ASP.NET Core Monitoring with Prometheus & Grafana

This is a demo project showing how to monitor a .NET Web API using Prometheus and visualize metrics using Grafana.

🔧 Tech Stack

• ASP.NET Core
• Prometheus-net
• Grafana
• Docker & Docker Compose

📦 How to Run

docker-compose up --build

Then open:

• API: http://localhost:5000/hello
• Prometheus: http://localhost:9090
• Grafana: http://localhost:3000 (admin / admin)

📊 Sample Dashboard

You can create a custom dashboard in Grafana using metrics like:

http_requests_received_total

Add panels using this metric to monitor incoming HTTP requests.

📁 Structure

• /Dockerfile: Builds the .NET app
• /prometheus.yml: Prometheus config
• /docker-compose.yml: Orchestrates services
• /Program.cs: Minimal API with Prometheus metrics

📜 License

MIT