Allow users to configure the Prometheus remote write queue

exporter/prometheusremotewriteexporter/README.md

@@ -36,6 +36,9 @@ The following settings can be optionally configured:
 - `headers`: additional headers attached to each HTTP request. 
   - *Note the following headers cannot be changed: `Content-Encoding`, `Content-Type`, `X-Prometheus-Remote-Write-Version`, and `User-Agent`.*
 - `namespace`: prefix attached to each exported metric name.
+- `remote_write_queue`: fine tuning for queueing and sending of the outgoing remote writes.
+  - `queue_size`: number of OTLP metrics that can be queued.
+  - `num_consumers`: minimum number of workers to use to fan out the outgoing requests.
 
 Example:
 
@@ -51,5 +54,5 @@ Several helper files are leveraged to provide additional capabilities automatica
 
 - [HTTP settings](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector/blob/main/config/confighttp/README.md)
 - [TLS and mTLS settings](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector/blob/main/config/configtls/README.md)
-- [Retry and timeout settings](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector/blob/main/exporter/exporterhelper/README.md), note that the exporter doesn't support `sending_queue`.
+- [Retry and timeout settings](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector/blob/main/exporter/exporterhelper/README.md), note that the exporter doesn't support `sending_queue` but provides `remote_write_queue`.
 - [Resource attributes to Metric labels](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector/blob/main/exporter/exporterhelper/README.md), 

exporter/prometheusremotewriteexporter/config.go

@@ -31,6 +31,10 @@ type Config struct {
 	// See: https://prometheus.io/docs/practices/naming/#metric-names
 	Namespace string `mapstructure:"namespace"`
 
+	// QueueConfig allows users to fine tune the queues
+	// that handle outgoing requests.
+	RemoteWriteQueue RemoteWriteQueue `mapstructure:"remote_write_queue"`
+
 	// ExternalLabels defines a map of label keys and values that are allowed to start with reserved prefix "__"
 	ExternalLabels map[string]string `mapstructure:"external_labels"`
 
@@ -42,6 +46,19 @@ type Config struct {
 	exporterhelper.ResourceToTelemetrySettings `mapstructure:"resource_to_telemetry_conversion"`
 }
 
+// RemoteWriteQueue allows to configure the remote write queue.
+type RemoteWriteQueue struct {
+	// QueueSize is the maximum number of OTLP metric batches allowed
+	// in the queue at a given time.
+	QueueSize int `mapstructure:"queue_size"`
+
+	// NumWorkers configures the number of workers used by
+	// the collector to fan out remote write requests.
+	NumConsumers int `mapstructure:"num_consumers"`
+}
+
+// TODO(jbd): Add capacity, max_samples_per_send to QueueConfig.
+
 var _ config.Exporter = (*Config)(nil)
 
 // Validate checks if the exporter configuration is valid

exporter/prometheusremotewriteexporter/config_test.go

@@ -52,17 +52,16 @@ func Test_loadConfig(t *testing.T) {
 		&Config{
 			ExporterSettings: config.NewExporterSettings(config.NewIDWithName(typeStr, "2")),
 			TimeoutSettings:  exporterhelper.DefaultTimeoutSettings(),
-			QueueSettings: exporterhelper.QueueSettings{
-				Enabled:      true,
-				NumConsumers: 2,
-				QueueSize:    10,
-			},
 			RetrySettings: exporterhelper.RetrySettings{
 				Enabled:         true,
 				InitialInterval: 10 * time.Second,
 				MaxInterval:     1 * time.Minute,
 				MaxElapsedTime:  10 * time.Minute,
 			},
+			RemoteWriteQueue: RemoteWriteQueue{
+				QueueSize:    2000,
+				NumConsumers: 10,
+			},
 			Namespace:      "test-space",
 			ExternalLabels: map[string]string{"key1": "value1", "key2": "value2"},
 			HTTPClientSettings: confighttp.HTTPClientSettings{

exporter/prometheusremotewriteexporter/exporter.go

@@ -37,10 +37,7 @@ import (
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer/pdata"
 )
 
