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 管理控制台, the command line interface within the appliance, or the API.
Enabling using the 管理控制台
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在 上的管理帐户中,在任一页面的右上角,单击 。
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如果你尚未在“站点管理员”页上,请在左上角单击“站点管理员”。
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在“ 站点管理”边栏中,单击“管理控制台”。
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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. -
在“设置”边栏下,单击“保存设置”。
Note
保存 管理控制台 中的设置会重启系统服务,这可能会导致用户可察觉的停机时间。
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等待配置运行完毕。
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 网络端口.
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 支持.