Add option to disable labels in prometheus output for string fields (#3765)

2018-02-16 23:07:26 +01:00
parent c48b15e620
commit 17e1bff028
3 changed files with 52 additions and 5 deletions
--- a/plugins/outputs/prometheus_client/README.md
+++ b/plugins/outputs/prometheus_client/README.md
@@ -23,4 +23,8 @@ This plugin starts a [Prometheus](https://prometheus.io/) Client, it exposes all

  # Expiration interval for each metric. 0 == no expiration
  expiration_interval = "60s"
+
+  # Send string metrics as Prometheus labels.
+  # Unless set to false all string metrics will be sent as labels.
+  string_as_label = true
 ```