Metric format is not as as exp6by Prometheus. Promtool can validate the metric format. Follow the steps in this link https://www.robustperception.io/invalid-is-not-a-valid-start-token-and-other-scrape-errors
On Sun, Mar 1, 2020, 8:57 PM Tasleem Halai <[email protected]> wrote: > I am using Prometheus : 2.8.1 > > prometheus config: > > scrape_configs: > # The job name is added as a label `job=<job_name>` to any timeseries > scraped from this config. > - job_name: 'prometheus' > > # metrics_path defaults to '/metrics' > # scheme defaults to 'http'. > > static_configs: > - targets: ['localhost:9090'] > > - job_name: 'grafana' > static_configs: > - targets: ['localhost:3000'] > > - job_name: 'TestApp' > metrics_path: '/actuator/prometheus' > static_configs: > - targets: ['localhost:8080'] > > http://localhost:8080/actuator/prometheus > <http://10.128.193.221:8080/actuator/prometheus> gives following metrics > like: > > # HELP jvm_buffer_memory_used_bytes An estimate of the memory that the Java > virtual machine is using for this buffer pool > # TYPE jvm_buffer_memory_used_bytes gauge > jvm_buffer_memory_used_bytes{id="mapped",} 0.0 > jvm_buffer_memory_used_bytes{id="direct",} 81920.0 > # HELP hikaricp_connections Total connections > # TYPE hikaricp_connections gauge > hikaricp_connections{pool="HikariPool-1",} 10.0 > # HELP cache_size The number of entries in this cache. This may be an > approximation, depending on the type of cache. > # TYPE cache_size gauge > cache_size{cache="addressTypesCache",cacheManager="cachceManager",name="addressTypesCache",} > 0.0 > cache_size{cache="feeTypesCache",cacheManager="cachceManager",name="feeTypesCache",} > 0.0 > > > But when prometheus tries to scrape it, it gives below error: > > "INVALID" is not a valid start token > Its not clear from the logs or from this error as to whats wrong and how > to fix it. > The spring boot app has security enabled & is protected by username and > password. > > I tried prometheus with few other versions and specifying basic auth in > config but that dint work either. > > Can someone please help me understand what could be missing here? > > > -- > Thanks, > Tasleem > > -- > 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/f5fccada-59fd-49eb-9ad8-430043f1963e%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/prometheus-users/f5fccada-59fd-49eb-9ad8-430043f1963e%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/CAKimyZtbJNK-4EjiWeKEJSJeK%3D20h%2BLwjSgotyUThQzYdwm3Gw%40mail.gmail.com.
