Metrics Storage

TIBCO OI Hawk RedTail - Container Edition collects metrics from different data sources and stores these metrics in a time series database. The metrics can be collected through Hawk microagents and Prometheus exporters. The metrics can be time series metrics or Hawk metrics. To collect Hawk metrics, the Hawk Console subscribes to Hawk microagents, which are a source of metrics in TIBCO OI Hawk RedTail - Container Edition. You can configure a Prometheus exporter target which is exporting time series metrics in the Prometheus metrics format. The Hawk Console scrapes the metrics from this target at a regular interval through a Hawk agent. TIBCO OI Hawk RedTail - Container Edition converts Hawk metrics into time series metrics which are of type counter, gauge or histogram.

Hawk Metrics Exporter

A Hawk metrics exporter collects metrics by invoking Hawk microagent methods. The user must create the tags to group microagents. Once the tags are created, the user can select different metrics for collection from available methods in the tags. For each metric, the user can specify the custom metric name, type of the metric, and the interval at which the metric should be collected.

Prometheus Metrics Exporter

A Prometheus exporter fetches metrics from another, non-Prometheus system and then converts those metrics into time series metrics. In TIBCO OI Hawk RedTail - Container Edition, the user can configure a Prometheus exporter target, from which, metrics are scraped at a regular interval. For each such configured Prometheus exporter, an equivalent Hawk Micraogent is created with each metric from the exporter becoming Hawk Micoragent Method. Once these metrics are collected, the user can query these metrics by using Operational Intelligence Search Query Language or create visualizations for these metrics by creating custom dashboards to get a better understanding about an application over a time period.