# \#prometheus **URL:** https://community.influxdata.com/tag/prometheus/9.md [Latest](https://community.influxdata.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://community.influxdata.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://community.influxdata.com/tags.md) --- ## [Not seeing netflow/sflow metrics in Prometheus but can see it in InfluxDB](https://community.influxdata.com/t/not-seeing-netflow-sflow-metrics-in-prometheus-but-can-see-it-in-influxdb/58028)
**Author:** [@wililupy](https://community.influxdata.com/u/wililupy)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2025, 5:59pm UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/not-seeing-netflow-sflow-metrics-in-prometheus-but-can-see-it-in-influxdb/58028 "2025-10-29T17:59:06Z")
Hello, I have been testing using Telegraf as a sFlow collector. Originally I was testing with Telegraf’s inputs.sflow going to InfluxDB and using Grafana to show the metrics, and this was working no problems. However, o… --- ## [Detect missing queries in InfluxDB with Grafana (similar to Prometheus absent\_over\_time() or present\_over\_time())](https://community.influxdata.com/t/detect-missing-queries-in-influxdb-with-grafana-similar-to-prometheus-absent-over-time-or-present-over-time/57946)
**Author:** [@Khanh\_Pham](https://community.influxdata.com/u/Khanh_Pham)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2025, 3:13am UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/detect-missing-queries-in-influxdb-with-grafana-similar-to-prometheus-absent-over-time-or-present-over-time/57946 "2025-09-23T03:13:39Z")
Hi all, In Prometheus we can use the function absent\_over\_time() or present\_over\_time() to detect missing series or gaps in metrics, which is very useful for alerting when a source stops reporting. Does InfluxDB (v1.x)… --- ## [Telegraf output.prometheus clinet not exposing data](https://community.influxdata.com/t/telegraf-output-prometheus-clinet-not-exposing-data/57960)
**Author:** [@thplex48178](https://community.influxdata.com/u/thplex48178)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2025, 2:43pm UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/telegraf-output-prometheus-clinet-not-exposing-data/57960 "2025-09-19T14:43:13Z")
Hi, I have configured telegraf input plugin top stream cisco grpc data and I can see the data if I stream it to the file output plugin in json format. So that part is working, but what I want is, to expose the data to pr… --- ## [Monitor output kafka on telegraf](https://community.influxdata.com/t/monitor-output-kafka-on-telegraf/57916)
**Author:** [@thititongumpun](https://community.influxdata.com/u/thititongumpun)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2025, 2:48am UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/monitor-output-kafka-on-telegraf/57916 "2025-09-09T02:48:09Z")
i have some questions to ask you about monitoring telegraf. Right now i use outputs.kafka plugins for produce data that read from influxdb2 to a Kafka broker and i want some metrics such as batch size, linger.ms to moni… --- ## [Write error metrics](https://community.influxdata.com/t/write-error-metrics/57539)
**Author:** [@Santiago\_Cardin](https://community.influxdata.com/u/Santiago_Cardin)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2025, 12:29pm UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/write-error-metrics/57539 "2025-07-22T12:29:42Z")
I have a Telegraf agent v1.34 deployed with the Influx helm chart v1.8.55. There is a syslog input plugin and several output plugins (pubsub, health and prometheus) as shown below: \[agent\] buffer\_strategy = "memor… --- ## [Infra monitoring - InfluxDB3 vs Prometheus](https://community.influxdata.com/t/infra-monitoring-influxdb3-vs-prometheus/57440)
**Author:** [@Laurence](https://community.influxdata.com/u/Laurence)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2025, 10:29am UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/infra-monitoring-influxdb3-vs-prometheus/57440 "2025-06-17T10:29:22Z")
Hello everyone! I am currently using InfluxDB Cloud, and in the process of migrating to Core. One of my goals will be infra monitoring, and I see online that many people use a combo of Influx and Prometheus. I am wonder… --- ## [Strange behaviour with \[inputs.prometheus\] with metric\_version=2 in telegraf 1.33.0+](https://community.influxdata.com/t/strange-behaviour-with-inputs-prometheus-with-metric-version-2-in-telegraf-1-33-0/57380)
**Author:** [@pyriand3r](https://community.influxdata.com/u/pyriand3r)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2025, 1:53pm UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/strange-behaviour-with-inputs-prometheus-with-metric-version-2-in-telegraf-1-33-0/57380 "2025-06-06T13:53:55Z")
Hi, i am facing right now a very strange behaviour in Telegraf version 1.33.0 and newer in combination with the prometheus input plugin and the influxdb v2 output plugin. Assume follwing telegraf.conf \[agent\] interval… --- ## [In 2024, which "InfluxDB" should I use to get started and then go to production?](https://community.influxdata.com/t/in-2024-which-influxdb-should-i-use-to-get-started-and-then-go-to-production/32840)
