Thanos

Connect Cardinal Desktop Application to Thanos for querying and analyzing long-term metrics storage.

Overview

Thanos is an open-source project that extends Prometheus with long-term storage capabilities and global query views. With the Thanos connector, your AI agents can:

Query metrics across multiple Prometheus instances
Access long-term metric storage and historical data
Analyze time-series data with high availability
Track metric trends over extended periods
Identify patterns in long-term metric data

Connection Details

Field	Description
Display Name	Custom name for this Thanos connection
Thanos Query URL	Base URL of your Thanos Query server

Prerequisites

Thanos Query server deployed and running
Base URL for your Thanos Query server (e.g., http://localhost:9090)
Network access to the Thanos Query server
Metrics data available in Thanos storage

Setup Wizard

Step 1 - Connection Configuration

In Cardinal Desktop Application, go to Connectors and click Browse Connectors
Select Thanos
Enter a Display Name for this connection
- Example: "Thanos Prod", "Thanos Dev", "Thanos Staging"

Step 2 - Thanos Configuration

Enter your Thanos Query URL
- Example: http://localhost:9090
- The base URL of your Thanos Query server
- Include the protocol (http or https)
- Do not include a trailing slash

Step 3 - Connect

Click Connect to verify connectivity to your Thanos Query server
Cardinal Desktop Application will test the connection to your Thanos instance

Your AI agent can now query Thanos metrics.

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