Alibaba Cloud Prometheus Service allows you to install and configure Elasticsearch exporters. Prometheus Service also provides out-of-the-box dashboards that you can use to monitor your applications.

Procedures

Procedure 1: Integration Center of Prometheus Service

  1. Log on to the ARMS console.
  2. In the left-side navigation pane, choose Prometheus Service > Prometheus Instances.
  3. Click the name of the Prometheus instance instance that you want to manage to go to the Integration Center page.

Procedure 2: Integration Center in the ARMS console

  1. Log on to the ARMS console.
  2. In the left-side navigation pane, click Integration Center. On the Integration Center page, click Elasticsearch in the Application Components section. In the Monitor Elasticsearch panel that appears, follow the on-screen instructions to add the exporter.

Install and configure the Elasticsearch exporter

This section describes how to install and configure an Elasticsearch exporter on the Integration Center page of Prometheus Service.

  1. Install an Elasticsearch exporter.
    • If you install an Elasticsearch exporter for the first time, perform the following operation:
      In the uninstalled section of the Integration Center page, find the Elasticsearch exporter and click Install. vr
    • If you have installed an Elasticsearch exporter, you need to add the exporter again:

      In the Installed section of the Integration Center page, click Add on the Elasticsearch exporter.

  2. On the Configuration tab in the STEP2 section, configure the parameters and click OK. The following table describes the parameters.
    ParameterDescription
    Exporter NameThe name of the Elasticsearch exporter. The name must meet the following requirements:
    • The name can contain only lowercase letters, digits, and hyphens (-) and cannot start or end with a hyphen (-).
    • The name must be unique.
    Note If you do not specify this parameter, the system uses the default name, which consists of the exporter type and a numeric suffix.
    Elasticsearch AddressThe URL that is used to access the Elasticsearch cluster.
    Elasticsearch PortThe port number of the Elasticsearch cluster. Example: 9200.
    UsernameThe username that is used to access the Elasticsearch cluster.
    PasswordThe password that is used to access the Elasticsearch cluster.
    Note You can view the monitoring metrics on the Metrics tab in the STEP2 section.

    The installed components are displayed in the Installed section of the Integration Center page. Click the component. In the panel that appears, you can view information such as Targets, Metrics, Dashboards, Service Discovery Configurations, and Exporter. For more information, see Integration center.