This is where a configuration management software like Ansible comes in. You can write the configuration with a for loop that expands the lists.
https://galaxy.ansible.com/ui/repo/published/prometheus/prometheus/ On Sun, Feb 18, 2024 at 1:08 AM Alexander Wilke <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello, > > In our DataCenter we have different security zones. In each zone I want to > place a blackbox_exporter. The goal is that each blackbox_exporter monitors > the same destinations eg. same DNS Server or same webserver. All exporters > are controlled by one single prometheus server. > > If someone complains that something is wrong, slow or whatever I want to > have the possibility to compare each blackbox_exporter to understand if > there was an issue with the service (destnation) or the newtwork or > something else. > > I will have 26 blackbox exporter system in the DC. Each should use the > same destinations, protocols, etc. Is there a way to simplify my > configuration to not have 26 different configuration parts but merge this > into one part? > > at the moment the configuration is only different in three places: > - job name > - custom label > - replacement (IP of blackbox_exporter) > > Here an example which would result in 26 different configuration parts and > ideally I only want to have one configuration part because if I want to add > another test then I need to edit all 26 files again. > > > > > #=============================================================================================================================== > > - job_name: 'blackbox_job_01' > scrape_interval: 15s > scrape_timeout: 14s > metrics_path: /probe > params: > module: [http_post_2xx] > static_configs: > - targets: > - https://hostname1.domain > - https://hostname2.domain > - https://hostname3.domain > labels: > source_group: 'blackbox_job_01' > > relabel_configs: > - source_labels: [__address__] > target_label: __param_target > - source_labels: [__param_target] > target_label: instance > - target_label: __address__ > replacement: blackbox_job_01.domain:9115 > > > #=============================================================================================================================== > > - job_name: 'blackbox_job_02' > scrape_interval: 15s > scrape_timeout: 14s > metrics_path: /probe > params: > module: [http_post_2xx] > static_configs: > - targets: > - https://hostname1.domain > - https://hostname2.domain > - https://hostname3.domain > labels: > source_group: 'blackbox_job_02' > > relabel_configs: > - source_labels: [__address__] > target_label: __param_target > - source_labels: [__param_target] > target_label: instance > - target_label: __address__ > replacement: blackbox_job_02.domain:9115 > > > #=============================================================================================================================== > > -- > 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/5495f9a4-e80a-4dba-a601-86199221f6f6n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/prometheus-users/5495f9a4-e80a-4dba-a601-86199221f6f6n%40googlegroups.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/CABbyFmpK%2BfqweZbD6nKEGU_LDsB0GVCnc6CptJxaqL2sYmuZAg%40mail.gmail.com.

