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Prometheus Remote Write

Supported Types

Metrics	Logs	Traces
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Configuration Table

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
hostname*	`string`		The hostname or IP address for the remote write backend.
port*	`int`	9009	The port remote write backend.
path*	`string`		The API Path of the remote write URL. Ex: `api/v1/metrics`.
headers	`map`		Additional headers to attach to each HTTP Request. The following headers cannot be changed: `Content-Encoding`, `Content-Type`, `X-Prometheus-Remote-Write-Version`, and `User-Agent`.
external_labels	`map`		Label names and values to be attached as metric attributes.
namespace	`string`	""	Prefix to attach to each metric name.
enable_resource_to_telemetry_conversion	`bool`	false	When enabled will convert all resource attributes to metric attributes.
enable_write_ahead_log	`bool`	false	Whether or not to enable a Write Ahead Log for the exporter.
wal_buffer_size	`int`	300	Number of objects to store in Write Ahead Log before truncating. Applicable if `enable_write_ahead_log` is `true`.
wal_truncate_frequency	`int`	60	How often, in seconds, the Write Ahead Log should be truncated. Applicable if `enable_write_ahead_log` is `true`.
enable_tls	`bool`	false	Whether or not to use TLS.
strict_tls_verify	`bool`	false	Strict TLS Certificate Verification.
ca_file	`string`		Certificate authority used to validate TLS certificates. Not required if the collector's operating system already trusts the certificate authority.
cert_file	`string`		A TLS certificate used for client authentication, if mutual TLS is enabled.
key_file	`string`		A TLS private key used for client authentication, if mutual TLS is enabled.

*required field

Supported Retry and Queuing Settings

This destination supports the following retry and queuing settings:

Sending Queue	Persistent Queue	Retry on Failure
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In order to buffer metrics to disk, the Write Ahead Log (WAL) may be enabled.

Updated 5 months ago