---
title: Prometheus Input Package
description: The Prometheus Input package allows you to collect metrics from Prometheus Exporters (Collectors) and gives you the flexibility to add custom mappings...
url: https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/integrations/prometheus_input
---

# Prometheus Input Package


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| **Version**Version                                                                                                      | 1.0.0 ([View all](#changelog)View all) |
| **Subscription level**Subscription level[What's this?](https://www.elastic.co/subscriptions)What's this?                | Basic                                  |
| **Developed by**Developed by[What's this?](https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/integrations/developed-by)What's this? | Elastic                                |

The Prometheus Input package allows you to collect metrics from [Prometheus Exporters (Collectors)](https://prometheus.io/docs/instrumenting/exporters/) and gives you the flexibility to add custom mappings and ingest pipelines.

## Metrics


#### Collect metrics from a Prometheus exporter

To collect metrics from a Prometheus exporter, configure the `hosts` setting to it and append the <metrics_path> from which you are collecting your metrics (`/metrics` by default), by using the following format:
- `http[s]://<hostname>:<port>/<metrics_path>`

This is an example of host configuration: `http://localhost:9090/metrics`

#### Histograms and types

The parameter `Use Types` (default: `true`) enables a different layout for metrics storage, leveraging Elasticsearch types, including [histograms](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/histogram.html).
The parameter `Rate Counters` (default: `true`) allows you to calculate a rate out of Prometheus counters. When enabled, integration stores the counter increment since the last collection. This metric provides better aggregation. This parameter can only be enabled in combination with the parameter `Use Types`.
When `Use Types` and `Rate Counters` are enabled, metrics are stored as follows:
```json
{
    "prometheus": {
        "labels": {
            "instance": "172.27.0.2:9090",
            "job": "prometheus"
        },
        "prometheus_target_interval_length_seconds_count": {
            "counter": 1,
            "rate": 0
        },
        "prometheus_target_interval_length_seconds_sum": {
            "counter": 15.000401344,
            "rate": 0
        },
        "prometheus_tsdb_compaction_chunk_range_seconds": {
            "histogram": {
                "values": [50, 300, 1000, 4000, 16000],
                "counts": [10, 2, 34, 7]
            }
        }
    },
}
```


#### Filtering metrics

To filter out/in metrics, you can use the following settings:
```yml
Metrics Filters Include: ["node_filesystem_*"]
Metrics Filters Exclude: ["node_filesystem_device_*"]
```

The configuration above will include only metrics that match `node_filesystem_*` pattern and do not match `node_filesystem_device_*`.
To keep only specific metrics, anchor the start and the end of the regexp of each metric:
- the caret sign `^` matches the beginning of a text
- the dollar sign `$` matches the end of a text

```yml
Metrics Filters Include: ["^node_network_net_dev_group$", "^node_network_up$"]
```


#### SSL Configuration

The certificates can be passed both as file paths and certificate content.
Example of certificate passed as file path:
```
verification_mode: full
certificate_authorities:
  - /path/to/ca.pem
```

Example with the certificate content "embedded":
```
verification_mode: full
certificate_authorities:
  - |
    -----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
    MIIDCjCCAfKgAwIBAgITJ706Mu2wJlKckpIvkWxEHvEyijANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQsF
    ADAUMRIwEAYDVQQDDAlsb2NhbGhvc3QwIBcNMTkwNzIyMTkyOTA0WhgPMjExOTA2
    MjgxOTI5MDRaMBQxEjAQBgNVBAMMCWxvY2FsaG9zdDCCASIwDQYJKoZIhvcNAQEB
    BQADggEPADCCAQoCggEBANce58Y/JykI58iyOXpxGfw0/gMvF0hUQAcUrSMxEO6n
    fZRA49b4OV4SwWmA3395uL2eB2NB8y8qdQ9muXUdPBWE4l9rMZ6gmfu90N5B5uEl
    94NcfBfYOKi1fJQ9i7WKhTjlRkMCgBkWPkUokvBZFRt8RtF7zI77BSEorHGQCk9t
    /D7BS0GJyfVEhftbWcFEAG3VRcoMhF7kUzYwp+qESoriFRYLeDWv68ZOvG7eoWnP
    PsvZStEVEimjvK5NSESEQa9xWyJOmlOKXhkdymtcUd/nXnx6UTCFgnkgzSdTWV41
    CI6B6aJ9svCTI2QuoIq2HxX/ix7OvW1huVmcyHVxyUECAwEAAaNTMFEwHQYDVR0O
    BBYEFPwN1OceFGm9v6ux8G+DZ3TUDYxqMB8GA1UdIwQYMBaAFPwN1OceFGm9v6ux
    8G+DZ3TUDYxqMA8GA1UdEwEB/wQFMAMBAf8wDQYJKoZIhvcNAQELBQADggEBAG5D
    874A4YI7YUwOVsVAdbWtgp1d0zKcPRR+r2OdSbTAV5/gcS3jgBJ3i1BN34JuDVFw
    3DeJSYT3nxy2Y56lLnxDeF8CUTUtVQx3CuGkRg1ouGAHpO/6OqOhwLLorEmxi7tA
    H2O8mtT0poX5AnOAhzVy7QW0D/k4WaoLyckM5hUa6RtvgvLxOwA0U+VGurCDoctu
    8F4QOgTAWyh8EZIwaKCliFRSynDpv3JTUwtfZkxo6K6nce1RhCWFAsMvDZL8Dgc0
    yvgJ38BRsFOtkRuAGSf6ZUwTO8JJRRIFnpUzXflAnGivK9M13D5GEQMmIl6U9Pvk
    sxSmbIUfc2SGJGCJD4I=
    -----END CERTIFICATE-----
```

For the list of all supported SSL configuration options, check the [Client configuration options](https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/beats/metricbeat/configuration-ssl#ssl-client-config).

