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Configure the OpenTelemetry Collector to write metrics into Mimir
When using the OpenTelemetry Collector, you can write metrics into Mimir via two options: prometheusremotewrite and otlphttp.
We recommend using the prometheusremotewrite exporter when possible because the remote write ingest path is tested and proven at scale.
Remote Write
For the Remote Write, use the prometheusremotewrite exporter in the Collector:
In the exporters section add:
exporters:
prometheusremotewrite:
endpoint: http://<mimir-endpoint>/api/v1/pushAnd enable it in the service.pipelines:
service:
pipelines:
metrics:
receivers: [...]
processors: [...]
exporters: [..., prometheusremotewrite]If you want to authenticate using basic auth, we recommend the basicauth extension:
extensions:
basicauth/prw:
client_auth:
username: username
password: password
exporters:
prometheusremotewrite:
auth:
authenticator: basicauth/prw
endpoint: http://<mimir-endpoint>/api/v1/push
service:
extensions: [basicauth/prw]
pipelines:
metrics:
receivers: [...]
processors: [...]
exporters: [..., prometheusremotewrite]OTLP
Mimir supports native OTLP over HTTP. To configure the collector to use the OTLP interface, you use the otlphttp exporter:
exporters:
otlphttp:
endpoint: http://<mimir-endpoint>/otlpAnd enable it in service.pipelines:
service:
pipelines:
metrics:
receivers: [...]
processors: [...]
exporters: [..., otlphttp]If you want to authenticate using basic auth, we recommend the basicauth extension:
extensions:
basicauth/otlp:
client_auth:
username: username
password: password
exporters:
otlphttp:
auth:
authenticator: basicauth/otlp
endpoint: http://<mimir-endpoint>/otlp
service:
extensions: [basicauth/otlp]
pipelines:
metrics:
receivers: [...]
processors: [...]
exporters: [..., otlphttp]
