On Fri, Nov 27, 2020 at 10:52 AM Ben Kochie <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 27, 2020 at 10:41 AM [email protected] <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> > Soon! https://github.com/prometheus/prometheus/pull/8084 >> >> That'll be a cool feature for data migration - thanks! >> >> Unfortunately I don't think it helps with the OP's problem, unless: >> 1. federation is extended to query historical data (with range queries?) >> 2. prometheus supports a remote_write endpoint for backfilling >> > > No, it doesn't solve federation gaps. Only remote_write and Thanos do this > correctly. > > IMO, Federation is mostly useful in extremely high-scale environments > where the metrics on the "scrape Prometheus" instances are mostly used for > recording rule rollups, and only the federation data is used. > > WIth remote_write and Thanos, I mostly see Federation as a legacy > technique. It was an easy form of rollup and aggregation for large scale > that was implemented in the early days. > > >> >> I can suggest another option for the OP though. They can run *two* >> independent federation nodes, such that they are never both down at the >> same time. Then put promxy <https://github.com/jacksontj/promxy> in >> front of them, and query via that. At query time, it will fill gaps in one >> server with data from the other. >> >> Re Thanos: is there a simple one-process deployment for that yet? What I >> like about VictoriaMetrics is that I can run >> /opt/victoria-metrics/victoria-metrics-prod >> -storageDataPath=/var/lib/victoria-metrics/data >> -retentionPeriod=6 \ >> -httpAuth.username=admin -httpAuth.password=XXXXXX >> and I'm done. >> > Forgot to reply to this one. No, not yet. I've made two proposals `./thanos standalone` mode, which is possible. Also Epimitheus, a Promtheus with no scraping, just a receiver for small use cases. But, someone has to write the code. :) > -- >> 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/cdaa27d1-a4c3-47e3-91f6-25684449a529n%40googlegroups.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/prometheus-users/cdaa27d1-a4c3-47e3-91f6-25684449a529n%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/CABbyFmr4mzeNrh3_vVWYZrZOuYaWZZYsfFCvxGc_tmw7Mns3oA%40mail.gmail.com.
