Alibaba Cloud Managed Service for Prometheus provides the data delivery feature. This feature allows you to manage monitoring data in a flexible and scalable manner. You can remotely write data from a Prometheus instance to another Prometheus instance and forward data to various cloud services, such as Kafka and MaxCompute. Data delivery further expands the ecosystem of Managed Service for Prometheus to meet more diverse computing requirements across business scenarios and broadens the use of monitoring data in Managed Service for Prometheus in all aspects of cloud computing.
The data delivery feature is in public preview. You can use this feature free of charge during the public preview. If you encounter any issues, submit a ticket. During the public preview, we will strive to adjust, improve, and upgrade the data delivery feature.
Scenarios
Long-term storage of monitoring data
By default, the monitoring data in Managed Service for Prometheus is stored for 90 days. The maximum storage period is 180 days. If you want to store the monitoring data for years, you can use the data delivery feature to export the data to your custom storage service.
Comprehensive data processing
You can export monitoring data from Managed Service for Prometheus to big data computing services such as MaxCompute. This way, the monitoring data can be processed together with fault information and data from other sources. The processed data can be used for report analysis to help you make business decisions.
Supported regions
Area | Region | City | Region ID |
Asia Pacific - China | China (Hangzhou) | Hangzhou | cn-hangzhou |
China (Shanghai) | Shanghai | cn-shanghai | |
China (Qingdao) | Qingdao | cn-qingdao | |
China (Beijing) | Beijing | cn-beijing | |
China (Zhangjiakou) | Zhangjiakou | cn-zhangjiakou | |
China (Hohhot) | Hohhot | cn-huhehaote | |
China (Ulanqab) | Ulanqab | cn-wulanchabu | |
China (Shenzhen) | Shenzhen | cn-shenzhen | |
China (Heyuan) | Heyuan | cn-heyuan | |
China (Guangzhou) | Guangzhou | cn-guangzhou | |
China (Chengdu) | Chengdu | cn-chengdu | |
China (Hong Kong) | Hong Kong | cn-hongkong | |
Asia Pacific - others | Japan (Tokyo) | Tokyo | ap-northeast-1 |
South Korea (Seoul) | Seoul | ap-northeast-2 | |
Singapore | Singapore | ap-southeast-1 | |
Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur) | Kuala Lumpur | ap-southeast-3 | |
Indonesia (Jakarta) | Jakarta | ap-southeast-5 | |
Philippines (Manila) | Manila | ap-southeast-6 | |
Thailand (Bangkok) | Bangkok | ap-southeast-7 | |
Europe and Americas | Germany (Frankfurt) | Frankfurt | eu-central-1 |
UK (London) | London | eu-west-1 | |
US (Silicon Valley) | Silicon Valley | us-west-1 | |
US (Virginia) | Virginia | us-east-1 |
References
For more information about how to store the data in Prometheus instances on Alibaba Cloud or self-managed Prometheus instances for a long period of time and how to manage the data in a centralized manner, see Create a data delivery task.