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author | Chenjerai Katanda <ckatanda@gitlab.com> | 2018-11-23 19:14:12 +0300 |
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committer | Achilleas Pipinellis <axil@gitlab.com> | 2018-11-23 19:14:12 +0300 |
commit | 414ca3f7a8b24ddd52841594bfb4a101cd733841 (patch) | |
tree | 7c4bd7b11696de91e180846188e3e19d8f5f0618 /doc/administration/monitoring/prometheus | |
parent | 0ab4918cc7cf1c6fe6e1af5efa7285267129cb78 (diff) |
Add instructions on how to add Prometheus as data source in Grafana
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diff --git a/doc/administration/monitoring/prometheus/index.md b/doc/administration/monitoring/prometheus/index.md index 2d9fdedcbeb..8f65cd6418c 100644 --- a/doc/administration/monitoring/prometheus/index.md +++ b/doc/administration/monitoring/prometheus/index.md @@ -156,6 +156,20 @@ Sample Prometheus queries: - **Data transmitted:** `rate(node_network_transmit_bytes_total{device!="lo"}[5m])` - **Data received:** `rate(node_network_receive_bytes_total{device!="lo"}[5m])` +## Prometheus as a Grafana data source + +Grafana allows you to import Prometheus performance metrics as a data source +and render the metrics as graphs and dashboards which is helpful with visualisation. + +To add a Prometheus dashboard for a single server GitLab setup: + +1. Create a new data source in Grafana. +1. Name your data source i.e GitLab. +1. Select `Prometheus` in the type drop down. +1. Add your Prometheus listen address as the URL and set access to `Browser`. +1. Set the HTTP method to `GET`. +1. Save & Test your configuration to verify that it works. + ## GitLab metrics > Introduced in GitLab 9.3. |