Some familiarity with web applications is useful.
About this course
Clarify the relationship between monitoring, application performance management and observability. This short, free IBM video course uses three explainers to connect those terms with understanding application health. It is designed to improve operational reasoning before choosing or configuring a monitoring product.
What you can learn
- Observability concepts
- Application monitoring
- APM concepts
- Application health
- Operational diagnosis
- Telemetry planning
Course at a glance
| Provider | IBM |
|---|---|
| Platform | YouTube · IBM Technology |
| Access | Free Video |
| Level | Beginner — WikiFree audience assessment |
| Language | English |
| Selected lessons | 3 |
| Video duration | 18m · allow extra time for reflection and practice |
| Details checked | 9 October 2026 |
Inside the course
Compare the questions monitoring and APM answer with the broader investigative goals of observability. Use the application-health discussion to connect technical signals with the behavior users experience.
Try this learning exercise
Imagine a checkout service that becomes slow only for some users. List the questions an operator would ask and the measurements or request context needed to investigate each one.
How to follow the course
Choose a lesson from the list or search for a specific topic. Use Previous and Next to continue, and mark lessons complete as you go. Progress is saved in this browser without a WikiFree account.
Free access, requirements and certificates
The selected public YouTube videos are free to watch. No paid subscription, payment card or examination is required for this video learning path. WikiFree independently organizes IBM Technology explainers and tutorials for self-paced study. This listing is not an official IBM qualification and does not include an IBM certificate, graded assignment or instructor feedback.
Some familiarity with web applications is useful. No telemetry vendor account or deployed application is required.
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| Course | Level | Focus | Study time |
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| This course — Free Observability Course: Monitoring, APM and App Health | Beginner | Observability concepts · Application monitoring · APM concepts | 18m of video; practice time is additional |
| Upgrading and Monitoring Apigee Hybrid: Free Google Course | Beginner | Platform maintenance planning · Rollback awareness · Monitoring literacy | 8 hours; official estimated study time, individual pace varies. |
Provider: IBM. Videos play from the IBM Technology channel on YouTube.
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