Store exemplars in Grafana Mimir
You can enable exemplar storage in Grafana Mimir and view the resulting data in Grafana. While exemplars can be enabled for all tenants at once or for only specific tenants, we recommend enabling and enforcing limits for exemplars for only specific tenants.
Enable exemplars globally
In the Grafana Mimir configuration file, set the
limits.max_global_exemplars_per_user
value. Start with a relatively low number (100,000) and adjust it if needed.A partial Grafana Mimir configuration file with
max_global_exemplars_per_user
set globally looks as follows:limits: max_global_exemplars_per_user: 100000
Save and deploy the configuration file.
Perform a rolling update of Grafana Mimir components.
Enable exemplars for a specific tenant
Ensure Grafana Mimir uses a runtime configuration file by verifying that the flag
-runtime-config.file
is set to a non-null value. For more information about supported runtime configuration, refer to Runtime configuration fileIn the runtime configuration file, set the
overrides.<TENANT>.max_global_exemplars_per_user
value. Start with a relatively low number (100,000) and adjust it if needed.A partial runtime configuration file with
max_global_exemplars_per_user
set for a tenant called “tenant-a” would look as follows:overrides: "tenant-a": max_global_exemplars_per_user: 100000
Save and deploy the runtime configuration file.
After the -runtime-config.reload-period
has elapsed, components reload the runtime configuration file and use the updated configuration.