Let's go over the new Prometheus exporters native TLS integration; what it offers and how to use it best. Talk given at PromCon Online 2020.

1. PromCon Online
Julien Pivotto
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Prometheus and TLS - an Introduction
July 15th, 2020

2. • Open Source consultant at Inuits
• Passionated about Monitoring & Automation
• Prometheus team member
Who am I
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3. The setup
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4. TLS: Why
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5. • Encrypt: Avoid plain text over the wire
• Authenticate: Remote server and source server
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6. 1: Encrypt the tra c
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7. Con guring Prometheus TLS client
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8. Generate a Node Exporter Certi cate
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9. Con gure Node Exporter
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10. Enable the CA in Prometheus
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11. TLS Client certi cates
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12. Basic Authentication
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13. Conclusion
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14. Julien Pivotto
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roidelapluie@inuits.eu
Essensteenweg 31
2930 Brasschaat
Belgium
Contact:
info@inuits.eu
+32-3-8082105