configuration issue

[andrewm659]

I've almost got this working. I don't understand why it won't work. Thanks for your help!

Here is my prometheus.yml config for smokeping

  - job_name: 'smokeping'
    file_sd_configs:
    - files:
        - '/etc/prometheus/smokeping_exporter_targets.yml'

/etc/default/smokeping_prober
SMOKEPING_PROBER_OPTS='--web.listen-address=:9374 --web.telemetry-path="/metrics" --config.file=/etc/prometheus/smokeping_exporter_targets.yml --privileged --log.level=debug'

/etc/prometheus/smokeping_exporter_targets.yml

---
targets:
- host: foo.example.com
  network: ip4
  protocol: icmp
  labels:
    name: Loadbalancer VIP1 DC1 v4
- host: foo.example.com
  network: ip6
  protocol: udp
  labels:
    name: Loadbalancer VIP1 DC1 v6
- host: 10.0.0.1
  network: ip # Automatic ip4/ip6
  # protocol: icmp # Defaults to ICMP
  interval: 5s     # Duration, Default 1s.
  protocol: icmp

Logs:

n=8434fd2b1a5584f67f6a5efe70cd851199e7882e)"
Mar 14 21:25:03 mon05 smokeping_prober[111483]: ts=2023-03-15T02:25:03.307Z caller=main.go:117 level=info msg="Build context" build_context="(go=go1.18.3, user=root@b84453c710ff, date=20220608-13:26:13)"
Mar 14 21:25:03 mon05 smokeping_prober[111483]: ts=2023-03-15T02:25:03.307Z caller=main.go:194 level=error msg="no targets specified on command line or in config file"
Mar 14 21:25:03 mon05 systemd[1]: smokeping_prober.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Mar 14 21:25:03 mon05 systemd[1]: smokeping_prober.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
Mar 14 21:25:08 mon05 systemd[1]: smokeping_prober.service: Service RestartSec=5s expired, scheduling restart.
Mar 14 21:25:08 mon05 systemd[1]: smokeping_prober.service: Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 2706.
Mar 14 21:25:08 mon05 systemd[1]: Stopped Smokeping-style prober for Prometheus..
Mar 14 21:25:08 mon05 systemd[1]: Started Smokeping-style prober for Prometheus..
Mar 14 21:25:08 mon05 smokeping_prober[111488]: ts=2023-03-15T02:25:08.551Z caller=main.go:116 level=info msg="Starting smokeping_prober" version="(version=0.6.1, branch=HEAD, revision=8434fd2b1a5584f67f6a5efe70cd851199e7882e)"
Mar 14 21:25:08 mon05 smokeping_prober[111488]: ts=2023-03-15T02:25:08.551Z caller=main.go:117 level=info msg="Build context" build_context="(go=go1.18.3, user=root@b84453c710ff, date=20220608-13:26:13)"
Mar 14 21:25:08 mon05 smokeping_prober[111488]: ts=2023-03-15T02:25:08.552Z caller=main.go:194 level=error msg="no targets specified on command line or in config file"
Mar 14 21:25:08 mon05 systemd[1]: smokeping_prober.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Mar 14 21:25:08 mon05 systemd[1]: smokeping_prober.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
Mar 14 21:25:13 mon05 systemd[1]: smokeping_prober.service: Service RestartSec=5s expired, scheduling restart.
Mar 14 21:25:13 mon05 systemd[1]: smokeping_prober.service: Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 2707.
Mar 14 21:25:13 mon05 systemd[1]: Stopped Smokeping-style prober for Prometheus..
Mar 14 21:25:13 mon05 systemd[1]: Started Smokeping-style prober for Prometheus..
Mar 14 21:25:13 mon05 smokeping_prober[111493]: ts=2023-03-15T02:25:13.804Z caller=main.go:116 level=info msg="Starting smokeping_prober" version="(version=0.6.1, branch=HEAD, revision=8434fd2b1a5584f67f6a5efe70cd851199e7882e)"
Mar 14 21:25:13 mon05 smokeping_prober[111493]: ts=2023-03-15T02:25:13.804Z caller=main.go:117 level=info msg="Build context" build_context="(go=go1.18.3, user=root@b84453c710ff, date=20220608-13:26:13)"
Mar 14 21:25:13 mon05 smokeping_prober[111493]: ts=2023-03-15T02:25:13.805Z caller=main.go:194 level=error msg="no targets specified on command line or in config file"
Mar 14 21:25:13 mon05 systemd[1]: smokeping_prober.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Mar 14 21:25:13 mon05 systemd[1]: smokeping_prober.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
Mar 14 21:25:19 mon05 systemd[1]: smokeping_prober.service: Service RestartSec=5s expired, scheduling restart.
Mar 14 21:25:19 mon05 systemd[1]: smokeping_prober.service: Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 2708.
Mar 14 21:25:19 mon05 systemd[1]: Stopped Smokeping-style prober for Prometheus..
Mar 14 21:25:19 mon05 systemd[1]: Started Smokeping-style prober for Prometheus..
Mar 14 21:25:19 mon05 smokeping_prober[111501]: ts=2023-03-15T02:25:19.049Z caller=main.go:116 level=info msg="Starting smokeping_prober" version="(version=0.6.1, branch=HEAD, revision=8434fd2b1a5584f67f6a5efe70cd851199e7882e)"
Mar 14 21:25:19 mon05 smokeping_prober[111501]: ts=2023-03-15T02:25:19.049Z caller=main.go:117 level=info msg="Build context" build_context="(go=go1.18.3, user=root@b84453c710ff, date=20220608-13:26:13)"
Mar 14 21:25:19 mon05 smokeping_prober[111501]: ts=2023-03-15T02:25:19.050Z caller=main.go:194 level=error msg="no targets specified on command line or in config file"
Mar 14 21:25:19 mon05 systemd[1]: smokeping_prober.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Mar 14 21:25:19 mon05 systemd[1]: smokeping_prober.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.

