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diff --git a/doc/administration/monitoring/prometheus/index.md b/doc/administration/monitoring/prometheus/index.md index 63231996dcc..91f810dc681 100644 --- a/doc/administration/monitoring/prometheus/index.md +++ b/doc/administration/monitoring/prometheus/index.md @@ -26,12 +26,11 @@ access to high quality time-series monitoring of GitLab services. Prometheus works by periodically connecting to data sources and collecting their performance metrics through the [various exporters](#bundled-software-metrics). To view and work with the monitoring data, you can either -[connect directly to Prometheus](#viewing-performance-metrics) or utilize a +[connect directly to Prometheus](#viewing-performance-metrics) or use a dashboard tool like [Grafana](https://grafana.com). ## Configuring Prometheus -NOTE: **Note:** For installations from source, you must install and configure it yourself. Prometheus and its exporters are on by default, starting with GitLab 9.0. @@ -54,7 +53,7 @@ To disable Prometheus and all of its exporters, as well as any added in the futu ### Changing the port and address Prometheus listens on -NOTE: **Note:** +CAUTION: **Caution:** The following change was added in [Omnibus GitLab 8.17](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/omnibus-gitlab/-/merge_requests/1261). Although possible, it's not recommended to change the port Prometheus listens on, as this might affect or conflict with other services running on the GitLab @@ -178,7 +177,6 @@ The next step is to tell all the other nodes where the monitoring node is: 1. Save the file and [reconfigure GitLab](../../restart_gitlab.md#omnibus-gitlab-reconfigure) for the changes to take effect. -NOTE: **Note:** After monitoring using Service Discovery is enabled with `consul['monitoring_service_discovery'] = true`, ensure that `prometheus['scrape_configs']` is not set in `/etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb`. Setting both `consul['monitoring_service_discovery'] = true` and `prometheus['scrape_configs']` in `/etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb` @@ -186,7 +184,7 @@ will result in errors. ### Using an external Prometheus server -NOTE: **Note:** +CAUTION: **Caution:** Prometheus and most exporters don't support authentication. We don't recommend exposing them outside the local network. A few configuration changes are required to allow GitLab to be monitored by an external Prometheus server. External servers are recommended for [GitLab deployments with multiple nodes](../../reference_architectures/index.md). |