<ul><li>The prometheus.yml configuration file is essential for setting up Prometheus to monitor metrics, define alerting rules, and group monitoring jobs.</li><li>The global block in prometheus.yml establishes default values for the entire Prometheus instance, including scrape and evaluation intervals.</li><li>The alerting block specifies where Prometheus should send alerts, usually to Alertmanager for handling notifications.</li><li>The rule_files block lists files containing alerting and recording rules, while the scrape_configs block defines what to scrape and from where.</li></ul>

Getting Started with Prometheus Configuration File (prometheus.yml)

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