Add custom lines into vmagent under pmm-agent

1

We have pmm-agent and standalone vmagent on same host

pmm has autogenerated configuration file /usr/local/percona/pmm/tmp/agent_type_vm_agent/b6a9f90d-3c40-4459-9a1a-2ab99e9d3a40/vmagentscrapecfg

I’ve tried to add this into configuration, but they get wiped out

scrape_configs:
  - job_name: 'idp1'
    static_configs:
      - targets: ['idp.local.net:9000']

how can I add changes into pmm-agent configuration?

The idea is to have single pmm-agent that will collect all metrics

2

Hi,
you can add you exporter as external one and VMAgent will scrape it.
For PMM 2 External Services - Percona Monitoring and Management
For PMM 3 Connect external instance - Percona Monitoring and Management

3

I’ve tried that and it is not working
this address http://idp.local.net:9000/metrics gives just a text

and here is error I get in Pmm list of sevices if I tried to add it
Unknown External exporter cb6b9831-5a6c-47ba-a6b1-c491521165a4

pmm.
pmm.1665×481 21.2 KB

4

Status unknown is ok for external exporter, we have recorded jira task for it. Have you checked metrics in explore?

5

Ok, I see needed metrics in the metrics exploere

But why is it failed on node information? or this is what jira task is about?

pmm1.
pmm1.1578×117 8.84 KB

6

Is this is direct collecting? not via pmm agent?

7

yes, that’s what Jira task is about

8

it depends on metrics mode selected, if it’s push(default for cli) then vmagent will collect and push to PMM Server. if it’s pull then PMM Server will collect directly.