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[[metricbeat-module-prometheus]]
== Prometheus module

This module periodically fetches metrics from
https://prometheus.io/docs/[Prometheus].

The default metricset is `collector`.


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=== Example configuration

The Prometheus module supports the standard configuration options that are described
in <<configuration-metricbeat>>. Here is an example configuration:

[source,yaml]
----
metricbeat.modules:
- module: prometheus
  metricsets: ["stats"]
  enabled: true
  period: 10s
  hosts: ["localhost:9090"]
  #metrics_path: /metrics
  #namespace: example

- module: prometheus
  metricsets: ["collector"]
  enabled: true
  period: 10s
  hosts: ["localhost:9090"]
  #metrics_path: /metrics
  #namespace: example

  # This can be used for service account based authorization:
  #  bearer_token_file: /var/run/secrets/kubernetes.io/serviceaccount/token
  #ssl.certificate_authorities:
  #  - /var/run/secrets/kubernetes.io/serviceaccount/service-ca.crt
----

This module supports TLS connections when using `ssl` config field, as described in <<configuration-ssl>>.
It also supports the options described in <<module-http-config-options>>.

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=== Metricsets

The following metricsets are available:

* <<metricbeat-metricset-prometheus-collector,collector>>

* <<metricbeat-metricset-prometheus-stats,stats>>

include::prometheus/collector.asciidoc[]

include::prometheus/stats.asciidoc[]

