Compatibility with Render

[gagbo]

Render is a "unified cloud" provider useful to deploy applications quickly and manage them from one spot.

I am currently trying to setup Autometrics on a Render app for a simple use case, and I'd like to collect/add all the relevant information to make the Autometrics experience as smooth as possible when using Render.

The first strong limitation I encounter is that currently, there's no way to access the metrics on a per-instance basis for multi-instance services (think Autoscaled services). There's a feature request on their board that currently has the "Planned" status, so I'll need to dig a little deeper to find out a possible date for the feature.

So the approach I'm going to target for now is:

• only try to make Autometrics work for services with a single instance (because using a Push-gateway for auto-scaled services is not that useful; especially if we're interested in uptime)
• create a docker-based service that can be added/used in a Render Blueprint. The blueprint can use a list of static targets to be configured.

I might forget to update this post very often (and might just come back for a few updates), so don't hesitate to ping me here or on Discord (@gerry_fp) if you want to have more info, or if you're currently using Render and have feedback/ideas