Exporter status

[avachette]

Hi,

I wanted to know what is the best method to check exporter availability.

Many Prometheus exporters have a metric called:

• exporter_name_up

An example can be found with the Unbound exporter here:

• https://github.com/letsencrypt/unbound_exporter/blob/main/unbound_exporter.go#L42

Can I make the relevant PR?

Regards,

[torilabs]

Hi @avachette , thank you for your message.

This is first time I can hear about such availability check. Yes, I saw similar metrics within some other apps. I think it is not bad idea and having one more metrics wouldn't harm this exporter. Feel free to prepare PR.

thanks, Laura