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| author | Yang Song <songy23@users.noreply.github.com> | 2018-08-01 17:32:09 -0700 |
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| committer | GitHub <noreply@github.com> | 2018-08-01 17:32:09 -0700 |
| commit | 87f199dba62baf5003c039d000c3a576859ebb93 (patch) | |
| tree | 4dcedf968b706c3ca979ef9d4c6fce9c0d64af53 /exporters | |
| parent | fb1a642c3339d8f8f8ee7df886e42601b89092c9 (diff) | |
| download | opencensus-java-87f199dba62baf5003c039d000c3a576859ebb93.tar.gz | |
Update README of Stackdriver stats exporter. (#1356)
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diff --git a/exporters/stats/stackdriver/README.md b/exporters/stats/stackdriver/README.md index 2c0adf9b..384a67c8 100644 --- a/exporters/stats/stackdriver/README.md +++ b/exporters/stats/stackdriver/README.md @@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ In order to be able to push your stats to [Stackdriver Monitoring][stackdriver-m 1. [Create a Cloud project](https://support.google.com/cloud/answer/6251787?hl=en). 2. [Enable billing](https://support.google.com/cloud/answer/6288653#new-billing). 3. [Enable the Stackdriver Monitoring API](https://console.cloud.google.com/apis/dashboard). -4. [Make sure you have a Premium Stackdriver account](https://cloud.google.com/monitoring/accounts/tiers). These steps enable the API but don't require that your app is hosted on Google Cloud Platform. @@ -144,11 +143,11 @@ Java 7 or above is required for using this exporter. ## FAQ ### Why did I get a PERMISSION_DENIED error from Stackdriver when using this exporter? -To use our Stackdriver Stats exporter, your Stackdriver account needs to have permission to [create -custom metrics](https://cloud.google.com/monitoring/custom-metrics/creating-metrics), and that -requires a [Premium tier Stackdriver account](https://cloud.google.com/monitoring/accounts/tiers#this_request_is_only_available_in_the_premium_tier). -Please note that by default all new Stackdriver accounts are Basic tier. To upgrade to a Premium -tier Stackdriver account, follow the instructions [here](https://cloud.google.com/monitoring/accounts/tiers#start-premium). +To use our Stackdriver Stats exporter, you need to set up billing for your cloud project, since +creating and uploading custom metrics to Stackdriver Monitoring is +[not free](https://cloud.google.com/stackdriver/pricing_v2#monitoring-costs). + +To enable billing, follow the instructions [here](https://support.google.com/cloud/answer/6288653#new-billing). ### What is "opencensus_task" metric label ? Stackdriver requires that each Timeseries to be updated only by one task at a time. A |