Prometheus Configuration

External

• https://prometheus.io/docs/prometheus/latest/configuration/configuration/

Internal

• Prometheus
• Prometheus Concepts

Overview

Prometheus is configured in a prometheus.yaml configuration file. The "global" block controls the server's global configuration. The "rule_files" block specifies the location of any rules to load. The "scrape_configs" controls the targets.

global:
  scrape_interval: 15s
  evaluation_interval: 15s
rule_files:
  # - "first.rules"
  # - "second.rules"
scrape_configs:
  - job_name: prometheus
    static_configs:
      - targets: ['localhost:9090']