Glances + Open Metrics: Collect Prometheus Metrics with Datadog

by levihernandez 6 months ago

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In hosts were it is difficult to install an agent for collection, we can use Glances (and eventually create a daemon service) to expose metrics as a Prometheus endpoint.

Configure a host to expose its host metrics via a Prometheus endpoint. Configure the Datadog Agent integration OpenMetrics YAML to collect the Prometheus data from the remote host.

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