prometheus-community / prometheus-community/postgres_exporter

Suggestion for useful alerts

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Description

Based on the available metrics it would be very helpful if you could provide some examples how a user can define basic alerty to check the database.

Many thanks
Philip

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Research direction

No file, test, or entry point is named. Start by reviewing the available database metrics exposed by postgres_exporter and determine which basic database alerts would be useful; the work is done when clear alert examples are documented for users.

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Assessment

Tech stack
go, postgresql, prometheus
Domain
databases, documentation, observability
Issue type
Documentation
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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