promtool command for dynamic retention

[gouthamve]

This would be a simple tool that hits the right endpoints based on a simple config-file that looks like this:

# The frequency at which tombstone cleanup needs to be run.
# This means the /clean_tombstones endpoint is hit every 1h
cleanup_interval: 1h
# The frequency at which the deletes need to be run.
# This means that the /delete_series endpoint is hit every 5mins for the below deletes.
delete_interval: 5m

deletes:
  - queries:
      - {__name__=~"job1_.*"}
      - {job="tempJob"}
    retention: 10h # The retention time of every series that matches the above queries.

@brian-brazil Are you ok with including this in promtool?

[brian-brazil]

I'm not a fan of having anything in promtool require a config file (bar validation/unittests), I think it should work entirely via the command line. Nor do I think that promtool should be a daemon, as that's not very tool like. In relation to the particular feature I'd suggest having users use Cron for a good while so we can see how this works out in terms of operations and support rather than adding it to the core immediately. On 27 Dec 2017 11:15, "Goutham Veeramachaneni" <notifications@github.com> wrote: This would be a simple tool that hits the right endpoints based on a simple config-file that looks like this: # The frequency at which tombstone cleanup needs to be run.# This means the /clean_tombstones endpoint is hit every 1hcleanup_interval: 1h# The frequency at which the deletes need to be run.# This means that the /delete_series endpoint is hit every 5mins for the below deletes.delete_interval: 5m deletes: - queries: - {__name__=~"job1_.*"} - {job="tempJob"} retention: 10h # The retention time of every series that matches the above queries. @brian-brazil <https://github.com/brian-brazil> Are you ok with including this in promtool? — You are receiving this because you were mentioned. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#3628>, or mute the thread <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AGyTdq2BVa_JoGusBbnXiPGlqTDnbXo0ks5tEibfgaJpZM4RNaJs> .