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discovery.digitalocean
discovery.digitalocean
discovers DigitalOcean Droplets and exposes them as targets.
Usage
discovery.digitalocean "LABEL" {
// Use one of:
// bearer_token = BEARER_TOKEN
// bearer_token_file = PATH_TO_BEARER_TOKEN_FILE
}
Arguments
The following arguments are supported:
Name | Type | Description | Default | Required |
---|---|---|---|---|
port | number | Port to be appended to the __address__ label for each Droplet. | 80 | no |
refresh_interval | duration | Frequency to refresh list of Droplets. | "1m" | no |
bearer_token | secret | Bearer token to authenticate with. | no | |
bearer_token_file | string | File containing a bearer token to authenticate with. | no | |
proxy_url | string | HTTP proxy to proxy requests through. | no | |
follow_redirects | bool | Whether redirects returned by the server should be followed. | true | no |
enable_http2 | bool | Whether HTTP2 is supported for requests. | true | no |
The DigitalOcean API uses bearer tokens for authentication, see more about it in the DigitalOcean API documentation.
Exactly one of the bearer_token
and bearer_token_file
arguments must be specified to authenticate against DigitalOcean.
Blocks
The discovery.digitalocean
component does not support any blocks, and is configured fully through arguments.
Exported fields
The following fields are exported and can be referenced by other components:
Name | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
targets | list(map(string)) | The set of targets discovered from the DigitalOcean API. |
Each target includes the following labels:
__meta_digitalocean_droplet_id
: ID of the Droplet.__meta_digitalocean_droplet_name
: Name of the Droplet.__meta_digitalocean_image
: The image slug (unique text identifier of the image) used to create the Droplet.__meta_digitalocean_image_name
: Name of the image used to create the Droplet.__meta_digitalocean_private_ipv4
: The private IPv4 address of the Droplet.__meta_digitalocean_public_ipv4
: The public IPv4 address of the Droplet.__meta_digitalocean_public_ipv6
: The public IPv6 address of the Droplet.__meta_digitalocean_region
: The region the Droplet is running in.__meta_digitalocean_size
: The size of the Droplet.__meta_digitalocean_status
: The current status of the Droplet.__meta_digitalocean_features
: Optional properties configured for the Droplet, such as IPV6 networking, private networking, or backups.__meta_digitalocean_tags
: The tags assigned to the Droplet.__meta_digitalocean_vpc
: The ID of the VPC where the Droplet is located.
Each discovered Droplet maps to one target.
Component health
discovery.digitalocean
is only reported as unhealthy when given an invalid
configuration. In those cases, exported fields retain their last healthy
values.
Debug information
discovery.digitalocean
does not expose any component-specific debug information.
Debug metrics
discovery.digitalocean
does not expose any component-specific debug metrics.
Example
This would result in targets with __address__
labels like: 192.0.2.1:8080
:
discovery.digitalocean "example" {
port = 8080
refresh_interval = "5m"
bearer_token = "my-secret-bearer-token"
}
prometheus.scrape "demo" {
targets = discovery.digitalocean.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.digitalocean
has exports that can be consumed by the following components:
- Components that consume Targets
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.