Rate interval

docs/source/install/monitor-without-docker.rst

@@ -197,8 +197,8 @@ For example the scrape config for Scylla:
 .. code-block:: shell
 
    global:
-     scrape_interval: 5s # By default, scrape targets every 5 second.
-     scrape_timeout: 4s # Timeout before trying to scape a target again
+     scrape_interval: 20s # By default, scrape targets every 20s second.
+     scrape_timeout: 15s # Timeout before trying to scape a target again
 
      # Attach these labels to any time series or alerts when communicating with
      # external systems (federation, remote storage, Alertmanager).
@@ -308,6 +308,9 @@ For example the scrape config for Scylla:
          target_label: by
          replacement: 'instance,shard'
 
+.. note::
+       You can change scrape_interval to a longer interval to save resources. If you do that, you must change the Grafan configuration to match it.
+
 5. Create and set ``scylla_servers.yml`` file point to your Scylla nodes and ``scylla_manager_server.yml`` file to point to your Scylla Manager.
 
 .. note::
@@ -490,6 +493,8 @@ For example
       url: http://192.168.135.167:9090
       access: proxy
       basicAuth: false
+      jsonData:
+         timeInterval: '20s' # Must match prometheus gloabal scrape_interval
 
     - name: alertmanager
       type: camptocamp-prometheus-alertmanager-datasource
@@ -503,10 +508,10 @@ For example
       basicAuth:
       isDefault:
       jsonData:
-        severity_critical: '4'
-        severity_high: '3'
-        severity_warning: '2'
-        severity_info: '1'
+        implementation: 'prometheus'
+
+.. note::
+       The timeInterval parameter must match Prometheus scrape_interval config.
 
 6. Start the Grafana service
 

docs/source/install/start-all.rst

@@ -25,12 +25,14 @@ You cannot use port mapping when using the ``-l`` flag
 
 **--compose** This is an experimental option. When set, it initiates a two-stage process. Firstly, a ``docker-compose.yml`` file is created along with an ``.env`` file. Following this, the script executes ``docker-compose up``. Please note that having docker-compose is a prerequisite.
 
+**--scrap scrap-interval** Allows changing Prometheus scrap interval.
+
 Grafana Related Commands
 ------------------------
 
-**-G path/to/grafana data-dir** Use an external directory for the Grafana database. 
-This flag places the Grafana data directory outside of its container and, by doing that, makes it persistent. 
-This is only important if you are creating your own dashboards using the Grafana GUI and wish to keep them. 
+**-G path/to/grafana data-dir** Use an external directory for the Grafana database.
+This flag places the Grafana data directory outside of its container and, by doing that, makes it persistent.
+This is only important if you are creating your own dashboards using the Grafana GUI and wish to keep them.
 If not used, each run of the containers will clear all of Grafana's information.
 
 **-v comma-separated versions** Each Scylla version comes with its own set of dashboards. By default, Grafana starts with the two latest versions. The ``-v`` flag allows specifying a specific version or versions.
@@ -63,7 +65,7 @@ Prometheus Related Commands
 **-d path/to/data-dir** Use an external directory for the Prometheus data directory.
 This flag places the Prometheus data directory outside of its container and by doing that makes it persistent.
 
-.. note:: Specifying an external directory is important for systems in production. Without it, 
+.. note:: Specifying an external directory is important for systems in production. Without it,
           every restart of the monitoring stack will result in metrics lost.
 
 **-p prometheus-port** Override the default Prometheus port, this is done using port mapping, note that port mapping does not work when using the host network.
@@ -95,7 +97,7 @@ Prometheus storage configuration is covered here_.
 
 For example to set the retention time to 30 days add ``-b "--storage.tsdb.retention.time=30d"`` to the ``start-all.sh`` command
 
-Alert Manager 
+Alert Manager
 -------------
 
 The Alertmanager handles the alerts and takes the following parameters:

grafana-datasource.sh

@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ else
            ;;
         s) BASE_DIR="grafana/stack/$OPTARG/provisioning/datasources"
            ;;
+        S) SCRAP_INTERVAL="$OPTARG"
+           ;;
         :) printf "missing argument for -%s\n" "$OPTARG" >&2
            echo "$usage" >&2
            exit 1
@@ -49,3 +51,7 @@ if [ -z "$SCYLLA_USER" ] || [ -z "$SCYLLA_PSSWD" ]; then
 else
     sed "s/SCYLLA_USER/$SCYLLA_USER/" grafana/datasource.psswd.scylla.yml |sed "s/SCYLLA_PSSWD/$SCYLLA_PSSWD/">$BASE_DIR/datasource.scylla.yml
 fi
+
+if [[ "$SCRAP_INTERVAL" != "" ]]; then
+    sed -i "s/    timeInterval: *'[[:digit:]]*.*/    timeInterval: '${SCRAP_INTERVAL}s'/g" $BASE_DIR/datasource.yaml
+fi