weewx prometheus pushgateway extension

this weewx extension enables you to send your weather data to a prometheus pushgateway. additional information regarding prometheus and its use can be found on the associated web site.

requirements

this extension requires the use of the requests package.

pip install requests

installation

this extension can be easily installed using the weewx extensions installer.

1. download the extension from github:

   wget https://github.com/tomdotorg/weewx-prometheus/releases/tag/v1.1.0
   

2. install using the weewx extension utility

   wee_extension --install v1.1.0.tar.gz
   

3. update weewx.conf to appropriately tag weather data for submission into the prometheus pushgateway and subsequent scraping from prometheus. note that job and instance names may be subject to relabeling depending on your prometheus environment.

   [StdRESTful]
     [[PromPush]]
        job = PROMETHEUS_JOB_NAME
        instance = PROMETHEUS_INSTANCE_NAME
        host = PUSH_GW_HOST
        port = PUSH_GW_PORT
   

wee_extension will add a boilerplate [[PromPush]] section to your config. You need to edit it.

4. restart weewx

sudo /etc/init.d/weewx stop
sudo /etc/init.d/weewx start

administravia

author: Tom Mitchell <tom@tom.org> license: Apache License, Version 2.0. See LICENSE.
source: https://github.com/tomdotorg/weewx-prometheus