How to configure Prometheus to have an integration with blackbox running on https

[Santanu Mishra]

Hi Team,

      I have a blackbox container running as "https://blackbox-dev.xyz.com/" in a OpenShift cluster. I have Prometheus running as separate container "https://prometheus-dev.xyz.com/graph". 

I am unable to connect Prometheus with Blackbox using below config in prometheus.yml.

I am getting 'Get "http://blackbox-dev.xyz.com:443/metrics: context deadline exceeded"

global:

scrape_interval: 30s

evaluation_interval: 5s



rule_files:

- ./alert.rules



scrape_configs:

- job_name: blackbox # To get metrics about the exporter itself

metrics_path: /metrics

static_configs:

- targets:

- blackbox-dev.xyz.com:443 

Thanks!

[Santanu Mishra]

Hi Brian,

     Any inputs on this issue ?

Thanks!

[Brian Candler]

If you read your error message carefully:

> I am getting 'Get "http://blackbox-dev.xyz.com:443/metrics: context deadline exceeded"

then it looks like Prometheus is trying to talk to an http:// endpoint; but you said it was https://.

Put "scheme: https" in your scrape job config to use https.  If your certificate is not signed by a public CA like LetsEncrypt then you may need additional settings to get the certificate validation to work.

If that's not the problem, then it's probably an issue with kubernetes or openshift, not prometheus.

[Santanu Mishra]

Hi Brian,

     We will have a look at the suggestions.

Thanks!