Add option to flush sinks on shutdown

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
 * A prometheus remote-write sink compatible with Cortex and more. Thanks, [philipnrmn](https://github.com/philipnrmn)!
 * Some veneur-prometheus arguments to rename and add additional tags. Thanks, [christopherb-stripe](https://github.com/christopherb-stripe)!
 * Migrate Prometheus to new config format; part of multi-sink routing update. Thanks, [truong-stripe](https://github.com/truong-stripe)!
-* Authentication support for Cortex remote-write sink. Thanks,
-[oscil8](https://github.com/oscil8)!
+* Authentication support for Cortex remote-write sink. Thanks, [oscil8](https://github.com/oscil8)!
+* Option to flush sinks on shutdown. Thanks, [csolidum](https://github.com/csolidum)!
 
 ## Bugfixes
 * A fix for forwarding metrics with gRPC using the kubernetes discoverer. Thanks, [androohan](https://github.com/androohan)!

config.go

@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ type Config struct {
 	} `yaml:"features"`
 	FlushFile                                 string              `yaml:"flush_file"`
 	FlushMaxPerBody                           int                 `yaml:"flush_max_per_body"`
+	FlushOnShutdown                           bool                `yaml:"flush_on_shutdown"`
 	FlushWatchdogMissedFlushes                int                 `yaml:"flush_watchdog_missed_flushes"`
 	ForwardAddress                            string              `yaml:"forward_address"`
 	ForwardUseGrpc                            bool                `yaml:"forward_use_grpc"`

example.yaml

@@ -66,6 +66,9 @@ interval: "10s"
 # watchdog.
 flush_watchdog_missed_flushes: 0
 
+# Whether to flush sinks on shutdown. Defaults to false
+flush_on_shutdown: false
+
 # Veneur can "sychronize" it's flushes with the system clock, flushing at even
 # intervals i.e. 0, 10, 20… to align with the `interval`. This is disabled by
 # default for now, as it can cause thundering herds in large installations.

server.go

@@ -133,6 +133,7 @@ type Server struct {
 	GRPCListenAddrs   []net.Addr
 	RcvbufBytes       int
 
+	FlushOnShutdown     bool
 	Interval            time.Duration
 	synchronizeInterval bool
 	numReaders          int
@@ -498,6 +499,8 @@ func NewFromConfig(config ServerConfig) (*Server, error) {
 	}
 	logger.WithField("BlockProfileRate", conf.BlockProfileRate).Info("Set block profile rate (nanoseconds)")
 
+	ret.FlushOnShutdown = conf.FlushOnShutdown
+
 	// Use the pre-allocated Workers slice to know how many to start.
 	logger.WithField("number", len(ret.Workers)).Info("Preparing workers")
 	for i := range ret.Workers {
@@ -1372,6 +1375,11 @@ func (s *Server) Shutdown() {
 	// TODO(aditya) shut down workers and socket readers
 	s.logger.Info("Shutting down server gracefully")
 	close(s.shutdown)
+	if s.FlushOnShutdown {
+		ctx, cancel := context.WithDeadline(context.Background(), time.Now().Add(s.Interval))
+		s.Flush(ctx)
+		cancel()
+	}
 	graceful.Shutdown()
 	for _, source := range s.sources {
 		source.Stop()