Blackbox
A Prometheus exporter that probes endpoints over HTTP, HTTPS, DNS, TCP, ICMP, and gRPC to collect blackbox monitoring metrics.
What is Blackbox?
Blackbox Exporter is a Prometheus exporter that performs blackbox probing of network endpoints across multiple protocols including HTTP, HTTPS, DNS, TCP, ICMP, and gRPC. It helps monitor external service availability and performance by simulating client requests from outside the network infrastructure. The exporter provides metrics about probe success, response times, and other diagnostic information that Prometheus can scrape and alert on.
Site reliability engineers, DevOps teams, and system administrators who need to monitor external service availability and performance as part of their observability stack. It's particularly useful for organizations using Prometheus for monitoring.
Developers choose Blackbox Exporter because it's the official Prometheus solution for external monitoring, integrates seamlessly with Prometheus ecosystems, supports multiple network protocols, and provides detailed debugging capabilities. Its configuration flexibility and runtime reloading make it suitable for dynamic environments.
Overview
Blackbox prober exporter
Use Cases
Best For
- Monitoring external website and API endpoint availability
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