How to send Prometheus metrics from custom exporter to Azure managed Prometheus?

Question

I have Azure managed Prometheus that collects data from my AKS and managed Grafana. I also have a custom exporter that collects data from my services running on Azure VMSS. How can I send the data from my custom exporter to Azure managed Prometheus? Any guidance on how to achieve this is appreciated.

Thank you, Barak.

Answer 1

Barak Pahima, thank you for posting this question on Microsoft Q&A.

Azure Managed Prometheus can be configured to collect data from the following sources:

• Azure Kubernetes service (AKS)
• Any Kubernetes cluster running self-managed Prometheus using remote-write.
• Azure Arc-enabled Kubernetes

Based on the scenario mentioned in the question, the "remote-write" option seems to be optimum for your case, as you are using custom exporter. If you are running this exporter as Kubernetes cluster, either of the following method:

Configure remote write for Azure Monitor managed service for Prometheus using managed identity authentication - if you are running this exporter as Azure Kubernetes Cluster OR Azure Arc-enabled Kubernetes cluster

Configure remote write for Azure Monitor managed service for Prometheus using Microsoft Entra authentication - if you are running this exporter as Azure Kubernetes Cluster OR Azure Arc-enabled Kubernetes cluster OR Kubernetes cluster running in another cloud or on-premises

Hope this helps.

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