitoring system. It collects metrics +from configured targets at given intervals, evaluates rule expressions, +displays the results, and can trigger alerts if some condition is observed +to be true. + +Prometheus' main distinguishing features as compared to other monitoring systems are: - a **multi-dimensional** data model (timeseries defined by metric name and set of key/value dimensions) - a **flexible query language** to leverage this dimensionality @@ -12,9 +16,9 @@ distinguishing features as compared to other monitoring systems are: - multiple modes of **graphing and dashboarding support** - **federation support** coming soon -Prometheus collects metrics from configured targets at given intervals, -evaluates rule expressions, displays the results, and can trigger alerts -if some condition is observed to be true. +This diagram gives a simplified view of Prometheus' architecture: + +![](https://github.com/prometheus/prometheus/blob/master/documentation/images/architecture.svg) ## Install