[feature] auto-update for graphs in prometheus's web interface

[alex]

Right now graphs in the built-in web interface are rendered once, at a particular point in time. It'd be great if the graphs had a feature to allow themselves to auto-update; say, by refreshing once every 30 or 60 seconds.

[brian-brazil]

This is already supported in console templates, look at the widget in the lower right corner.

[alex]

Is this on master, but not in a release by chance?

[brian-brazil]

This has been there for over a year.

[alex]

Then I am confused; I don't see any widgets in the lower-right hand corner of the console tab.

[brian-brazil]

You're looking at the expression browser then, which doesn't have such a feature.

Keep in mind the expression browser is intended for ad-hoc usage.

[alex]

Yes indeed, however even in local dev being able to quickly glance at a
graph without needing to refresh can be very handy.

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You're looking at the expression browser then, which doesn't have such a
feature.

Keep in mind the expression browser is intended for ad-hoc usage.

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[brian-brazil]

Grafana can do quick dashboards like that, and has auto-reloading.

[gklepach]

Hi, did you fix problem this auto update prom_right_table_head?

[juliusv]

No, the expression browser still has no auto refresh. Ironically, in the first years of Prometheus, it did have auto refresh, but then someone decided that it wasn't important enough when porting some code and wanting to keep the built-in UI minimal. Not sure if we'd want to add it back, I don't have a strong opinion on it.

[brian-brazil]

Considering Grafana is the tool of choice, should we close this off as wont fix?

[gklepach]

Grafana, is separately project with mysql/sqllite backend and additional load to node, vm, server. Prometheus console small, light and suitable, and i use it in my project. Can you fix it?

[gklepach]

@brian-brazil , any news?

[psyelephant]

Hello everyone!

Any updates? Maybe somebody can share some workaround?
I have tried to update whole page. But It looks not pretty well.

Thanks!

[yamatoya]

@brian-brazil May I help you? or not do?

[grobie]

I have the feeling all such features would be better suited for a UI rewrite than to keep adding to the existing code base.

[gdcrocx]

Simply adding a meta tag to the html page should bring in an auto-refresh feature.

<meta http-equiv="Refresh" content="60" /> # 60 seconds global auto-refresh time

Adding an attribute to the config file and using it to populate the field while rendering the html.

auto_refresh_time: 60

This would be the initial setup. I can write the code for UI if this proposal works.