Black box exporter module http_post_2xx not working.

[Pooja Chauhan]

Hi ,

I tried to use module http_post_2xx but seems it does not work ,instead http_2xx is being used.I dont how ,in module section i have mentioned http_post_2xx :

Prometheus.yml  :

  - job_name: 'Monitorining'

    metrics_path: /probe

    params:

      module: [http_post_2xx]

    static_configs:

      - targets:

        - https://---------------

    relabel_configs:

      - source_labels: [__address__]

        target_label: __param_target

      - source_labels: [__param_target]

        target_label: instance

      - target_label: __address__

        replacement: localhost:9115 # blackbox exporter

blackbox.yml:

modules:

  http_2xx:

    prober: http

    http:

      valid_http_versions: ["HTTP/1.1", "HTTP/2"]

      valid_status_codes: []  # Defaults to 2xx

      method: GET

  http_post_2xx:

    prober: http

    timeout: 5s

    http:

      valid_status_codes: [200,301]

      method: POST

      headers:

        Host: "----------------"

        Cache-Control: no-cache

        Content-Type: application/json

      basic_auth:

        username: '------------'

        password: '-------------'

Error:

curl -s "localhost:9115/probe?module=http_post_2xx&target=https://----------------------&debug=true" | grep -v \#

Unknown module "http_post_2xx"

Please suggest.

[Brian Candler]

Perhaps you didn't restart blackbox_exporter after editing its config file?  Or it's reading a different config file?

[Clemente Machado]

Hello how are you ?

Did you make your blackbox monitor login to your API via POST?