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Confirm the exporter is reachable
Most exporters serve metrics on their own HTTP port, separate from the database itself.
curl http://db-host:9187/metrics | head -20
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Add it as a REST API / metrics source
Point Zynty at the exporter's metrics endpoint. Zynty scrapes it on the same interval as your other polled devices.
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Map the metrics you care about
Select which exported metric names should populate the database's dashboard KPIs and which should feed alert rules, you don't need to bring in everything the exporter reports.