[!] add Prometheus exporter as a pgwatch source

contrib/sample.sources.yaml

@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+- name: postgres-exporter-prod
+  kind: prometheus
+  conn_str: "http://localhost:9187/metrics"
+  preset_metrics: postgres-exporter-basic  # scrape cadence = min(30, 60) = 30 s
+  custom_tags:
+    env: production
+  is_enabled: true
+
 - name: test1       # An arbitrary unique name for the monitored source
   conn_str: postgresql://postgres@localhost/postgres
   kind: postgres              # One of the:

docker/scripts/add-test-db.sh

@@ -14,11 +14,14 @@ docker compose exec -T -i postgres psql -d pgwatch_metrics -v ON_ERROR_STOP=1
 docker compose exec -T postgres psql -d pgwatch -v ON_ERROR_STOP=1 -c \
 "TRUNCATE pgwatch.source CASCADE;
 INSERT INTO pgwatch.source 
-    (name,              dbtype,         preset_config,  connstr) 
+    (name,                  dbtype,         preset_config,  connstr,                                                                    custom_tags) 
 VALUES 
-    ('demo',            'postgres',     'debug',        'postgresql://pgwatch:pgwatchadmin@postgres/pgwatch'),
-    ('demo_metrics',    'postgres',     'full',         'postgresql://pgwatch:pgwatchadmin@postgres/pgwatch_metrics'), 
-    ('demo_standby',    'postgres',     'full',         'postgresql://pgwatch:pgwatchadmin@postgres-standby/pgwatch'),
-    ('demo_patroni',    'patroni',      'basic',        'etcd://etcd1:2379,etcd2:2379,etcd3:2379/service/demo'),
-    ('demo_pgbouncer',  'pgbouncer',    'pgbouncer',    'postgresql://pgwatch:pgwatchadmin@pgbouncer/pgbouncer'),
-    ('demo_pgpool',     'pgpool',       'pgpool',       'postgresql://pgwatch:pgwatchadmin@pgpool/pgwatch');"
+    ('demo',                'postgres',     'full',         'postgresql://pgwatch:pgwatchadmin@postgres/pgwatch',                        NULL),
+    ('demo_metrics',        'postgres',     'full',         'postgresql://pgwatch:pgwatchadmin@postgres/pgwatch_metrics',                NULL), 
+    ('demo_standby',        'postgres',     'full',         'postgresql://pgwatch:pgwatchadmin@postgres-standby/pgwatch',                NULL),
+    ('demo_patroni',        'patroni',      'basic',        'etcd://etcd1:2379,etcd2:2379,etcd3:2379/service/demo',                     NULL),
+    ('demo_pgbouncer',      'pgbouncer',    'pgbouncer',    'postgresql://pgwatch:pgwatchadmin@pgbouncer/pgbouncer',                     NULL),
+    ('demo_pgpool',         'pgpool',       'pgpool',       'postgresql://pgwatch:pgwatchadmin@pgpool/pgwatch',                         NULL),
+    ('patroni1-prom',       'prometheus',   'patroni',      'http://patroni1:8008/metrics',                                             '{\"cluster\": \"demo\", \"node\": \"patroni1\"}'),
+    ('patroni2-prom',       'prometheus',   'patroni',      'http://patroni2:8008/metrics',                                             '{\"cluster\": \"demo\", \"node\": \"patroni2\"}'),
+    ('patroni3-prom',       'prometheus',   'patroni',      'http://patroni3:8008/metrics',                                             '{\"cluster\": \"demo\", \"node\": \"patroni3\"}');"

