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@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ X seconds (though, it can send them per second if you need it to).
metrics are sent to the backend server as `prefix.hostname.chart.dimension`. `prefix` is
configured below, `hostname` is the hostname of the machine (can also be configured).
- - **opentsdb** (`telnet interface`, used by **OpenTSDB**, **InfluxDB**, **KairosDB**, etc)
+ - **opentsdb** (`telnet or HTTP interfaces`, used by **OpenTSDB**, **InfluxDB**, **KairosDB**, etc)
metrics are sent to opentsdb as `prefix.chart.dimension` with tag `host=hostname`.
@@ -32,6 +32,12 @@ X seconds (though, it can send them per second if you need it to).
- **prometheus** is described at [prometheus page](prometheus/) since it pulls data from netdata.
+ - **prometheus remote write** (a binary snappy-compressed protocol buffer encoding over HTTP used by
+ a lot of [storage providers](https://prometheus.io/docs/operating/integrations/#remote-endpoints-and-storage))
+
+ metrics are labeled in the format, which is used by Netdata for the [plaintext prometheus protocol](prometheus/).
+ Notes on using the remote write backend are [here](prometheus/remote_write/).
+
- **AWS Kinesis Data Streams**
metrics are sent to the service in `JSON` format.
@@ -70,7 +76,7 @@ of `netdata.conf` from your netdata):
```
[backend]
enabled = yes | no
- type = graphite | opentsdb | json | kinesis
+ type = graphite | opentsdb:telnet | opentsdb:http | opentsdb:https | prometheus_remote_write | json | kinesis
host tags = list of TAG=VALUE
destination = space separated list of [PROTOCOL:]HOST[:PORT] - the first working will be used, or a region for kinesis
data source = average | sum | as collected
@@ -86,7 +92,7 @@ of `netdata.conf` from your netdata):
- `enabled = yes | no`, enables or disables sending data to a backend
-- `type = graphite | opentsdb | json | kinesis`, selects the backend type
+- `type = graphite | opentsdb:telnet | opentsdb:http | opentsdb:https | json | kinesis`, selects the backend type
- `destination = host1 host2 host3 ...`, accepts **a space separated list** of hostnames,
IPs (IPv4 and IPv6) and ports to connect to.