GitHub Enterprise Server includes a Prometheus metrics exporter to simplify observability and monitoring. This feature allows metrics to be scraped directly from the appliance, eliminating the need to forward collectd metrics to an external collectd server for transformation before sending them to a Prometheus system. By supporting Prometheus-compatible metrics natively, the exporter enables seamless integration with external monitoring dashboards and alerting systems.
Enabling Prometheus metrics exporter and scraping metrics
By default, the Prometheus metrics exporter and scraping are disabled. Enabling the exporter for collectd metrics opens the metrics endpoint (also knows as scrape endpoint) at http(s)://HOSTNAME:9103. Ensure that firewall rules allow traffic on port 9103.
You can enable the Prometheus metrics exporter using the Verwaltungskonsole, the command line interface within the appliance, or the API.
Enabling using the Verwaltungskonsole
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Klicke in einem Verwaltungskonto für GitHub Enterprise Server in der rechten oberen Ecke einer beliebigen Seite auf .
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Wenn du dich nicht bereits auf der Seite „Websiteadministrator“ befindest, klicke in der oberen linken Ecke auf Websiteadministrator.
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Wähle auf der Randleiste „ Websiteadministrator“ die Option Verwaltungskonsole aus.
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In the monitoring settings, select Enable prometheus.
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In the Trusted IPv4/IPv6 addresses or CIDR blocks in a comma-separated list field, type the comma-separated list of ip addresses or CIDR blocks. An example:
10.0.0.1, 192.168.1.0/8. If this field is left empty, then scraping requests from any source IP will be accepted. -
Klicke auf der Randleiste unter „Einstellungen“ auf Einstellungen speichern.
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Durch das Speichern von Einstellungen in der Verwaltungskonsole werden Systemdienste neu gestartet, was zu einer für den Benutzer feststellbaren Downtime führen könnte.
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Warten Sie auf den Abschluss der Konfigurationsausführung.
Enabling via the command line interface
To enable the Prometheus metrics exporter, SSH into the GitHub Enterprise Server appliance and run the following commands:
ghe-config app.prometheus.enabled true
# Specify a comma-separated list of trusted IPv4/IPv6 addresses or CIDR blocks.
ghe-config app.prometheus.trusted-ips "10.0.0.1, 192.168.1.0/8"
ghe-config-apply
Enabling using the API
You can enable the Prometheus metrics exporter using the API by sending a PUT request to update the configuration settings.
curl -L -H "Content-Type: application/json" -X PUT -u "api_key:xxxxxxx" https://<hostname>/manage/v1/config/settings -d '{"prometheus": {"enabled": true, "trusted_ips": "10.0.0.1, 192.168.1.0/8"}}'
Verifying the Prometheus metrics exporter is enabled
To verify that the Prometheus metrics exporter is enabled, use curl to query the /metrics endpoint on port 9103. For more information about the administrative ports, see Netzwerkports.
curl localhost:9103/metrics
If successful, the response will include metrics with the collectd_ prefix.
Configuring your external Prometheus server
To scrape exported metrics from GitHub Enterprise Server, add a scraping configuration to the prometheus.yaml file on your external Prometheus server.
- job_name: "ghes-prom-agent"
scrape_interval: 10s
static_configs:
- targets: ["http(s)://HOSTNAME:9103/metrics"]
Support for the darkshipped Prometheus metrics exporter
If you have been using the Prometheus metrics exporter since it was darkshipped in GitHub Enterprise Server 3.12, it will continue to work after upgrading to 3.16. In this version, you now have the option to specify trusted IPs for scraping requests.
Sharing feedback
You can share your feedback on the Prometheus metrics exporter and scraping functionality with GitHub. For help with questions or issues, visit GitHub Enterprise Support.