Add example for prometheus archiving source parameter
Based on #5504, this adds a clearer explanation of how to change the source, after the various sources are explained.
Chris Akritidis committed
Sep 17, 2019 at 12:20 UTC
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backends/prometheus/README.md
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@@ -236,6 +236,9 @@ Netdata can send metrics to prometheus from 3 data sources:
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The format of the metrics is: `CONTEXT_UNITS_sum{chart="CHART",family="FAMILY",dimension="DIMENSION"}`.
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All the other operations are the same with `average`.
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+To change the data source to `sum` or `as-collected` you need to provide the `source` parameter in the request URL.
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+e.g.: `http://your.netdata.ip:19999/api/v1/allmetrics?format=prometheus&help=yes&source=as-collected`
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Keep in mind that early versions of Netdata were sending the metrics as: `CHART_DIMENSION{}`.
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### Querying Metrics