[andrewm659]

I even tried setting it up this way:

  - job_name: 'smokeping'
    #    file_sd_configs:
    #    - files:
    #        - '/etc/prometheus/smokeping_exporter_targets.yml'
    relabel_configs:
      - source_labels: [__address__]
        target_label: __param_target
      - source_labels: [__param_target]
        target_label: instance
      - target_label: __address__
        replacement: 10.150.10.29:9374

Didn't work.

So now i'm getting this error when I have the files_sd set up:
Mar 15 13:58:15 mon05 prometheus[170587]: ts=2023-03-15T18:58:15.993Z caller=file.go:343 level=error component="discovery manager scrape" discovery=file config=smokeping msg="Error reading file" path=/etc/prometheus/smokeping_exporter_targets.yml err="yaml: unmarshal errors:\n line 2: cannot unmarshal !!map into []*targetgroup.Group"

[Nachtfalkeaw]

I even tried setting it up this way:

  - job_name: 'smokeping'
    #    file_sd_configs:
    #    - files:
    #        - '/etc/prometheus/smokeping_exporter_targets.yml'
    relabel_configs:
      - source_labels: [__address__]
        target_label: __param_target
      - source_labels: [__param_target]
        target_label: instance
      - target_label: __address__
        replacement: 10.150.10.29:9374

Didn't work.

So now i'm getting this error when I have the files_sd set up: Mar 15 13:58:15 mon05 prometheus[170587]: ts=2023-03-15T18:58:15.993Z caller=file.go:343 level=error component="discovery manager scrape" discovery=file config=smokeping msg="Error reading file" path=/etc/prometheus/smokeping_exporter_targets.yml err="yaml: unmarshal errors:\n line 2: cannot unmarshal !!map into []*targetgroup.Group"

smokeping.yml may look like this. you define all the targets there:
targets:
- hosts:
  - 192.168.10.1
  - 192.168.10.51
  - www.google.de
  interval: 0.5s # Duration, Default 1s.
  network: ip4 # One of ip, ip4, ip6. Default: ip (automatic IPv4/IPv6)
  protocol: icmp # One of icmp, udp. Default: icmp (Requires privileged operation)
  size: 64 # Packet data size in bytes. Default 56 (Range: 24 - 65535)
  source: 192.168.10.51 # Souce IP address to use. Default: None (automatic selection)

- hosts:
  - 192.168.10.50
  - 192.168.10.10
  - www.ard.de
  interval: 0.5s # Duration, Default 1s.
  network: ip4 # One of ip, ip4, ip6. Default: ip (automatic IPv4/IPv6)
  protocol: icmp # One of icmp, udp. Default: icmp (Requires privileged operation)
  size: 512 # Packet data size in bytes. Default 56 (Range: 24 - 65535)
  source: 192.168.10.51 # Souce IP address to use. Default: None (automatic selection)


- hosts:
  - 192.168.10.70
  - 192.168.10.21
  - 192.168.10.6
  interval: 0.5s # Duration, Default 1s.
  network: ip4 # One of ip, ip4, ip6. Default: ip (automatic IPv4/IPv6)
  protocol: udp # One of icmp, udp. Default: icmp (Requires privileged operation)
  size: 128 # Packet data size in bytes. Default 56 (Range: 24 - 65535)
  source: 192.168.10.51 # Souce IP address to use. Default: None (automatic selection)

the prometheus.yml looks like this. prometheus is only pulling the metrics. you do not send any targets to smokeping.

  - job_name: 'smokeping_prober'
    scrape_interval: 5s
    scrape_timeout: 5s

    static_configs:
      - targets:
        - 192.168.10.51:9374