1. Either drop the file into a directory for the node_exporter textfile collector; or put the file into a webserver directory, and scrape it from Prometheus
2. The timestamp is the time that the metric was scraped by Prometheus Note that Prometheus isn't a general-purpose database, and although you can ingest historical data via "backfilling <https://prometheus.io/docs/prometheus/latest/storage/#backfilling-from-openmetrics-format>", this isn't suitable for continuous ingestion. There is also the remote-write protocol <https://prometheus.io/docs/prometheus/latest/feature_flags/#remote-write-receiver>, but that's not something that's easy to integrate with for regular users. A normal exporter works on-demand: that is, when it receives a HTTP request it collects data as of that instant in time, and returns it in the HTTP response. Rather than fight against Prometheus, I think it's better to swim with the flow. On Thursday, 3 August 2023 at 18:37:25 UTC+1 Moe wrote: > Hey, > > I am using JMXCollector > <https://github.com/prometheus/jmx_exporter/blob/main/collector/src/main/java/io/prometheus/jmx/JmxCollector.java> > > to fetch metrics and writing it into a file using the TextFormat > <https://github.com/prometheus/client_java/blob/98967b8367216f4107ad5621f260ed895c930262/simpleclient_common/src/main/java/io/prometheus/client/exporter/common/TextFormat.java#L66C27-L66C27> > and > the format looks like the sample below. > > # HELP kafka_server_socket_server_metrics_processor_queue_size_p99 > > kafka.server:name=null,type=socket-server-metrics,attribute=processor-queue-size-p99 > # TYPE kafka_server_socket_server_metrics_processor_queue_size_p99 untyped > kafka_server_socket_server_metrics_processor_queue_size_p99{listener="PLAINTEXT",} > > 0.0 > > I have two questions. > 1. How do I load this file into Prometheus or grafana to visualise the > metrics? > 2. The metrics do not have the time stamp in them at the end. How do I get > the timestamp? > > Thanks in advance! > > > -- 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/adb5d174-3d05-40a8-8f68-976be1650ec1n%40googlegroups.com.
