Are you adding any metrics registry to the Pusher, using the Gatherer() method? https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus/push#Pusher.Gatherer
On Tue, Jan 10, 2023 at 12:06 PM 'Achintya Kumar' via Prometheus Users < [email protected]> wrote: > Hey Julius, > Thank you for your reply. Understood the difference between Add and Push. > Regarding the goroutine thing, I was trying something like this > > pushGateWayClient := push.New(endpoint, jobName) > ticker := time.NewTicker(10 * time.Second) > go func() { > for { > select { > case <-ticker.C: > if err := pushGateWayClient.Add(); err != nil { > log.Error("Could not push to push gateway ", > zap.Error(err)) > } > } > } > }() > > But this isn't working. I can not see the metrics when verifying on > grafana. Can you help here? > > On Tuesday, January 10, 2023 at 3:21:42 PM UTC+5:30 [email protected] > wrote: > >> Hi Achintya, >> >> On Tue, Jan 10, 2023 at 9:29 AM 'Achintya Kumar' via Prometheus Users < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hey Guys, >>> I am using github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus/push in my >>> Golang code to push metrics to a push gateway. >>> But I wanted to understand the core difference between Add and Push. I >>> am currently using Add to push the metrics but still have some confusions >>> regarding which previous metrics will it >> >> >> Add() will replace only any metrics with the same metric name and labels >> (so the same time series identity) within a pushed group, if metrics with >> the same name and labels have been pushed before. In contrast, Push() >> completely removes all previous metrics in a pushed group and then only >> adds the newly pushed ones. So you can use Add() instead if you are not >> sending *all* possible metrics to a group every time, and you don't >> want the old ones to disappear. >> >> >>> replace? Also, I want to use the pusher.Add function to be run after >>> every 10 seconds rather than pushing metrics right away. How can I achieve >>> that? The prometheus/push package doesn't have this kind of functionality. >>> >> >> If you really want that you'll have to implement that yourself by just >> having a goroutine running in the background that pushes your metrics every >> 10 seconds. Just be aware of the general limitations of what the >> Pushgateway should be used for at >> https://prometheus.io/docs/practices/pushing/. Most of the time it's >> just used to push metrics once, at the end of a batch job run, but in some >> cases it can also make sense to push metrics on a more ongoing basis, like >> if you want to report on the progress of an ongoing batch job while it's >> running. >> >> Julius >> >> >>> Thank you. >>> This message and its attachments are confidential (or legally >>> privileged) information and are meant solely for the addressee of such >>> message. Any unauthorized use of the message / its attachments is strictly >>> prohibited. >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "Prometheus Users" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/prometheus-users/a1df943c-1146-4c39-9983-f077952d1f28n%40googlegroups.com >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/prometheus-users/a1df943c-1146-4c39-9983-f077952d1f28n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> >> >> >> -- >> Julius Volz >> PromLabs - promlabs.com >> > > This message and its attachments are confidential (or legally privileged) > information and are meant solely for the addressee of such message. Any > unauthorized use of the message / its attachments is strictly prohibited. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Prometheus Users" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/prometheus-users/d86405bd-2fa0-4582-b1e2-7da4ab47bb3bn%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/prometheus-users/d86405bd-2fa0-4582-b1e2-7da4ab47bb3bn%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- Julius Volz PromLabs - promlabs.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Prometheus Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/prometheus-users/CAObpH5zf%3DyHD4FJ64Q%2B-jd9%3Dec3Czg3obvP1biKOJvS2A%2BmpTg%40mail.gmail.com.
