Reporting Prometheus Monitoring Data to a Third-Party Monitoring Platform

Application Scenarios

The Cloud Native Cluster Monitoring add-on can report Prometheus metrics collected from clusters to a specified platform, for example, AOM or a third-party platform that supports Prometheus metrics. This section explains how to configure settings for Cloud Native Cluster Monitoring to send collected metrics to a third-party's Prometheus instance.

Step 1: Obtain the Data Reporting Address

Prometheus provides standard Remote Write APIs. You can enter the source address (Remote Write URL) in the Cloud Native Cluster Monitoring add-on for storing the locally collected monitoring data in a Prometheus instance remotely.

• If the Prometheus instance for receiving data is provided by a third-party vendor, view the Remote Write URL on the vendor's console.
• If the Prometheus instance for receiving data is an on-premises one, the Remote Write URL is https:// {prometheus_addr} /api/v1/write, where {prometheus_addr} indicates the IP address and port number for external access.

Step 2: Obtain the Authentication Mode

• For the third-party Prometheus instance, go to the vendor's console to view the token or account password used for authorized access.
• For the on-premises Prometheus instance, perform the following steps to obtain a token:
  1. If this Prometheus instance is deployed in a Kubernetes cluster, view the token in the corresponding container. If this Prometheus instance is deployed on a VM, skip this step.

     kubectl exec -ti -n monitoring prometheus-server-0 sh

     Replace the variables in the command as needed:

     • monitoring: indicates the namespace where a Prometheus pod is in.
     • prometheus-server-0: indicates the name of a Prometheus pod.
  2. Check the location of the configuration file.

     ps -aux | grep prometheus

     Information similar to the following is displayed:

     

  3. View and record the token information in prometheus.env.yaml.

     cat /etc/prometheus/config_out/prometheus.env.yaml

     

Step 3: Connect to a Third-Party Monitoring Platform

1. Log in to the CCE console, click the name of a cluster with the Cloud Native Cluster Monitoring add-on installed to access the cluster console.
2. In the navigation pane, choose Settings and click the Monitoring tab.
3. Enable Connect with third-party monitoring platforms so that the data collected by Cloud Native Cluster Monitoring can be reported to a third-party monitoring platform.
   • Source Address: Remote Write URL obtained in step 1, for example, https://127.0.0.1:9090/api/v1/write.
   • Authentication method: Select the authentication method supported by the third-party monitoring platform in step 2.
     • Basic Auth: Enter the user name and password.
     • Bearer Token: Enter the identity credential (token).

   

4. Click Confirm Configuration.

Step 4: Check the Data Sending and Receiving Statuses

After the preceding configuration is complete, log in to the Prometheus console supported by the third-party platform and view the Prometheus metrics with remote write on the Graph page.