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Update ApplicationSetting with `mimir_api_url` settings for `gstg`

Staging Change

Change Summary

As Thanos is being decommissioned, we need to provide a new client to fetch metrics from Prometheus and add a new url to our config.

gitlab-org/gitlab!153629 (diffs) introduced a new client that will use mimir_api_url stored in ApplicationSetting.prometheus_alert_db_indicators_settings.

This CR aims to add mimir_api_url for gstg.

Note:

Commands to be run in the console

application_setting = ApplicationSetting.last
prometheus_alert_db_indicators_settings = application_setting.prometheus_alert_db_indicators_settings

application_setting.update(
  prometheus_alert_db_indicators_settings: prometheus_alert_db_indicators_settings.merge(
    mimir_api_url: 'https://mimir-internal.ops.gke.gitlab.net'
  )
)

Rollback commands

old_config = {
  prometheus_api_url: "http://thanos-query-frontend-internal.ops.gke.gitlab.net:9090",
  apdex_slo: { ci: 0.997, main: 0.997, main_cell: 0.997 },
  wal_rate_slo: { ci: 70000000, main: 70000000, main_cell: 70000000 },
  apdex_sli_query: {
    ci: "avg_over_time(gitlab_service_apdex:ratio_5m{env='gstg',environment='gstg',monitor='global',type='patroni-ci'}[5m])",
    main: "avg_over_time(gitlab_service_apdex:ratio_5m{env='gstg',environment='gstg',monitor='global',type='patroni'}[5m])",
    main_cell: "avg_over_time(gitlab_service_apdex:ratio_5m{env='gstg',environment='gstg',monitor='global',type='patroni'}[5m])"
  },
  wal_rate_sli_query: {
    ci: "avg(postgres:pg_xlog_bytes_per_second:rate5m{env='gstg', type='patroni-ci'})",
    main: "avg(postgres:pg_xlog_bytes_per_second:rate5m{env='gstg', type='patroni'})",
    main_cell: "avg(postgres:pg_xlog_bytes_per_second:rate5m{env='gstg', type='patroni'})"
  },
  wal_receiver_saturation_slo: { ci: 0.7, main: 0.7, main_cell: 0.7 },
  wal_receiver_saturation_sli_query: {
    ci: "max(1 - quantile_over_time(0.50, postgres_replication_process_state_ratio{env='gstg', type='patroni-ci', process_type='walreceiver', process_state='S'}[5m]))",
    main: "max(1 - quantile_over_time(0.50, postgres_replication_process_state_ratio{env='gstg', type='patroni', process_type='walreceiver', process_state='S'}[5m]))",
    main_cell: "max(1 - quantile_over_time(0.50, postgres_replication_process_state_ratio{env='gstg', type='patroni', process_type='walreceiver', process_state='S'}[5m]))"
  }
}

application_setting = ApplicationSetting.last
application_setting.update(prometheus_alert_db_indicators_settings: old_config)

Change Details

  1. Services Impacted - Thanos Query FE, Batched background migrations
  2. Change Technician - @l.rosa
  3. Change Reviewer -
  4. Time tracking - unknown
  5. Downtime Component - none

Detailed steps for the change

Change Steps - steps to take to execute the change

Estimated Time to Complete (mins) - Single update call to Db, should be quick

Rollback

Rollback steps - steps to be taken in the event of a need to rollback this change

Estimated Time to Complete (mins) - Single update call to Db, should be quick

Monitoring

Key metrics to observe

  • Metric: Metric Name
    • Location: Dashboard URL
    • What changes to this metric should prompt a rollback: Describe Changes

Change Reviewer checklist

C4 C3 C2 C1:

  • Check if the following applies:
    • The scheduled day and time of execution of the change is appropriate.
    • The change plan is technically accurate.
    • The change plan includes estimated timing values based on previous testing.
    • The change plan includes a viable rollback plan.
    • The specified metrics/monitoring dashboards provide sufficient visibility for the change.

C2 C1:

  • Check if the following applies:
    • The complexity of the plan is appropriate for the corresponding risk of the change. (i.e. the plan contains clear details).
    • The change plan includes success measures for all steps/milestones during the execution.
    • The change adequately minimizes risk within the environment/service.
    • The performance implications of executing the change are well-understood and documented.
    • The specified metrics/monitoring dashboards provide sufficient visibility for the change.
      • If not, is it possible (or necessary) to make changes to observability platforms for added visibility?
    • The change has a primary and secondary SRE with knowledge of the details available during the change window.
    • The labels blocks deployments and/or blocks feature-flags are applied as necessary

Change Technician checklist

  • Check if all items below are complete:
    • The change plan is technically accurate.
    • This Change Issue is linked to the appropriate Issue and/or Epic
    • Change has been tested in staging and results noted in a comment on this issue.
    • A dry-run has been conducted and results noted in a comment on this issue.
    • The change execution window respects the Production Change Lock periods.
    • For C1 and C2 change issues, the change event is added to the GitLab Production calendar.
    • For C1 and C2 change issues, the SRE on-call has been informed prior to change being rolled out. (In #production channel, mention @sre-oncall and this issue and await their acknowledgement.)
    • For C1 and C2 change issues, the SRE on-call provided approval with the eoc_approved label on the issue.
    • For C1 and C2 change issues, the Infrastructure Manager provided approval with the manager_approved label on the issue.
    • Release managers have been informed (If needed! Cases include DB change) prior to change being rolled out. (In #production channel, mention @release-managers and this issue and await their acknowledgment.)
    • There are currently no active incidents that are severity1 or severity2
    • If the change involves doing maintenance on a database host, an appropriate silence targeting the host(s) should be added for the duration of the change.

Related to gitlab-org/gitlab#462021 (comment 1914023350)

Edited by Leonardo da Rosa