[BUG]: Prometheus does not write tags into influxdb if retention policy is set to default

[varaga]

Hi There,

 I'm using Prometheus for scraping targets from a remote java process. This remote java process runs a prometheus agent (JMX Exporter).

     All metrics scrapped and are stored in influxdb. 

1. The problem is that these metrics are stored directly as 'measurements' in the influx db store and the fields of the metrics or stored as field key/values in the influxdb

2. I'm sensing that the problem is due to retention policy set as 'default' through prometheus config file.
   Prometheus version: 1.2.3
   InfluxDb version: 1.2.x

   I don't see tags for these metrics. Is there a mapping between the labels/configuration versus the data model in influxdb ? How to set this ?

   Request you to throw some light on this. Please be noted that I raised this as a question in the users community and there was no response.

   The influxdb integration is through the following configuration:

        /prometheus/prometheus -config.file /prometheus/{{config}}.yaml
         -storage.remote.influxdb-url http://influxdb-host:8086
         -storage.remote.influxdb.username test
        -storage.remote.influxdb.database test
        -storage.remote.influxdb.retention-policy default
        -storage.local.engine none

 and the prometheus config file as below:

scrape_configs:
- job_name: 'runner'
serverset_sd_configs:
- servers:
- 'z.internal:2181'
paths:
- '/discovery/announcer/runner'
relabel_configs:
- source_labels:
- '__meta_serverset_endpoint_host_prometheusjmxexporter'
- '__meta_serverset_endpoint_port_prometheusjmxexporter'
action: replace
target_label: __address__
regex: (..*);(..*)
replacement: $1:$2
- source_labels:
- '__meta_serverset_path'
regex: '/.*/(.*[^/])/(.*[^/])/(.*[^/])/(.*[^/])'
target_label: serverset
replacement: $1/$2/$3
- source_labels:
- 'serverset'
regex: '^(.*[^/])/(.*[^/])/(.*[^/])$'
target_label: role
replacement: $1
- source_labels:
- 'serverset'
regex: '^(.*[^/])/(.*[^/])/(.*[^/])$'
target_label: environ
replacement: $2
- source_labels:
- 'serverset'
regex: '^(.*[^/])/(.*[^/])/(.*[^/])$'
target_label: application
replacement: $3
- source_labels:
- '__meta_serverset_shard'
target_label: shard

[brian-brazil]

There's no indication of a bug here, this currently looks like a support question.

It makes more sense to ask questions like this on the prometheus-users mailing list rather than in a GitHub issue. On the mailing list, more people are available to potentially respond to your question, and the whole community can benefit from the answers provided.

[lock]

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