In addition to what Brian said a typical use case is also for identifying HA replica pairs.
Systems like Thanos can know about replicas, and provide de-duplication. On Thu, Sep 17, 2020 at 6:46 AM kiran <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello all > > Can anyone guide me on what is the use of external_labels > in prometheus.yml file? From the documentation I am assuming it adds a new > label for each metric when let's say we remote_write to external storage > systems. Is my assumption correct? If so then can this help identify > tenants in a multi-tenant setup? > > -- > 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/CAOnWYZWarEkTqUSwNVH%2BTjMHfVDmU_2v8NxgEJACEQQb%3DEM3Cw%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/prometheus-users/CAOnWYZWarEkTqUSwNVH%2BTjMHfVDmU_2v8NxgEJACEQQb%3DEM3Cw%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/CABbyFmr13RJ4pUb51r-H12%3DmqMUWaviYsTBM8Q2rYKdoKE0ZBw%40mail.gmail.com.
