Prometheus and GitLab

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This post introduces the initial integration of Prometheus for monitoring GitLab installations. It details the MVP plan to bundle Prometheus with GitLab CE for self-monitoring, including related issues for exposing service metrics, monitoring CI end-to-end, building public monitoring infrastructure, and creating a high-availability federated Prometheus solution. It also outlines future directions for web application monitoring, status monitoring, APM, end-user experience monitoring, user metrics/analytics, and business metrics, emphasizing deep integration into the developer experience. Additionally, it introduces 'deploy monitoring' to track deployment states and provides mockups for a deployboard.