**Author:** [@Tristan](https://community.influxdata.com/u/Tristan)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2025, 3:24pm UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/in-2024-which-influxdb-should-i-use-to-get-started-and-then-go-to-production/32840 "2025-02-04T15:24:36Z")
From what I understand in the different documentations : InfluxDB 1.x will not have any more maintenance past 1.8 InfluxDB 2.x is using “Flux” which is deprecated and will disappear in InfluxDB 3.x InfluxDB 3.x is not … --- ## [\[\[outputs.prometheus\_client\]\] convert my metric data incorrect](https://community.influxdata.com/t/outputs-prometheus-client-convert-my-metric-data-incorrect/56271)
**Author:** [@Patric\_Dahl](https://community.influxdata.com/u/Patric_Dahl)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2025, 2:21pm UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/outputs-prometheus-client-convert-my-metric-data-incorrect/56271 "2025-02-04T14:21:22Z")
API request response "mem\_free": 14691360768, http// /metric endpoint result HELP idac\_mem\_free Telegraf collected metric # TYPE idac\_mem\_free untyped idac\_mem\_freeactivity\_statusonlinehostxxx3hostnamechasvlxxx.domai… --- ## [SNMP Metric as tag to other metrics (gnmi, ping)](https://community.influxdata.com/t/snmp-metric-as-tag-to-other-metrics-gnmi-ping/39447)
**Author:** [@L.0601](https://community.influxdata.com/u/L.0601)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2024, 7:12pm UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/snmp-metric-as-tag-to-other-metrics-gnmi-ping/39447 "2024-11-22T19:12:16Z")
Hello, I have the following telegraf config: \[\[inputs.snmp\]\] agents = \['1.1.1.1', '2.2.2.2'\] version = 2 community = "xxxxx" interval = "10m" \[\[inputs.snmp.field\]\] oid = "1.3.6.1.2.1.1.3.0" name = "sysUptime" \[\[input… --- ## [Telegraf SNMP counters missing on Prometheus endpoint](https://community.influxdata.com/t/telegraf-snmp-counters-missing-on-prometheus-endpoint/38796)
**Author:** [@Raid](https://community.influxdata.com/u/Raid)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2024, 8:44am UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/telegraf-snmp-counters-missing-on-prometheus-endpoint/38796 "2024-10-24T08:44:07Z")
Hello, I’m facing this issue which I haven’t been able to figure out yet. This is my first time using Telegraf and basically I’m using the SNMP plugin to collect various counters from some network elements that have cus… --- ## [Telegraf processor.starlark illegal token](https://community.influxdata.com/t/telegraf-processor-starlark-illegal-token/35079)
**Author:** [@stxdig](https://community.influxdata.com/u/stxdig)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2024, 1:10pm UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/telegraf-processor-starlark-illegal-token/35079 "2024-08-26T13:10:56Z")
Hi everyone, I am currently setting up Telegraf to use a Starlark processor script to add GeoLite2 geolocation data to my metrics. However, I keep encountering a syntax error at line 17, column 1, which says: \[telegraf… --- ## [Metrics from Telegraf inputs.file from JSON file not transfered to Grafana](https://community.influxdata.com/t/metrics-from-telegraf-inputs-file-from-json-file-not-transfered-to-grafana/34734)
**Author:** [@maxilap](https://community.influxdata.com/u/maxilap)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2024, 8:32am UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/metrics-from-telegraf-inputs-file-from-json-file-not-transfered-to-grafana/34734 "2024-07-01T08:32:07Z")
Hello! I have the problem with transfering metrics from local Telegraf to Grafana. I added the inputs.file module for JSON file with params: \[\[inputs.file\]\] files = \[“/opt/tip/node\_state.json”\] data\_format = “json” … --- ## [Moving out of InfluxDB Datasource to Prometheus! Need some help](https://community.influxdata.com/t/moving-out-of-influxdb-datasource-to-prometheus-need-some-help/34376)
**Author:** [@akhan4u](https://community.influxdata.com/u/akhan4u)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2024, 7:07pm UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/moving-out-of-influxdb-datasource-to-prometheus-need-some-help/34376 "2024-05-28T19:07:55Z")
Hi Team, We are planning to move some of our grafana dashboards from Influx datasource to Prometheus. Since, We have multiple monitoring tools, we tend to streamline all of our monitoring into one tool (prometheus in th… --- ## [Telegraf sending cached metric to prometheus](https://community.influxdata.com/t/telegraf-sending-cached-metric-to-prometheus/33537)
