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discovery.consul

discovery.consul allows retrieving scrape targets from Consul’s Catalog API.

Usage

river
discovery.consul "LABEL" {
  server = CONSUL_SERVER
}

Arguments

The following arguments are supported:

NameTypeDescriptionDefaultRequired
serverstringHost and port of the Consul API.localhost:8500no
tokensecretSecret token used to access the Consul API.no
datacenterstringDatacenter to query. If not provided, the default is used.no
namespacestringNamespace to use (only supported in Consul Enterprise).no
partitionstringAdmin partition to use (only supported in Consul Enterprise).no
tag_separatorstringThe string by which Consul tags are joined into the tag label.,no
schemestringThe scheme to use when talking to Consul.httpno
usernamestringThe username to use (deprecated in favor of the basic_auth configuration).no
passwordsecretThe password to use (deprecated in favor of the basic_auth configuration).no
allow_staleboolAllow stale Consul results (see official documentation). Will reduce load on Consul.trueno
serviceslist(string)A list of services for which targets are retrieved. If omitted, all services are scraped.no
tagslist(string)An optional list of tags used to filter nodes for a given service. Services must contain all tags in the list.no
node_metamap(string)Node metadata key/value pairs to filter nodes for a given service.no
refresh_intervaldurationFrequency to refresh list of containers."30s"no
bearer_tokensecretBearer token to authenticate with.no
bearer_token_filestringFile containing a bearer token to authenticate with.no
proxy_urlstringHTTP proxy to proxy requests through.no
follow_redirectsboolWhether redirects returned by the server should be followed.trueno
enable_http2boolWhether HTTP2 is supported for requests.trueno

At most one of the following can be provided:

Blocks

The following blocks are supported inside the definition of discovery.consul:

HierarchyBlockDescriptionRequired
basic_authbasic_authConfigure basic_auth for authenticating to the endpoint.no
authorizationauthorizationConfigure generic authorization to the endpoint.no
oauth2oauth2Configure OAuth2 for authenticating to the endpoint.no
oauth2 > tls_configtls_configConfigure TLS settings for connecting to the endpoint.no
tls_configtls_configConfigure TLS settings for connecting to the endpoint.no

The > symbol indicates deeper levels of nesting. For example, oauth2 > tls_config refers to a tls_config block defined inside an oauth2 block.

basic_auth block

NameTypeDescriptionDefaultRequired
password_filestringFile containing the basic auth password.no
passwordsecretBasic auth password.no
usernamestringBasic auth username.no

password and password_file are mutually exclusive, and only one can be provided inside a basic_auth block.

authorization block

NameTypeDescriptionDefaultRequired
credentials_filestringFile containing the secret value.no
credentialssecretSecret value.no
typestringAuthorization type, for example, “Bearer”.no

credential and credentials_file are mutually exclusive, and only one can be provided inside an authorization block.

oauth2 block

NameTypeDescriptionDefaultRequired
client_idstringOAuth2 client ID.no
client_secret_filestringFile containing the OAuth2 client secret.no
client_secretsecretOAuth2 client secret.no
endpoint_paramsmap(string)Optional parameters to append to the token URL.no
proxy_urlstringOptional proxy URL for OAuth2 requests.no
scopeslist(string)List of scopes to authenticate with.no
token_urlstringURL to fetch the token from.no

client_secret and client_secret_file are mutually exclusive, and only one can be provided inside an oauth2 block.

The oauth2 block may also contain a separate tls_config sub-block.

tls_config block

NameTypeDescriptionDefaultRequired
ca_pemstringCA PEM-encoded text to validate the server with.no
ca_filestringCA certificate to validate the server with.no
cert_pemstringCertificate PEM-encoded text for client authentication.no
cert_filestringCertificate file for client authentication.no
insecure_skip_verifyboolDisables validation of the server certificate.no
key_filestringKey file for client authentication.no
key_pemsecretKey PEM-encoded text for client authentication.no
min_versionstringMinimum acceptable TLS version.no
server_namestringServerName extension to indicate the name of the server.no

The following pairs of arguments are mutually exclusive and can’t both be set simultaneously:

  • ca_pem and ca_file
  • cert_pem and cert_file
  • key_pem and key_file

When configuring client authentication, both the client certificate (using cert_pem or cert_file) and the client key (using key_pem or key_file) must be provided.

When min_version is not provided, the minimum acceptable TLS version is inherited from Go’s default minimum version, TLS 1.2. If min_version is provided, it must be set to one of the following strings:

  • "TLS10" (TLS 1.0)
  • "TLS11" (TLS 1.1)
  • "TLS12" (TLS 1.2)
  • "TLS13" (TLS 1.3)

Exported fields

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

NameTypeDescription
targetslist(map(string))The set of targets discovered from the Consul catalog API.

Each target includes the following labels:

  • __meta_consul_address: the address of the target.
  • __meta_consul_dc: the datacenter name for the target.
  • __meta_consul_health: the health status of the service.
  • __meta_consul_partition: the admin partition name where the service is registered.
  • __meta_consul_metadata_<key>: each node metadata key value of the target.
  • __meta_consul_node: the node name defined for the target.
  • __meta_consul_service_address: the service address of the target.
  • __meta_consul_service_id: the service ID of the target.
  • __meta_consul_service_metadata_<key>: each service metadata key value of the target.
  • __meta_consul_service_port: the service port of the target.
  • __meta_consul_service: the name of the service the target belongs to.
  • __meta_consul_tagged_address_<key>: each node tagged address key value of the target.
  • __meta_consul_tags: the list of tags of the target joined by the tag separator.

Component health

discovery.consul is only reported as unhealthy when given an invalid configuration. In those cases, exported fields retain their last healthy values.

Debug information

discovery.consul does not expose any component-specific debug information.

Debug metrics

discovery.consul does not expose any component-specific debug metrics.

Example

This example discovers targets from Consul for the specified list of services:

river
discovery.consul "example" {
  server = "localhost:8500"
  services = [
    "service1",
    "service2",
  ]
}

prometheus.scrape "demo" {
  targets    = discovery.consul.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.

Compatible components

discovery.consul has exports that can be consumed by the following components:

Note

Connecting some components may not be sensible or components may require further configuration to make the connection work correctly. Refer to the linked documentation for more details.