Follow these steps to create a connection to Prometheus:

1. Open the Visualization page in the console.

2. Select your workbook or click Create workbook to make a new one.

3. Click Create → Connection in the upper-right corner of your workbook page.

4. Select Prometheus. You'll see the following page:

   

5. Specify the connection parameters:

   • Hostname. IP address or the domain name (FQDN) of the Prometheus host. You can provide multiple hostnames separating them with a , comma.

     If the connection to the first host fails, Visualization will automatically attempt to connect to the following one.

   • Port to connect to a Prometheus host.

   • Username and Password to connect to Prometheus.

   • Cache TTL in seconds:

     • Default

     • Customized.

       Recommended TTL value

       We recommend using 300 seconds (5 minutes) for this setting.

6. Click Create connection.

7. Name your connection and click Create.

See also

• Visualization connectors