From 90d956b4349794ca10110b1ce2b98f79efae3fcd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Conrad Hoffmann Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2024 22:10:53 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] README: link to multi-target pattern guide --- README.md | 9 ++++++--- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 773ada7..6f6a6fc 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -9,9 +9,12 @@ This is an IPMI exporter for [Prometheus][prometheus]. It supports both the regular `/metrics` endpoint, exposing metrics from the host that the exporter is running on, as well as an `/ipmi` endpoint that -supports IPMI over RMCP - one exporter running on one host can be used to -monitor a large number of IPMI interfaces by passing the `target` parameter to -a scrape. +supports IPMI over RMCP, implementing the multi-target exporter pattern. If you +plan to use the latter, please read the guide [Understanding and using the +multi-target exporter pattern][multi-target] to get the general idea about the +configuration. + +[multi-target]: https://prometheus.io/docs/guides/multi-target-exporter/ The exporter relies on tools from the [FreeIPMI][freeipmi] suite for the actual IPMI implementation.