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OpenTelemetry Collector distribution with programmable pipelines
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Integrate sybase dbms_exporter into Alloy #2125

Open samalipio opened 3 hours ago

samalipio commented 3 hours ago

Background

Users have asked whether there is native support in Grafana Alloy for monitoring Sybase databases. One org has tested a third-party exporter (dbms_exporter) and found it suitable for their sybase monitoring use case, although not without some pain around config and concerns around maintenance of the component.

Proposal

Native support for exporting Sybase metrics will improve the user experience for Alloy users as they migrate onto Grafana products.

dmbs_exporter is a fork of the prometheus postgres_exporter that extends this exporter to cover postgres, ODBC, and Sybase server metrics. However, the exporter is not currently maintained and has had no commits since 2019. One possible path forward would entail embedding and assuming its maintenance, including documentation.

mattdurham commented 2 hours ago

Adding some thoughts here, not having active committers is a pain point. That means we would take on all the support for this component from a security and updating standpoint.