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Improve Prometheus remote_write metricset docs
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comment out , insecure_skip_verify setting
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28 changes: 26 additions & 2 deletions metricbeat/module/prometheus/remote_write/_meta/docs.asciidoc
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Expand Up @@ -7,9 +7,20 @@ remote_write:
- url: "http://localhost:9201/write"
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Metrics sent to the http endpoint will be put by default under the `prometheus.metrics` prefix with their labels under `prometheus.labels`.
Also consider using secure settings for the server using TLS/SSL as shown
A basic configuration would look like:

["source","yaml",subs="attributes"]
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- module: prometheus
metricsets: ["remote_write"]
host: "localhost"
port: "9201"
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Also consider using secure settings for the server, configuring the module with TLS/SSL as shown:

["source","yaml",subs="attributes"]
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Expand All @@ -20,3 +31,16 @@ Also consider using secure settings for the server using TLS/SSL as shown
ssl.key: "/etc/pki/server/cert.key"
port: "9201"
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and on Prometheus side:

["source","yaml",subs="attributes"]
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remote_write:
- url: "https://localhost:9201/write"
tls_config:
cert_file: "/etc/prometheus/my_key.pem"
key_file: "/etc/prometheus/my_key.key"
# Disable validation of the server certificate.
#insecure_skip_verify: true
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