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Reporting Prometheus Monitoring Data to a Third-Party Monitoring Platform

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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 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 hosted by a third-party vendor, obtain the Remote Write URL from 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} is the externally accessible IP address and port number.

Step 2: Obtain the Authentication Mode

  • For third-party Prometheus instances, retrieve the access token or account password from the vendor's console for authenticated access.
  • For the on-premises Prometheus instance, perform the following operations to obtain a token:
    1. If this Prometheus instance is deployed in a Kubernetes cluster, view the token in the corresponding pod. 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 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 and click the name of a cluster with Cloud Native Cluster Monitoring installed to access the cluster console.
  2. In the navigation pane, choose Add-ons, locate the Cloud Native Cluster Monitoring add-on, and click Edit.
  3. Enable Report Monitoring Data to a Third-Party Platform.

    • Source Address: Remote Write URL obtained in step 1, for example, https://127.0.0.1:9090/api/v1/write.
    • Authentication: Select the authentication mode 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. After the modification is complete, click OK.

Step 4: Check the Data Sending and Receiving

After the configuration is complete, log in to the Prometheus console and view the Prometheus metrics with remote write on the Graph page.

Parent Topic: Monitoring