promtail: add "max_age" field to configure cutoff for journal reading #921
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The journal scrape config in promtail has been updated to support
a "cutoff" field. cuttoff determines the oldest journal entry
promtail will read when starting the journal reader. When
unspecified, cutoff defaults to 7h.
Even if a position in the journal is saved in the promtail
positions file, that position may be ignored if the entry corresponding
to that position is older than the cutoff time.
Example promtail config for getting up to the last 12h of journal
entries:
server:
http_listen_port: 9080
grpc_listen_port: 0
positions:
filename: /tmp/positions.yaml
clients:
- url: http://localhost:3100/api/prom/push
scrape_configs:
- job_name: journal
journal:
cutoff: 12h
path: /var/log/journal
labels:
job: systemd-journal
relabel_configs:
- source_labels: ['__journal__systemd_unit']
target_label: 'unit'
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Should we call this field "since" which would be consistent with the query api? |
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hrm on second thought I don't like "since", what about "max_age"? |
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The journal scrape config in promtail has been updated to support a "
max_age" field.max_agedetermines the oldest journal entry promtail will read when starting the journal reader. When unspecified,max_agedefaults to 7h.Even if a position in the journal is saved in the promtail positions file, that position may be ignored if the entry corresponding to that position is older than the cutoff time.
Closes #918.
Example promtail config for getting up to the last 12h of journal entries:
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