From: Zac Dover Date: Tue, 26 May 2026 10:27:45 +0000 (+1000) Subject: doc/mgr: document ceph-exporter X-Git-Url: http://git-server-git.apps.pok.os.sepia.ceph.com/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=4f0bec39bf2d5c5156bc95310ebc2992df54c6eb;p=ceph.git doc/mgr: document ceph-exporter Add stub-level information for the documentation of ceph-exporter. Explicit configuration instructions are still missing from this documentation, and should in the future be supplied. Signed-off-by: Zac Dover --- diff --git a/doc/mgr/prometheus.rst b/doc/mgr/prometheus.rst index 8f69e465eb67..d19de71a08ff 100644 --- a/doc/mgr/prometheus.rst +++ b/doc/mgr/prometheus.rst @@ -24,6 +24,19 @@ Enable the ``prometheus`` module by running the below command : ceph mgr module enable prometheus +ceph-exporter +============= + +``ceph-exporter`` works alongside the Prometheus manager module. The two +components have distinct responsibilities: + +- The **Prometheus manager module** exposes all cluster-level metrics by + default other than Ceph daemon performance counters. However, these metrics + may be exported by the Prometheus manager module by setting the module option + :confval:`mgr/prometheus/exclude_perf_counter` to `false`. +- The **ceph-exporter daemon** exposes only Ceph daemon performance counters + as Prometheus metrics, running on each host in the cluster. + Configuration -------------