You want to create a Grafana dashboard that shows error rates for multiple microservices over the last 24 hours. Which steps should you follow?

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Microservices - Monitoring and Observability

AUse Grafana to deploy microservices and monitor logs

BWrite microservice code to log errors, then restart Grafana server

CConnect data source, create a dashboard, add panels with queries filtering errors by service and time

DInstall Grafana plugins, then export dashboard JSON without queries

Step-by-Step Solution

Solution:

Step 1: Connect the correct data source
Grafana needs a data source with microservice metrics to query error rates.
Step 2: Create dashboard and add panels with queries
Panels should query error counts filtered by service name and last 24 hours.
Step 3: Customize time range and filters
Set time filter to last 24 hours and group by service for clear visualization.
Final Answer:
Connect data source, create a dashboard, add panels with queries filtering errors by service and time -> Option C
Quick Check:
Data source + queries + filters = dashboard [OK]

Quick Trick: Always start with data source, then build queries in panels [OK]

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