In addition to setting up and using VMware Aria Operations for Applications as a Wavefront Query Language data source in Grafana, you can also use VMware Aria Operations for Applications as a Prometheus data source in Grafana.
When you set up VMware Aria Operations for Applications as a data source in Grafana, you can view the data stored in VMware Aria Operations for Applications by using the Grafana GUI.
Set Up VMware Aria Operations for Applications as a Prometheus Data Source
To set up VMware Aria Operations for Applications as a PromQL data source in Grafana, you must provide an API Token.
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Log in to your Grafana instance.
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In the Navigation bar on the left, click Configuration.
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Click Add data source and under Time series databases click Prometheus.
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In the Name text box, enter a meaningful name of the data source.
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Under HTTP, in the URL text box, enter the URL of your product cluster:
https://<example>.wavefront.com.You can ignore or leave the other settings defaults in this section.
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Under Auth make sure to turn the With Credentials option on.
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Under Custom HTTP Headers set the following settings:
- In the Header text box, enter Authorization as the header name.
- In the Value text box, enter
Bearer <Your-API-Token>.
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Click Save and Test.
How to Use VMware Aria Operations for Applications as a Prometheus Data Source
To use VMware Aria Operations for Applications as a PromQL data source, make sure that PromQL support is enabled on your cluster.
You can now test and see that a PromQL query in VMware Aria Operations for Applications returns the same result as a PromQL query in Grafana when the data source is the VMware Aria Operations for Applications cluster that you have configured.
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A PromQL query in VMware Aria Operations for Applications:
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Same PromQL query in Grafana when the data source is the VMware Aria Operations for Applications cluster that you have just set up.
