DevOps Tools Engineer (LPIC-OT 701) — Question 38

Which section of the Prometheus configuration defines which nodes are monitored?

Answer options

• A. scrape_config
• B. targets
• C. rules
• D. listener
• E. nodes

Correct answer: A

Explanation

The correct answer is A. The scrape_config section in Prometheus is specifically designed to define the parameters for scraping metrics from the monitored nodes. The other options do not serve this purpose; for instance, targets refer to the endpoints being scraped, while rules pertain to alerting and recording rules.