Metrics Forwarder for VMware Tanzu is a service that allows apps to emit custom metrics to Loggregator and consume those metrics from the Loggregator Firehose.
Overview
You can interact with the service through the Cloud Foundry Command Line Interface (cf CLI), Apps Manager, and an HTTP API.
Metrics Forwarder for VMware Tanzu enables users to do the following:
Configure apps to emit custom metrics to Loggregator.
Read custom metrics from the Loggregator Firehose using a Firehose consumer of their choice, including community and third-party nozzles.
Product Snapshot
The following table provides version and version-support information about Metrics Forwarder for VMware Tanzu.
Element |
Details |
|---|---|
| Tile version | 1.11.3 |
| Release date | September 24, 2018 |
| Compatible Ops Manager version(s) | 2.4.x, 2.3.x, 2.2.2 or later, and 2.1.15 or later |
Compatible Pivotal Application Service (PAS)* version(s) |
2.4.x, 2.3.x, 2.2.x, and 2.1.x |
IaaS support |
AWS, Azure, GCP, OpenStack, and vSphere |
Requirements
You must install the following products to start using Metrics Forwarder for VMware Tanzu:
Pivotal Application Service (PAS) v2.1 or later
PCF Ops Manager v2.1 or later
These products are available on Pivotal Network.
Limitations
The total number of metrics that Metrics Forwarder for VMware Tanzu can accept depends on the capacity of your Loggregator components.