**Author:** [@Uttam\_Kumar](https://community.influxdata.com/u/Uttam_Kumar)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2024, 1:44pm UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/telegraf-sending-cached-metric-to-prometheus/33537 "2024-03-14T13:44:11Z")
I have a scenario where sometime the telegraf custom scripts data is getting cached and sending old metrics to prometheus . e.g i have script check.sh that check https response every 5m and send the metrics to promethe… --- ## [Collecting K6 metrics using Prometheus Remote Write Output via telegraf](https://community.influxdata.com/t/collecting-k6-metrics-using-prometheus-remote-write-output-via-telegraf/33318)
**Author:** [@Nilesh786](https://community.influxdata.com/u/Nilesh786)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2024, 2:20pm UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/collecting-k6-metrics-using-prometheus-remote-write-output-via-telegraf/33318 "2024-02-23T14:20:43Z")
Hi all, I am trying to collect k6 metrics via prometheus remote write using K6\_PROMETHEUS\_RW\_TREND\_AS\_NATIVE\_HISTOGRAM as true, here I don’t want to use prometheus as my datasource and instead I want to send metrics to … --- ## [Aggregating two metrics to one metric based on common tag values](https://community.influxdata.com/t/aggregating-two-metrics-to-one-metric-based-on-common-tag-values/32815)
**Author:** [@prashanta\_shrestha](https://community.influxdata.com/u/prashanta_shrestha)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2024, 8:20pm UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/aggregating-two-metrics-to-one-metric-based-on-common-tag-values/32815 "2024-02-21T20:20:48Z")
Hello, We are trying to monitor all the subscribers data from the BNG(Broadband Network Gateway) devices using gRPC telemetry. BNG device we are using is Juniper router. Telegraf is being used as collector. We are gett… --- ## [Using telegraf to proxy metrics to prometheus is losing metrics?](https://community.influxdata.com/t/using-telegraf-to-proxy-metrics-to-prometheus-is-losing-metrics/32070)
**Author:** [@EOrtega](https://community.influxdata.com/u/EOrtega)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2023, 8:48am UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/using-telegraf-to-proxy-metrics-to-prometheus-is-losing-metrics/32070 "2023-11-09T08:48:39Z")
I am using telegraf to collect metrics from a local mysql\_exporter, add some labels to them, and expose them via the prometheus telegraf output. I am seeing, however, that every now and then, the metrics exposed by teleg… --- ## [Does Telegraph de-duplicate the metrics streamed by HA Prometheus instances?](https://community.influxdata.com/t/does-telegraph-de-duplicate-the-metrics-streamed-by-ha-prometheus-instances/31917)
**Author:** [@tejaswiniVadlamudi](https://community.influxdata.com/u/tejaswiniVadlamudi)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2023, 12:35pm UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/does-telegraph-de-duplicate-the-metrics-streamed-by-ha-prometheus-instances/31917 "2023-10-25T12:35:41Z")
If Prometheus is deployed in HA mode i.e. two instances scraping the same targets and streaming the collected data (each Prometheus instance stores its identity info as a label) to the same remote-write receiver of Teleg… --- ## [Add a binary field to Prometheus records](https://community.influxdata.com/t/add-a-binary-field-to-prometheus-records/30744)
**Author:** [@joseph2374](https://community.influxdata.com/u/joseph2374)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2023, 7:06pm UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/add-a-binary-field-to-prometheus-records/30744 "2023-07-27T19:06:47Z")
I’m currently working with InfluxDB 2.7 and using a Blackbox Exporter to capture metrics in the style of Prometheus (all in Docker containers). However, I’m facing a challenge where I need to add a binary field to each i… --- ## [How to optimize query to reach acceptable run time?](https://community.influxdata.com/t/how-to-optimize-query-to-reach-acceptable-run-time/30277)
**Author:** [@CArsten](https://community.influxdata.com/u/CArsten)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2023, 6:11am UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/how-to-optimize-query-to-reach-acceptable-run-time/30277 "2023-06-29T06:11:22Z")
Hi all, we are currently evaluating from Prometheus to InfluxDB and are currently on v2.7. To see, how well Influx works, I made up the task to see whether any of our compute nodes were experiencing high iowait during … --- ## [Dashboard for /metrics endpoint (visualizing prometheus histogram type)](https://community.influxdata.com/t/dashboard-for-metrics-endpoint-visualizing-prometheus-histogram-type/30124)
**Author:** [@dogan](https://community.influxdata.com/u/dogan)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2023, 1:01pm UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/dashboard-for-metrics-endpoint-visualizing-prometheus-histogram-type/30124 "2023-05-29T13:01:25Z")
InfluxDB v2 exposes a /metrics endpoint in the prometheus format and I want to use these metrics to make a dashboard to measure influxdb performance (i.e. average query time, how much memories used etc). However, I could… --- ## [Endpoint /metrics for InfluxDB Cloud](https://community.influxdata.com/t/endpoint-metrics-for-influxdb-cloud/29242)
