On Fri, Nov 27, 2020 at 10:52 AM Ben Kochie <sup...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 27, 2020 at 10:41 AM b.ca...@pobox.com <b.cand...@pobox.com> > 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 prometheus-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> 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 prometheus-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/prometheus-users/CABbyFmr4mzeNrh3_vVWYZrZOuYaWZZYsfFCvxGc_tmw7Mns3oA%40mail.gmail.com.
