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prometheus.exporter.github

The prometheus.exporter.github component embeds github_exporter for collecting statistics from GitHub.

Usage

river 
prometheus.exporter.github "LABEL" {
}

Arguments

The following arguments can be used to configure the exporter’s behavior. All arguments are optional. Omitted fields take their default values.

NameTypeDescriptionDefaultRequired
api_urlstringThe full URI of the GitHub API.https://api.github.comno
repositorieslist(string)GitHub repositories for which to collect metrics.no
organizationslist(string)GitHub organizations for which to collect metrics.no
userslist(string)A list of GitHub users for which to collect metrics.no
api_tokensecretAPI token to use to authenticate against GitHub.no
api_token_filestringFile containing API token to use to authenticate against GitHub.no

GitHub uses an aggressive rate limit for unauthenticated requests based on IP address. To allow more API requests, it is recommended to configure either api_token or api_token_file to authenticate against GitHub.

When provided, api_token_file takes precedence over api_token.

Exported fields

The following fields are exported and can be referenced by other components.

NameTypeDescription
targetslist(map(string))The targets that can be used to collect exporter metrics.

For example, the targets can either be passed to a discovery.relabel component to rewrite the targets’ label sets, or to a prometheus.scrape component that collects the exposed metrics.

The exported targets will use the configured in-memory traffic address specified by the run command.

Component health

prometheus.exporter.github is only reported as unhealthy if given an invalid configuration. In those cases, exported fields retain their last healthy values.

Debug information

prometheus.exporter.github does not expose any component-specific debug information.

Debug metrics

prometheus.exporter.github does not expose any component-specific debug metrics.

Example

This example uses a prometheus.scrape component to collect metrics from prometheus.exporter.github:

river 
prometheus.exporter.github "example" {
  api_token_file = "/etc/github-api-token"
  repositories   = ["grafana/agent"]
}

// Configure a prometheus.scrape component to collect github metrics.
prometheus.scrape "demo" {
  targets    = prometheus.exporter.github.example.targets
  forward_to = [prometheus.remote_write.demo.receiver]
}

prometheus.remote_write "demo" {
  endpoint {
    url = PROMETHEUS_REMOTE_WRITE_URL

    basic_auth {
      username = USERNAME
      password = PASSWORD
    }
  }
}

Replace the following:

  • PROMETHEUS_REMOTE_WRITE_URL: The URL of the Prometheus remote_write-compatible server to send metrics to.
  • USERNAME: The username to use for authentication to the remote_write API.
  • PASSWORD: The password to use for authentication to the remote_write API.