# cloudalchemy/ansible-prometheus

Deploy Prometheus monitoring system

Repository: https://github.com/cloudalchemy/ansible-prometheus
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/ansible-prometheus
Language: Jinja
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: prometheus, ansible, metrics-gathering, monitoring, molecule, tox
Archived: true
Last push: 2023-03-06T14:22:48+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3201, "days_push": 1276, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1114, forks 426 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:38.235268+00:00)

## What it is
An Ansible role for deploying and configuring the Prometheus monitoring system on hosts. It is now deprecated in favor of the prometheus-community/ansible collection.

## Use cases
- deploy prometheus with ansible
- automate prometheus server installation
- configure prometheus scrape targets via infrastructure as code
- set up metrics monitoring on linux servers
- manage prometheus version and retention settings
- install prometheus behind a reverse proxy

## When to choose
- you need repeatable ansible-based deployment of prometheus 2.x
- you want configurable install paths, retention, and web listen settings
- you maintain legacy playbooks already using cloudalchemy roles

## When to avoid
- starting a new project - use the prometheus-community/ansible collection instead
- you need prometheus 3.x support
- you prefer container-based or kubernetes-native monitoring deployments

## Facets
- artifact type: infra-config
- maturity: abandoned
- function: monitoring, deployment, configuration-management, infrastructure-as-code
- domain: monitoring, self-hosted, infrastructure-as-code
- platform: self-hosted
- tags: ansible-role, prometheus, deprecated, metrics, observability, devops, linux, docker

## Member repositories
- cloudalchemy/ansible-prometheus (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:38.235268+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T06:42:16.567106+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/cloudalchemy/ansible-prometheus (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:38.235268+00:00, sha 846689f3c17d)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.