Prometheus Remote Write

Supported Types

Logs	Metrics	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, it 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	Sets 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. This is 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 retry 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.