prometheus / prometheus/exporter-toolkit

Make routes for different endpoints configurable (including switching them off)

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Description

The dev-summit decided (almost a year ago, on 2023-11-30) that we want this.

There was some discussion if this should be only about switching on and off certain endpoints (e.g. /pprof) or do more stuff like binding different endpoints to different ports or interfaces.

/cc @SuperQ @bwplotka

One trigger was https://github.com/prometheus/pushgateway/discussions/520 , which has some relevant discussion. But there are regular concerns reported about certain endpoints exposed to the public internet (in particular /pprof and /metrics, but also certain APIs depending on the binary in question). While we do not plan to lockdown binaries by default (cf. dev-summit on 2024-10-24), it would be good to give users an easy way to configure what to expose where.

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Research direction

No files, tests, or entry points are named. Start with the issue discussion and the referenced Pushgateway discussion, then clarify whether the work covers enabling or disabling endpoints only or also binding them to different ports or interfaces; done means users can configure which endpoints are exposed and where.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
go
Domain
api, backend, security
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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