Prometheus Remote Write

How It Works

• The Prometheus Remote Write source creates a server that listens on http(s)://listen_address:listen_port/api/v1/write.

• This source only accepts messages compatible with v2 of the Prometheus Remote Write protocol.

Supported Platforms

Platform	Metrics	Logs	Traces
Linux	✓
Windows	✓
macOS	✓

Configuration Table

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
listen_address	string	0.0.0.0	The IP address to listen on.
listen_port	int	9090	TCP port to receive Prometheus Remote Write requests.
enable_tls	bool	false	Whether or not to use TLS.
cert_file	string		Path to the TLS certificate file for the server.
key_file	string		Path to the TLS private key file for the server.
mutual_tls	bool	false	Whether or not to require client TLS authentication (mTLS).
ca_file	string		Path to the certificate authority file for authenticating client certificates.
include_metadata	bool	false	Propagates the incoming connection's metadata to downstream consumers.
enable_cors	bool	false	Enable Cross-Origin Resource Sharing support for HTTP requests.
cors_allowed_origins	strings	[]	A list of origins a cross-domain request can be executed from.
cors_allowed_headers	strings	[]	The allowed headers sets what headers will be allowed in CORS requests.
cors_max_age	int	0	Indicates how long (in seconds) the results of a preflight request can be cached.