How to Identify Unused Prometheus Metrics with Mimirtool and Reduce Resource Usage

This guide explains how to use mimirtool to extract the list of metrics used in Grafana dashboards and Prometheus rule files, compare them with all metrics in a Prometheus instance, and generate files of used and unused metrics to help optimize monitoring in a Kubernetes environment.

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How to Identify Unused Prometheus Metrics with Mimirtool and Reduce Resource Usage