### Datastream dataset name

By using the Prometheus Input Package, you can add your own dataset name, to which the events get added. You can collect Prometheus metrics from different services by adding multiple instances of the Input package. Metrics can be filtered based on the dataset name.

## Changelog

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  | Version          | Details                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 | Kibana version(s)               |
  |------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
  | **1.0.0**1.0.0   | **Enhancement**Enhancement ([View pull request](https://github.com/elastic/integrations/pull/14811)View pull request)Make Prometheus input package GA                                                                                                                                                   | 8.13.0 or higher9.0.0 or higher |
  | **0.10.0**0.10.0 | **Enhancement**Enhancement ([View pull request](https://github.com/elastic/integrations/pull/14575)View pull request)Update README to include information about SSL configuration.                                                                                                                      |                                 |
  | **0.9.1**0.9.1   | **Enhancement**Enhancement ([View pull request](https://github.com/elastic/integrations/pull/14668)View pull request)Review the documentation for Prometheus Input Package.                                                                                                                             |                                 |
  | **0.9.0**0.9.0   | **Enhancement**Enhancement ([View pull request](https://github.com/elastic/integrations/pull/14503)View pull request)Add SSL configuration options.                                                                                                                                                     |                                 |
  | **0.8.0**0.8.0   | **Enhancement**Enhancement ([View pull request](https://github.com/elastic/integrations/pull/12876)View pull request)Add support for defining Leader Election and Conditions                                                                                                                            |                                 |
  | **0.7.1**0.7.1   | **Bug fix**Bug fix ([View pull request](https://github.com/elastic/integrations/pull/13010)View pull request)Added description to ssl nodes in package level manifest.yml file to including links to documentation.                                                                                     |                                 |
  | **0.7.0**0.7.0   | **Enhancement**Enhancement ([View pull request](https://github.com/elastic/integrations/pull/12475)View pull request)Add support for Kibana `9.0.0`.                                                                                                                                                    |                                 |
  | **0.6.1**0.6.1   | **Enhancement**Enhancement ([View pull request](https://github.com/elastic/integrations/pull/12165)View pull request)Add observability category.                                                                                                                                                        |                                 |
  | **0.6.0**0.6.0   | **Enhancement**Enhancement ([View pull request](https://github.com/elastic/integrations/pull/10411)View pull request)Add processor support for input data stream.                                                                                                                                       |                                 |
  | **0.5.0**0.5.0   | **Enhancement**Enhancement ([View pull request](https://github.com/elastic/integrations/pull/10162)View pull request)ECS version updated to 8.11.0. Update the kibana constraint to ^8.13.0. Modified the field definitions to remove ECS fields made redundant by the ecs@mappings component template. |                                 |
  | **0.4.0**0.4.0   | **Enhancement**Enhancement ([View pull request](https://github.com/elastic/integrations/pull/9321)View pull request)Enable secrets for sensitive fields. For more details, refer https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/fleet/current/agent-policy.html#agent-policy-secret-values                             |                                 |
  | **0.3.1**0.3.1   | **Bug fix**Bug fix ([View pull request](https://github.com/elastic/integrations/pull/9279)View pull request)Disable secrets for older stack versions due to errors.                                                                                                                                     |                                 |
  | **0.3.0**0.3.0   | **Enhancement**Enhancement ([View pull request](https://github.com/elastic/integrations/pull/9009)View pull request)Enable 'secret' for the sensitive fields, supported from 8.12.                                                                                                                      |                                 |
  | **0.2.0**0.2.0   | **Enhancement**Enhancement ([View pull request](https://github.com/elastic/integrations/pull/8203)View pull request)Update the package format_version to 3.0.0.                                                                                                                                         |                                 |
  | **0.1.4**0.1.4   | **Bug fix**Bug fix ([View pull request](https://github.com/elastic/integrations/pull/8018)View pull request)Fix test failure by upgrading the docker image version to the latest.                                                                                                                       |                                 |
  | **0.1.3**0.1.3   | **Enhancement**Enhancement ([View pull request](https://github.com/elastic/integrations/pull/6490)View pull request)Add system test cases                                                                                                                                                               |                                 |
  | **0.1.2**0.1.2   | **Bug fix**Bug fix ([View pull request](https://github.com/elastic/integrations/pull/6399)View pull request)Fix the typos in package                                                                                                                                                                    |                                 |
  | **0.1.1**0.1.1   | **Bug fix**Bug fix ([View pull request](https://github.com/elastic/integrations/pull/6331)View pull request)Update the url's in README                                                                                                                                                                  |                                 |
  | **0.1.0**0.1.0   | **Enhancement**Enhancement ([View pull request](https://github.com/elastic/integrations/pull/6298)View pull request)Rename ownership from obs-service-integrations to obs-infraobs-integrations                                                                                                         |                                 |
  | **0.0.2**0.0.2   | **Enhancement**Enhancement ([View pull request](https://github.com/elastic/integrations/pull/6212)View pull request)Add base fields mappings                                                                                                                                                            |                                 |
  | **0.0.1**0.0.1   | **Enhancement**Enhancement ([View pull request](https://github.com/elastic/integrations/pull/6170)View pull request)Initial draft of the Prometheus Input Package                                                                                                                                       |                                 |
</dropdown>
