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mod_http_oauth2: Add role selector to consent page List includes all roles available to the user, if more than one. Defaults to either the first role in the scope string or the users primary role. Earlier draft listed all roles, but having options that can't be selected is bad UX and the entire list of all roles on the server could be long, and perhaps even sensitive. Allows e.g. picking a role with fewer permissions than what might otherwise have been selected. UX wise, doing this with more checkboxes or possibly radio buttons would have been confusion and/or looked messier. Fixes the previous situation where unselecting a role would default to the primary role, which could be more permissions than requested.
author Kim Alvefur <zash@zash.se>
date Fri, 05 May 2023 01:23:13 +0200
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---
labels:
- Statistics
summary: Implementation of the Prometheus protocol
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Description
===========

This module implements the Prometheus reporting protocol, allowing you
to collect statistics directly from Prosody into Prometheus.

See the [Prometheus documentation][prometheusconf] on the format for
more information.

[prometheusconf]: https://prometheus.io/docs/instrumenting/exposition_formats/

::: {.alert .alert-info}
**Note:** For use with Prosody trunk (0.12) we recommend the bundled
[mod_http_openmetrics](https://prosody.im/doc/modules/mod_http_openmetrics)
instead. This module (mod_prometheus) will continue to be available in the
community repository for use with older Prosody versions.
:::

Configuration
=============

mod\_prometheus itself doesn’t have any configuration option, but it
requires Prosody’s [internal statistics
provider](https://prosody.im/doc/statistics#built-in_providers) to be
enabled.  You may also want to change the default collection interval
to the one your statistics consumer is using. See below for more information.

```lua
statistics = "internal"
statistics_interval = 15 -- in seconds
```

::: {.alert .alert-warning}
**NOTE:** Make sure to put the statistics variables in the global section of
the configuration, **not** in a `VirtualHost` or `Component` section.  You can
use `prosodyctl check` if you are unsure and want to check your configuration.
:::

See also the documentation of Prosody’s [HTTP
server](https://prosody.im/doc/http), since Prometheus is an HTTP
protocol that is how you can customise its URL.  The default one being
http://localhost:5280/metrics

Scrape interval vs statistics_interval
--------------------------------------

The `statistics_interval` should be set to `"manual"` on trunk if and only
if you have a single Prometheus instance scraping Prosody. This will allow
the internal statistics gathering to run optimally.

If you have multiple instances scraping Prosody, set `statistics_interval`
to the scrape interval of Prometheus to avoid errors in rate calculations
and similar.

Future work will allow the use of `"manual"` with multiple Prometheus
instances and varying scrape intervals (stay tuned).

Compatibility
=============

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  trunk   Works (but replaced by [mod_http_openmetrics](https://prosody.im/doc/modules/mod_http_openmetrics))
  0.11    Works
  0.10    Works
  0.9     Does not work
  ------- -------------