Exporters and Target Labels

Brian Brazil's blog post discusses the role of exporters in monitoring third-party applications with Prometheus, particularly when these applications do not natively expose metrics in Prometheus format. It outlines the process of finding and evaluating appropriate exporters, recommending resources such as the Prometheus website, third-party listings, and general search engines to locate suitable options. The post emphasizes the importance of well-maintained exporters and highlights the use of labels to organize and manage metric data effectively across various environments and infrastructures. It also provides a practical example using HAProxy and node exporters, illustrating how labels can be applied to streamline queries and manage deployments more efficiently. The post concludes by noting the scalability benefits of using Sysdig for Prometheus monitoring, allowing for extensive metric tracking and long-term data retention.