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InfluxDB2, Prometheus, remote_read

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Description

Influx 1.x supported Promethues remote_read endpoints As part of a migration, we were planning to leveraged that API to allow Grafana reports written in PromQL queries to still leverage metrics pushed to InfluxDB. We leveraged a mini Prometheus agent that would have the ability to read data leveraging the remote_read endpont in order to parse the PromQL Language.

We would like to see Promethues remote_read support added to InfluxDB 2.0. Alternatively if InfluxDB could natively support PromQL so that we could leverage our existing dashboards without needed to modify them, that would also be a solution.

Split from #17958 to separate discussion from remote_write.

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Research direction

Start by reviewing the Prometheus remote_read protocol linked in the issue and how InfluxDB 2.0 exposes query and read APIs. Define whether completion means remote_read compatibility or native PromQL support, then verify that existing Grafana PromQL dashboards can retrieve metrics from InfluxDB without modification.

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Assessment

Tech stack
grafana, prometheus
Domain
databases, observability-sre
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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