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panuwong
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NimbostratusCPU load when Prometheus is scraping metrics from F5 BIG-IP LTM
We are experiencing an issue where Prometheus is scraping metrics from F5 BIG-IP LTM, causing high CPU and memory utilization on the F5 device. Initial step, we have adjusted the scraping interva...
Which version of TMOS are you running on the BIG-IP? Are you just using Prometheus as a 'pull consumer', or do you also have a 'push consumer' configured to send telemetry to something like Elasticsearch?
Is the icrd_child on the BIG-IP showing high CPU usage? You might want to consider configuring custom endpoints as per:
CPU utilization increase after enabling Telemetry Streaming
panuwongNimbostratus
NimbostratusHi,
We are currently running TMOS version 17.5.1 and using the pull consumer.
Regarding icrd_child, we are not certain at the moment, but we will try your recommendation first.
Thanks,
Panu
