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Export metrics to external time-series databases

Netdata allows you to export metrics to external time-series databases with the exporting engine. This system uses a number of connectors to initiate connections to more than thirty supported databases, including InfluxDB, Prometheus, Graphite, ElasticSearch, and much more.

The exporting engine resamples Netdata's thousands of per-second metrics at a user-configurable interval, and can export metrics to multiple time-series databases simultaneously.

Based on your needs and resources you allocated to your external time-series database, you can configure the interval that metrics are exported or export only certain charts with filtering. You can also choose whether metrics are exported as-collected, a normalized average, or the sum/volume of metrics values over the configured interval.

Exporting is an important part of Netdata's effort to be interoperable with other monitoring software. You can use an external time-series database for long-term metrics retention, further analysis, or correlation with other tools, such as application tracing.

Supported databases​

Netdata supports exporting metrics to the following databases through several connectors. Once you find the connector that works for your database, open its documentation and the enabling a connector doc for details on enabling it.

Can't find your preferred external time-series database? Ask our community for solutions, or file an issue on GitHub.


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