Possible causes
The built-in service discovery feature of Managed Service for Prometheus may collect your metrics and generate additional charges.
Built-in service discovery in Managed Service for Prometheus includes default service discovery, ServiceMonitor, PodMonitor, and custom service discovery.
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Default service discovery is automatically enabled and starts collecting metrics after you connect to Managed Service for Prometheus.
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ServiceMonitor, PodMonitor, and custom service discovery require manual configuration to collect metrics.
Additional charges for Managed Service for Prometheus typically result from one or more of these service discovery types being enabled.
Solutions
To avoid these charges, disable the corresponding service discovery feature.
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To disable service discovery for a Prometheus instance for Container Service, see Manage service discovery for Kubernetes clusters.
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To disable service discovery for a Prometheus instance for ECS, see Manage service discovery for Prometheus instances for ECS.