unknown module "http_basic_auth" blackbox exporter

[Marion Guthmuller]

Hello,

I was able to create a prometheus job with blackbox exporter default module http_2xx (both are in docker), it works well. However, when I try to use another module, I always have the error: "Unknown module ..."

My prometheus config:

- job_name: 'blackbox'

   metrics_path: /probe

   file_sd_configs:

     - files:

       - '/etc/prometheus/blackbox/targets/*.yml'

   relabel_configs:

     - source_labels: [__address__]

       target_label: instance

     - source_labels: [__address__]

       target_label: __param_target

     - source_labels: [module]

       target_label: __param_module

     - target_label: __address__

       replacement: localhost:9115 # The blackbox exporter

My blackbox.yml:

modules:

   http_2xx:

     prober: http

     timeout: 5s

     http:

       valid_status_codes: []

       method: GET

       no_follow_redirects: false

       fail_if_ssl: false

       fail_if_not_ssl: true

       preferred_ip_protocol: "ip4"

       ip_protocol_fallback: false

    http_basic_auth:

       prober: http

       timeout: 5s

       http:

         method: POST

         basic_auth:

           username: "username"

           password: "password"

And my targets config:

http_2xx.yml

- labels:

     module: http_2xx

   targets:

     - https://firsttarget.com

http_basic_auth.yml

- labels:

     module: http_basic_auth

   targets:

      - https://secondtarget.com/

Prometheus discovers correctly the 2 targets but I have an error for the second one "server returned HTTP status 400 Bad Request" and in probe curl : "Unknown module http_basic_auth".

Any idea?

[Brian Candler]

If your blackbox.yml is exactly the same as you posted, then you didn't line up the YAML properly.  It's easiest if you make sure each indent is a multiple of 2 spaces, or use an editor which understands YAML.

[Marion Guthmuller]

Nope, it's a manual indentation in the email... A screenshot from my IDE of my blackbox config:

I also tried to add a header with host in the http part without success...

[Marion Guthmuller]

Error found! I forgot to link my blackbox config file when running blackbox docker... grrr