Set Up VMware Aria Operations for Applications as a PromQL Data Source in Grafana | VMware Aria Operations for Applications Documentation

Learn how you can set up VMware Aria Operations for Applications (formerly known as Tanzu Observability by Wavefront) as a Prometheus data source in Grafana.

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. The API token must be a valid Operations for Applications API token of a user account or a service account that can run queries.

Log in to your Grafana instance.
In the Navigation bar on the left, click Configuration.
Click Add data source and under Time series databases click Prometheus.
In the Name text box, enter a meaningful name of the data source.
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.
Under Auth make sure to turn the With Credentials option on.
Under Custom HTTP Headers set the following settings:
1. In the Header text box, enter Authorization as the header name.
2. In the Value text box, enter Bearer <Your-API-Token>.
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.

Important: After the setup, the behavior of the PromQL queries that you run in Grafana will be the same as the behavior of the same queries that you run in our GUI. All limitations and best practices for using PromQL in VMware Aria Operations for Applications apply. For information, see Using PromQL in VMware Aria Operations for Applications.

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.

A PromQL query in VMware Aria Operations for Applications:
Same PromQL query in Grafana when the data source is the VMware Aria Operations for Applications cluster that you have just set up.