The Grafana agent isn't really meant for complex/large setups. If you have a large/dynamic target list you're probably better off just running normal Prometheus and exporters.
On Thu, Jan 11, 2024 at 10:09 AM 'Elliott Balsley' via Prometheus Users < [email protected]> wrote: > I noticed Grafana Agent flow mode has many of the popular Prometheus > exporters built in. > > https://grafana.com/docs/agent/latest/flow/reference/components/prometheus.exporter.snmp/ > > Unfortunately, these blocks require that you hard code the list of targets > in the config.river file, so there is no way to dynamically connect it to a > discovery block. Adding targets would require rewriting the config file and > restarting the service. > > I’m curious if anyone else has found a good use for these embedded > exporters? > > I’m currently running Prometheus embedded in the agent, receiving the map > of targets from HTTP discovery with some relabeling (multi-target exporter > pattern), and scraping a separate instance of snmp-exporter. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Prometheus Users" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/prometheus-users/CALajkdhS9Pk3LAHzDCUz4xDeosjtOY0yRKnLhrkFckY9WVMvnQ%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/prometheus-users/CALajkdhS9Pk3LAHzDCUz4xDeosjtOY0yRKnLhrkFckY9WVMvnQ%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Prometheus Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/prometheus-users/CABbyFmpuswsc%2BMrDyMFFL2%2Bs84fR9pjRKYNOeqAytNNemVGrjA%40mail.gmail.com.
