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@@ -1220,6 +1220,14 @@ Consul will not enable TLS for the HTTP API unless the `https` port has been ass
the Accept header with value `text/plain; version=0.0.4; charset=utf-8` to the `/v1/agent/metrics` (as done by Prometheus).
The format is compatible natively with prometheus. When running in this mode, it is recommended to also enable the option
`disable_hostname` to avoid having prefixed metrics with hostname.
+ Consul does not use the default Prometheus path, so Prometheus must be configured as follows.
+ Note that using ?format=prometheus in the path won't work as ? will be escaped, so it must be specified as a parameter.
+
+ ```yaml
+ metrics_path: "/v1/agent/metrics"
+ params:
+ format: ['prometheus']
+ ```
* `statsd_address` This provides the
address of a statsd instance in the format `host:port`. If provided, Consul will send various telemetry information to that instance for