OP#662 add flags to params

README.md

@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ Then you can use Grafana itself to visualize those logs and metrics and built an
 INSTALLATION
 
 - installs alloy binaries
-- installs node exporter (optional, set `ay_manage_ne`to `true`)
 
 CONFIGURATION
 

manifests/params.pp

@@ -8,10 +8,12 @@
 # @param [String] ay_loki_userpass the password to logon to loki
 # @param [Boolean] ay_manage_loki whether to manage log forwarding to loki
 # @param [Boolean] ay_manage_prom whether to manage metric forwarding
-# @param [Boolean] ay_manage_ne whether to manage metric forwarding for
-#   the node exporter (external)
 # @param [String] ay_prom_url the url where alloy will send metrics
 # @param [Array] ay_log_targets the logging targets
+# @param [Boolean] ay_prom_honor_timestamps whether to honor 
+#    timestamps in prometheus metrics
+# @param [Boolean] ay_prom_track_timestamps_staleness whether to track timestamps 
+#   staleness in prometheus metrics
 # @summary Class contains all parameters for the confdroid_alloy module.
 ##############################################################################
 class confdroid_alloy::params (
@@ -29,9 +31,8 @@ class confdroid_alloy::params (
 # prometheus
   Boolean $ay_manage_prom                     = true,
   String $ay_prom_url                         = 'https://prometheus.example.net/api/v1/write',
-
-# node exporter (external)
-  Boolean $ay_manage_ne       = false,
+  Boolean $ay_prom_honor_timestamps           = true,
+  Boolean $ay_prom_track_timestamps_staleness = true,
 
 ) {
   # service

templates/config.alloy.erb

@@ -79,8 +79,8 @@ prometheus.scrape "node_exporter" {
   targets                     = discovery.relabel.node_exporter.output
   forward_to                  = [prometheus.remote_write.prometheus.receiver]
   scrape_interval             = "15s"
-  honor_timestamps            = true
-  track_timestamps_staleness  = true
+  honor_timestamps            = <%= @ay_prom_honor_timestamps %>
+  track_timestamps_staleness  = <%= @ay_prom_track_timestamps_staleness %>
 }
 
 prometheus.remote_write "prometheus" {