docs/howto/monitor_prometheus_exporter.md

@@ -0,0 +1,152 @@
+---
+title: Monitoring a Prometheus Exporter
+---
+
+pgwatch's native strength is collecting metrics from PostgreSQL via SQL queries.  For metrics that
+cannot be expressed as SQL — such as HA cluster state, node roles, replication lag as seen by the
+cluster manager, or OS-level metrics like CPU, memory, and I/O that are not accessible to Postgres
+without special extensions — pgwatch can scrape any HTTP endpoint that exposes data in the
+[Prometheus text exposition format](https://prometheus.io/docs/instrumenting/exposition_formats/).
+
+A typical use case is [Patroni](https://patroni.readthedocs.io/), which exposes cluster health
+metrics (node role, WAL position, DCS connectivity, …) through its `GET /metrics` endpoint.  These
+metrics complement the SQL-based metrics already collected from the PostgreSQL instances themselves.
+
+## Quick Start
+
+Add a source with `kind: prometheus`, point `conn_str` at Patroni's `/metrics` endpoint, and choose
+the built-in `patroni` preset:
+
+```yaml
+- name: patroni-prod-node1
+  kind: prometheus
+  conn_str: "http://patroni-node1:8008/metrics"
+  preset_metrics: patroni
+  is_enabled: true
+```
+
+pgwatch periodically fetches the URL, parses the Prometheus text format, and forwards each metric
+family to the configured sink.
+
+## Connection String Format
+
+The `conn_str` field is a plain HTTP or HTTPS URL.  Optional query parameters control TLS
+validation and are stripped before the request is sent to the exporter:
+
+| Query parameter | Description |
+|---|---|
+| `tlsskipverify=true` | Disable TLS certificate verification (use with caution). |
+| `tlsrootcert=<path>` | Absolute path to a PEM-encoded CA certificate file used to verify the server certificate. |
+
+Basic Auth credentials are embedded in the URL in the standard `user:password@host` form.
+
+### Examples
+
+```yaml
+# Plain HTTP – no auth
+conn_str: "http://patroni-node1:8008/metrics"
+
+# HTTPS with a custom CA certificate
+conn_str: "https://patroni-node1:8008/metrics?tlsrootcert=/etc/ssl/certs/my-ca.pem"
+
+# HTTPS with Basic Auth and TLS certificate verification disabled
+conn_str: "https://user:secret@patroni-node1:8008/metrics?tlsskipverify=true"
+```
+
+## Presets
+
+### `patroni`
+
+Covers the key metric families emitted by Patroni's `GET /metrics` endpoint (default port **8008**):
+
+| Metric family | What it measures | Interval |
+|---|---|---|
+| `patroni_postgres_running` | 1 if Postgres is running | 30 s |
+| `patroni_primary` | 1 if this node is the primary | 30 s |
+| `patroni_replica` | 1 if this node is a replica | 30 s |
+| `patroni_standby_leader` | 1 if this node is standby leader | 30 s |
+| `patroni_cluster_unlocked` | 1 if the cluster has no leader lock | 30 s |
+| `patroni_xlog_location` | WAL location on primary | 30 s |
+| `patroni_xlog_received_location` | received WAL on replica | 30 s |
+| `patroni_xlog_replayed_location` | replayed WAL on replica | 30 s |
+| `patroni_dcs_last_seen` | seconds since DCS last contacted | 30 s |
+| `patroni_pending_restart` | 1 if node needs a restart | 60 s |
+| `patroni_is_paused` | 1 if auto-failover is disabled | 60 s |
+| `patroni_postgres_timeline` | Postgres timeline | 60 s |
+
+### `postgres-exporter-basic`
+
+Covers the most important metric families emitted by
+[postgres_exporter](https://github.com/prometheus-community/postgres_exporter):
+
+| Metric family | Interval |
+|---|---|
+| `pg_stat_activity_count` | 30 s |
+| `pg_stat_bgwriter_checkpoints_timed` | 60 s |
+| `pg_stat_replication_pg_wal_lsn_diff` | 30 s |
+
+## Custom Metrics
+
+You can specify individual metric families and their intervals with `custom_metrics`:
+
+```yaml
+- name: patroni-prod-node1
+  kind: prometheus
+  conn_str: "http://patroni-node1:8008/metrics"
+  custom_metrics:
+    patroni_primary: 30
+    patroni_cluster_unlocked: 30
+    patroni_dcs_last_seen: 30
+  is_enabled: true
+```
+
+## Custom Tags
+
+Use `custom_tags` to attach arbitrary key-value pairs to every stored data point.  This is
+useful when multiple nodes feed the same sink and you need to distinguish them:
+
+```yaml
+- name: patroni-prod-node1
+  kind: prometheus
+  conn_str: "http://patroni-node1:8008/metrics"
+  preset_metrics: patroni
+  custom_tags:
+    cluster: prod
+    node: node1
+  is_enabled: true
+```
+
+## Full Example
+
+The following snippet monitors all three nodes of a Patroni HA cluster.  Each node's metrics are
+tagged with the cluster name and node identifier so they can be queried independently:
+
+```yaml
+- name: patroni-prod-node1
+  kind: prometheus
+  conn_str: "http://patroni-node1:8008/metrics"
+  preset_metrics: patroni
+  custom_tags:
+    cluster: prod
+    node: node1
+  is_enabled: true
+
+- name: patroni-prod-node2
+  kind: prometheus
+  conn_str: "http://patroni-node2:8008/metrics"
+  preset_metrics: patroni
+  custom_tags:
+    cluster: prod
+    node: node2
+  is_enabled: true
+
+- name: patroni-prod-node3
+  kind: prometheus
+  conn_str: "http://patroni-node3:8008/metrics"
+  preset_metrics: patroni
+  custom_tags:
+    cluster: prod
+    node: node3
+  is_enabled: true
+```
+

go.mod

@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ require (
 	github.com/json-iterator/go v1.1.12
 	github.com/pashagolub/pgxmock/v4 v4.9.0
 	github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.24.1
+	github.com/prometheus/client_model v0.6.2
+	github.com/prometheus/common v0.70.1
 	github.com/rifflock/lfshook v0.0.0-20180920164130-b9218ef580f5
 	github.com/sethvargo/go-retry v0.4.0
 	github.com/shirou/gopsutil/v4 v4.26.7
@@ -75,8 +77,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/opencontainers/image-spec v1.1.1 // indirect
 	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.1-0.20181226105442-5d4384ee4fb2 // indirect
 	github.com/power-devops/perfstat v0.0.0-20240221224432-82ca36839d55 // indirect
-	github.com/prometheus/client_model v0.6.2 // indirect
-	github.com/prometheus/common v0.70.1 // indirect
 	github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.21.1 // indirect
 	github.com/tklauser/go-sysconf v0.4.0 // indirect
 	github.com/tklauser/numcpus v0.12.0 // indirect