From f8abae1f5854f91454535d02652d9f3643360725 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Oneric Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] docs/admin/monitoring: document reference dashboard requires VM MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit As reported on IRC. What exactly Prometheus takes offense with isn’t clear yet. --- docs/docs/administration/monitoring.md | 8 +++++--- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/docs/administration/monitoring.md b/docs/docs/administration/monitoring.md index 59af6b924..1eba84145 100644 --- a/docs/docs/administration/monitoring.md +++ b/docs/docs/administration/monitoring.md @@ -52,9 +52,11 @@ curl -i -H 'Authorization: Bearer $ACCESS_TOKEN' https://myinstance.example/api/ You may use the eponymous [Prometheus](https://prometheus.io/) or anything compatible with it like e.g. [VictoriaMetrics](https://victoriametrics.com/). -The latter claims better performance and storage efficiency and -our reference Grafana dashboard is also better tested with VictoriaMetrics. -Should any issues with Prometheus proper pop up, patches to resolve it are very welcome. +The latter claims better performance and storage efficiency. +However, at the moment our reference dashboard only works with VictoriaMetrics, +thus if you wish to use use the reference as an easy dropin template you must +use VictoriaMetrics. +Patches to allow the dashboard to work with plain Prometheus are welcome though. Both of them can usually be easily installed via distro-packages or docker. Depending on your distro or installation method the preferred way to change the CLI arguments and the location of config files may differ; consult the documentation of your chosen method to find out.