Prometheus metrics

Prometheus offers a multi-dimensional data model with time series data identified by metric name and key/value pairs. The data collection happens via a pull model over HTTP/HTTPS.

Parseable server exposes Prometheus metrics at /api/v1/metrics endpoint (unauthorized). The metrics are exposed in Prometheus exposition format.

Prerequisites

• Parseable server installed and running. See installation guide for more details.
• Prometheus installed and running. See installation guide for more details.

Configuration

Prometheus configuration is done via a YAML file. Locate your Prometheus configuration file prometheus.yml and add the following section to scrape Parseable server metrics.

scrape_configs:
- job_name: parseable-job
  metrics_path: /api/v1/metrics
  scheme: http
  static_configs:
  - targets: ['localhost:8000']

Make sure to replace localhost:8000 with the actual host and port where Parseable server is running.

List of metrics exposed by Parseable

Parseable server exposes the following metrics on /api/v1/metrics endpoint. All of these can be accessed via Prometheus dashboard. A sample list of exposed metrics along with their definition is available in the demo server at

curl https://demo.parseable.com/api/v1/metrics