**Author:** [@Autumn](https://community.influxdata.com/u/Autumn)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2023, 9:22am UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/endpoint-metrics-for-influxdb-cloud/29242 "2023-03-27T09:22:51Z")
Is there a /metrics endpoint for InfluxDB Cloud and if yes what’s the exact URL? Could only find references to OSS. --- ## [None of the outputs work if one of the outputs has error](https://community.influxdata.com/t/none-of-the-outputs-work-if-one-of-the-outputs-has-error/26490)
**Author:** [@gowthamsadasivam](https://community.influxdata.com/u/gowthamsadasivam)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2022, 4:48pm UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/none-of-the-outputs-work-if-one-of-the-outputs-has-error/26490 "2022-09-20T16:48:50Z")
Hello, I configured telegraf to collect system metrics and flushing them into three different outputs like elasticsearch, influxdb1, influxdb2 . In case if the elasticsearch output has some issues like host is down or … --- ## [Telegraf is not reading nginx logs via inputs.tail in Docker Swarm](https://community.influxdata.com/t/telegraf-is-not-reading-nginx-logs-via-inputs-tail-in-docker-swarm/26614)
**Author:** [@murtll](https://community.influxdata.com/u/murtll)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2022, 8:23am UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/telegraf-is-not-reading-nginx-logs-via-inputs-tail-in-docker-swarm/26614 "2022-09-19T08:23:57Z")
Hi everyone! I’m trying to collect & parse Nginx logs with Telegraf in Docker Swarm, but I’m facing some strange problem - Telegraf is not reading Nginx logs and does not throw any errors, so I can’t understand, what wen… --- ## [Cannot export docker\_log metrics to prometheus](https://community.influxdata.com/t/cannot-export-docker-log-metrics-to-prometheus/26605)
**Author:** [@jheinitz](https://community.influxdata.com/u/jheinitz)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2022, 5:09pm UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/cannot-export-docker-log-metrics-to-prometheus/26605 "2022-09-18T17:09:48Z")
Please direct all support questsions to slack or the forums. Thank you. Hello! Information about Setup: Telegraf Version: 1.24.0 Installation Mode: docker Docker Version: 20.10.17 O/S: RedHat 8.6 I’m trying to exp… --- ## [Collecting data from apps in Kubernetes](https://community.influxdata.com/t/collecting-data-from-apps-in-kubernetes/13018)
**Author:** [@M0rdecay](https://community.influxdata.com/u/M0rdecay)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2022, 11:32am UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/collecting-data-from-apps-in-kubernetes/13018 "2022-06-27T11:32:37Z")
Hello. How do you solve the problem of building metrics from applications in a Kubernetes cluster? I’m trying to get data from applications in several pods, accessible through the service endpoint using the input plugin… --- ## [Telegraf as external scrapper](https://community.influxdata.com/t/telegraf-as-external-scrapper/25148)
**Author:** [@Bast\_Callity](https://community.influxdata.com/u/Bast_Callity)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2022, 3:50pm UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/telegraf-as-external-scrapper/25148 "2022-06-01T15:50:05Z")
Hello, I use telegraf to scrape an external cluster and send back data to another telegraf scrape by prometheus (data\_fromat set to prometheus in HTTP modules). Something like that: … --- ## [Limit tags for the cassandra metrics by jolokia2\_agent](https://community.influxdata.com/t/limit-tags-for-the-cassandra-metrics-by-jolokia2-agent/25037)
**Author:** [@PURUSHOTTAM\_BAGHEL](https://community.influxdata.com/u/PURUSHOTTAM_BAGHEL)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2022, 5:15pm UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/limit-tags-for-the-cassandra-metrics-by-jolokia2-agent/25037 "2022-05-16T17:15:55Z")
Hi, I want to limit the tags for the cassandra metrics by jolokia2\_agent \[\[outputs.prometheus\_client\]\] listen = ":9273" \[\[processors.tag\_limit\]\] limit = 10 keep = \["az", "region"\] \[\[inputs.jolokia2\_agent\]\] urls … --- ## [Telegraf instead of node exporter to collect data](https://community.influxdata.com/t/telegraf-instead-of-node-exporter-to-collect-data/24991)
**Author:** [@Peter753l](https://community.influxdata.com/u/Peter753l)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2022, 9:44pm UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/telegraf-instead-of-node-exporter-to-collect-data/24991 "2022-05-12T21:44:04Z")
hello, I use telegraf instead of node exporter to collect data. There are some indicators that can’t be replaced.Hope you can help me. metrics: node\_filefd\_allocated node\_context\_switches\_total node\_filefd\_ma… [Next page](https://community.influxdata.com/tag/prometheus/9.md?match_all_tags=true&page=1&tags%5B%5D=prometheus)