-const (
-	maxConcurrentRequests = 5
-	maxBatchByteSize      = 3000000
-)
+const maxBatchByteSize = 3000000
 
 // PrwExporter converts OTLP metrics to Prometheus remote write TimeSeries and sends them to a remote endpoint.
 type PrwExporter struct {
@@ -50,12 +47,13 @@ type PrwExporter struct {
 	client          *http.Client
 	wg              *sync.WaitGroup
 	closeChan       chan struct{}
+	concurrency     int
 	userAgentHeader string
 }
 
 // NewPrwExporter initializes a new PrwExporter instance and sets fields accordingly.
 // client parameter cannot be nil.
-func NewPrwExporter(namespace string, endpoint string, client *http.Client, externalLabels map[string]string, buildInfo component.BuildInfo) (*PrwExporter, error) {
+func NewPrwExporter(namespace string, endpoint string, client *http.Client, externalLabels map[string]string, concurrency int, buildInfo component.BuildInfo) (*PrwExporter, error) {
 	if client == nil {
 		return nil, errors.New("http client cannot be nil")
 	}
@@ -80,6 +78,7 @@ func NewPrwExporter(namespace string, endpoint string, client *http.Client, exte
 		wg:              new(sync.WaitGroup),
 		closeChan:       make(chan struct{}),
 		userAgentHeader: userAgentHeader,
+		concurrency:     concurrency,
 	}, nil
 }
 
@@ -285,7 +284,7 @@ func (prwe *PrwExporter) export(ctx context.Context, tsMap map[string]*prompb.Ti
 	var mu sync.Mutex
 	var wg sync.WaitGroup
 
-	concurrencyLimit := int(math.Min(maxConcurrentRequests, float64(len(requests))))
+	concurrencyLimit := int(math.Min(float64(prwe.concurrency), float64(len(requests))))
 	wg.Add(concurrencyLimit) // used to wait for workers to be finished
 
 	// Run concurrencyLimit of workers until there

exporter/prometheusremotewriteexporter/exporter_test.go

@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ func Test_NewPrwExporter(t *testing.T) {
 		config         *Config
 		namespace      string
 		endpoint       string
+		concurrency    int
 		externalLabels map[string]string
 		client         *http.Client
 		returnError    bool
@@ -68,6 +69,7 @@ func Test_NewPrwExporter(t *testing.T) {
 			cfg,
 			"test",
 			"invalid URL",
+			5,
 			map[string]string{"Key1": "Val1"},
 			http.DefaultClient,
 			true,
@@ -78,6 +80,7 @@ func Test_NewPrwExporter(t *testing.T) {
 			cfg,
 			"test",
 			"http://some.url:9411/api/prom/push",
+			5,
 			map[string]string{"Key1": "Val1"},
 			nil,
 			true,
@@ -88,6 +91,7 @@ func Test_NewPrwExporter(t *testing.T) {
 			cfg,
 			"test",
 			"http://some.url:9411/api/prom/push",
+			5,
 			map[string]string{"Key1": ""},
 			http.DefaultClient,
 			true,
@@ -98,6 +102,7 @@ func Test_NewPrwExporter(t *testing.T) {
 			cfg,
 			"test",
 			"http://some.url:9411/api/prom/push",
+			5,
 			map[string]string{"Key1": "Val1"},
 			http.DefaultClient,
 			false,
@@ -108,6 +113,7 @@ func Test_NewPrwExporter(t *testing.T) {
 			cfg,
 			"test",
 			"http://some.url:9411/api/prom/push",
+			5,
 			map[string]string{},
 			http.DefaultClient,
 			false,
@@ -117,7 +123,7 @@ func Test_NewPrwExporter(t *testing.T) {
 
