:Configure metrics

View the metrics of a Prometheus instance for Container Service

1. Log on to the Managed Service for Prometheus console.

2. In the left-side navigation pane, click Instances.

3. Click the name of the Prometheus instance.

4. In the left-side navigation pane, click Service Discovery.
5. On the page that appears, click the Metrics tab.
   On the Metrics tab, the metric names, percentages, and numbers of data samples in the last 10 minutes are displayed in a table.

   You can filter metrics by job name or metric type. You can also enter a keyword in the search column to perform fuzzy match.

   Parameter	Description
   Metrics	The name of the metric.
   Job Name	The name of the job that collects the metric.
   Metric Type	Basic metric Custom metric
   Percentage	The percentage of the data samples on the metric in the total number of data samples.
   Metric Quantity in Last 10 Minutes	The number of data samples that are stored in the last 10 minutes.

Discard metrics

If you no longer want your Prometheus instance to monitor the data of some custom metrics, you can discard these custom metrics to prevent unnecessary costs. You are not charged for deprecated custom metrics.

1. Log on to the Managed Service for Prometheus console.

2. In the left-side navigation pane, click Instances.

3. Click the name of the Prometheus instance.

4. In the left-side navigation pane, click Service Discovery.
5. On the page that appears, click the Metrics tab. Perform the following operations to discard custom metrics based on your business requirements.
   • To discard one custom metric, perform the following steps:
     1. Find the custom metric that you want to discard and click Discard in the Actions column.
     2. In the Configure Discarded Metrics message, click OK.
   • To discard multiple custom metrics, perform the following steps:
     1. In the upper-right corner of the page, click Configure Discarded Metrics.
     2. In the Configure Discarded Metrics dialog box, enter the names of the metrics that you want to discard and click OK.
   • Discard all custom metrics
     1. In the lower-left corner of the page, click Discard All.
     2. In the message that appears, click OK.

Enable discarded metrics

If you want to use a Prometheus instance to monitor discarded metrics, you can enable these discarded metrics. You will be charged for the discarded custom metrics that you enable.

1. Log on to the Managed Service for Prometheus console.

2. In the left-side navigation pane, click Instances.

3. Click the name of the Prometheus instance.

4. In the left-side navigation pane, click Service Discovery.
5. On the page that appears, click the Metrics tab. Perform the following operations to enable discarded metrics based on your business requirements.
   • Enable a single discarded metric
     1. Find the discarded metric that you want to enable and click Enable in the Actions column.
     2. In the message that appears, click OK.
   • Enable multiple discarded metrics at a time
     1. In the upper-right corner of the Metrics tab, click Configure Discarded Metrics.
     2. In the message that appears, delete the names of the discarded metrics that you want to enable and click OK.