This article describes how to build CI/CD observability at enterprise scale using GitLab metrics, Prometheus, and Grafana.
- •Pipeline Exporter collects CI/CD metrics via GitLab API (pipeline duration, job status, deployments)
- •Grafana dashboards provide Pipeline Overview, Job Performance, Runner & Infrastructure, and Deployment Frequency views
- •Solution deployment on Kubernetes includes separate pods for Pipeline Exporter, Node Exporter (DaemonSet), Prometheus, and Grafana
- •Node Exporter correlates infrastructure metrics (CPU, memory, disk) with pipeline queue times for capacity planning
- •NetworkPolicy restricts pod traffic and Grafana file-based provisioning ensures consistent dashboard deployments
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