Promql

Using PromQL in Google Cloud

Using PromQL in Google Cloud

PromQL stands for Prometheus Query Language. This post is about using PromQL in Cloud Monitoring. PromQL provides an alternative to the Metrics Explorer menu-driven builder and Monitoring Query Language (MQL) interfaces for exploring metrics, creating charts and alerts. Google Cloud introduced support for PromQL at the same time as Managed Service for Prometheus. Later, support for PromQL was introduced in Monitoring alert management. Practically it means that you can use PromQL instead of Monitoring Query Language (or MQL) to query Cloud Monitoring metrics in the Metrics Explorer, in custom dashboard configurations, and in alert management.