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DoTheEvo 1 year ago
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@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ Lot of the prometheus stuff here is based off the magnificent
# Chapters
* **[Core prometheus+grafana](#Overview)** - nice dashboards with metrics of docker host and containers
* **[PromQL](#PromQL)** - links to various learning resources
* **[Pushgateway](#Pushgateway)** - push data to prometheus from anywhere
* **[Alertmanager](#Alertmanager)** - setting alerts and getting notifications
* **[Loki](#Loki)** - prometheus for logs
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* Adding pushgateway's **scrape point** to `prometheus.yml`<br>
Of note is **honor_labels** set to true,
which makes sure that **conflicting labels** like `job`, set during push
are kept over labels set in `prometheus.yml` for the scrape job.
[Docs](https://prometheus.io/docs/prometheus/latest/configuration/configuration/#scrape_config).
<details>
<summary>prometheus.yml</summary>
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### The basics
![veeam-dash](https://i.imgur.com/TOuv9bM.png)
![push-web](https://i.imgur.com/9Jk0HKu.png)
To **test pushing** some metric, execute in linux:<br>
* `echo "some_metric 3.14" | curl --data-binary @- https://push.example.com/metrics/job/blabla/instance/whatever`
@ -381,8 +384,9 @@ To **test pushing** some metric, execute in linux:<br>
* In Grafana > Explore > query for `some_metric` and see its value there.
In that command you see the metric itself: `some_metric` and it's value: `3.14`<br>
But you also see **labels** being set, one label named `job`, which is required,
but after that it's whatever you want.<br>
But there are also **labels** being set as part of the url. One label named `job`,
which is required, but after that it's whatever you want.
They just need to be in **pairs** - label name and label value.
The metrics sit on the pushgateway **forever**, unless deleted or container
shuts down. **Prometheus will not remove** the metrics **after scraping**,

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