Hi Mircea! Did you find a solution to your problem? I'm looking into a somewhat similar scenario.
/Rufus Mircea Ulinic schrieb am Freitag, 21. Februar 2020 um 23:46:38 UTC+1: > Thanks for your answers both! To clarify, I am looking on the > Prometheus client side. The metrics are not counters or anything that > can be exported straight away, rather based on some "events" (e.g., a > file has been changed, etc. -- even in an example like that, I would > need the app, after restart, to continue counting from the value it > was before restart; note that it is not about targeting one specific > file, therefore I'm talking about some more "dynamic" metrics > depending on what file gets changed - so that needs to continue being > reported in the metrics after restart). Please let me know if my > example doesn't make much sense, and I'll try to find a more eloquent > case. Cheers! > > On 2/21/20, Jake Utley <[email protected]> wrote: > > Why are you trying to persist your metrics? If it's to preserve counters, > > this is unnecessary. PromQL functions that operate on counters (such as > > rate) will gracefully handle cases where the counter restarts. > > > > On Friday, February 21, 2020 at 9:21:47 AM UTC-8, Stuart Clark wrote: > >> > >> Your metrics are being stored in Prometheus so this shouldn't be > >> necessary. > >> > >> On 21 February 2020 17:15:18 GMT, Mircea <[email protected] > >> <javascript:>> wrote: > >>> > >>> Hello, > >>> > >>> > >>> This might be a silly question, but here I am: I would need to enable > >>> persistence for some metrics (looks like the push gateway might be a > >>> no-go > >>> for now) and I was thinking to have my app dump the metrics, say into a > >>> file (e.g., using the write_to_textfile function) - then when the app > >>> restarts to firstly attempt to load the metrics from there, so it > ensures > >>> > >>> continuity. I understand this doesn't sound like the most ideal > scenario, > >>> > >>> but such are the constraints am afraid... Anyway, so what I'm asking > >>> basically is if there's a way, or anyone is aware, of the counter-part > of > >>> > >>> the write_to_textfile function to load the metrics from text into the > >>> registry. > >>> > >>> > >>> Thanks! > >>> > >>> > >> -- > >> Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. > >> > > > > -- > > 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/cc755b9f-0626-4f25-950a-cc2357296c37%40googlegroups.com > . > > > > > -- > -Mircea > -- 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/b972df5f-53e5-4ef7-9ba8-10aeee577347n%40googlegroups.com.
