Blackbox exporter

Prometheus exporter that probes endpoints over HTTP/HTTPS/DNS/TCP/ICMP.

Documentation

github	https://github.com/prometheus/blackbox_exporter
config syntax	https://github.com/prometheus/blackbox_exporter/blob/master/CONFIGURATION.md
example config	https://github.com/prometheus/blackbox_exporter/blob/master/example.yml

Locations

9115	default port
${PREFIX}/etc/blackbox_exporter.yml	config

Install

pacman -S prometheus-blackbox-exporter  # Archlinux
pkg install blackbox_exporter           # FreeBSD

Configuration

blackbox seems to be configured both within prometheus.yml and it's own config file.

TBD.