 	for _, tt := range tests {
 		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			prwe, err := NewPrwExporter(tt.namespace, tt.endpoint, tt.client, tt.externalLabels, tt.buildInfo)
+			prwe, err := NewPrwExporter(tt.namespace, tt.endpoint, tt.client, tt.externalLabels, 1, tt.buildInfo)
 			if tt.returnError {
 				assert.Error(t, err)
 				return
@@ -260,7 +266,7 @@ func runExportPipeline(ts *prompb.TimeSeries, endpoint *url.URL) []error {
 		Version:     "1.0",
 	}
 	// after this, instantiate a CortexExporter with the current HTTP client and endpoint set to passed in endpoint
-	prwe, err := NewPrwExporter("test", endpoint.String(), HTTPClient, map[string]string{}, buildInfo)
+	prwe, err := NewPrwExporter("test", endpoint.String(), HTTPClient, map[string]string{}, 1, buildInfo)
 	if err != nil {
 		errs = append(errs, err)
 		return errs
@@ -515,7 +521,7 @@ func Test_PushMetrics(t *testing.T) {
 				Description: "OpenTelemetry Collector",
 				Version:     "1.0",
 			}
-			prwe, nErr := NewPrwExporter(config.Namespace, serverURL.String(), c, map[string]string{}, buildInfo)
+			prwe, nErr := NewPrwExporter(config.Namespace, serverURL.String(), c, map[string]string{}, 5, buildInfo)
 			require.NoError(t, nErr)
 			err := prwe.PushMetrics(context.Background(), *tt.md)
 			if tt.returnErr {

exporter/prometheusremotewriteexporter/factory.go

@@ -50,35 +50,37 @@ func createMetricsExporter(_ context.Context, params component.ExporterCreatePar
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	prwe, err := NewPrwExporter(prwCfg.Namespace, prwCfg.HTTPClientSettings.Endpoint, client, prwCfg.ExternalLabels, params.BuildInfo)
+	prwe, err := NewPrwExporter(
+		prwCfg.Namespace,
+		prwCfg.HTTPClientSettings.Endpoint,
+		client, prwCfg.ExternalLabels,
+		prwCfg.RemoteWriteQueue.NumConsumers,
+		params.BuildInfo,
+	)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	// Don't support the queue.
+	// Don't allow users to configure the queue.
 	// See https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector/issues/2949.
 	// Prometheus remote write samples needs to be in chronological
 	// order for each timeseries. If we shard the incoming metrics
 	// without considering this limitation, we experience
 	// "out of order samples" errors.
-	prwexp, err := exporterhelper.NewMetricsExporter(
+	return exporterhelper.NewMetricsExporter(
 		cfg,
 		params.Logger,
 		prwe.PushMetrics,
 		exporterhelper.WithTimeout(prwCfg.TimeoutSettings),
 		exporterhelper.WithQueue(exporterhelper.QueueSettings{
 			Enabled:      true,
 			NumConsumers: 1,
-			QueueSize:    10000,
-			// TODO(jbd): Adjust the default queue size
-			// and allow users to modify the queue size.
+			QueueSize:    prwCfg.RemoteWriteQueue.QueueSize,
 		}),
 		exporterhelper.WithRetry(prwCfg.RetrySettings),
 		exporterhelper.WithResourceToTelemetryConversion(prwCfg.ResourceToTelemetrySettings),
 		exporterhelper.WithShutdown(prwe.Shutdown),
 	)
-
-	return prwexp, err
 }
 
 func createDefaultConfig() config.Exporter {
@@ -96,5 +98,10 @@ func createDefaultConfig() config.Exporter {
 			Timeout:         exporterhelper.DefaultTimeoutSettings().Timeout,
 			Headers:         map[string]string{},
 		},
+		// TODO(jbd): Adjust the default queue size.
+		RemoteWriteQueue: RemoteWriteQueue{
+			QueueSize:    10000,
+			NumConsumers: 5,
+		},
 	}
 }

exporter/prometheusremotewriteexporter/testdata/config.yaml

@@ -8,10 +8,6 @@ exporters:
     prometheusremotewrite:
     prometheusremotewrite/2:
         namespace: "test-space"
-        sending_queue:
-            enabled: true
-            num_consumers: 2
-            queue_size: 10
         retry_on_failure:
             enabled: true
             initial_interval: 10s
@@ -28,6 +24,9 @@ exporters:
             key2: value2
         resource_to_telemetry_conversion:
             enabled: true
+        remote_write_queue:
+            queue_size: 2000
+            num_consumers: 10
 
 service:
     pipelines: