[8.13](backport #38553) Setting Prometheus Remote_write Period default value to 1m

CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ https://github.com/elastic/beats/compare/v8.8.1\...main[Check the HEAD diff]
 *Heartbeat*
 
 *Metricbeat*
-
+- Setting period for counter cache for Prometheus remote_write at least to 60sec {pull}38553[38553]
 
 *Osquerybeat*
 

metricbeat/module/prometheus/remote_write/_meta/docs.asciidoc

@@ -86,6 +86,9 @@ metricbeat.modules:
   metricsets: ["remote_write"]
   host: "localhost"
   port: "9201"
+  use_types: true
+  rate_counters: true
+  period: 60s
 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 `use_types` parameter (default: false) enables a different layout for metrics storage, leveraging Elasticsearch
@@ -95,6 +98,10 @@ types, including https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current
 the counter increment since the last collection. This metric should make some aggregations easier and with better
 performance. This parameter can only be enabled in combination with `use_types`.
 
+`period` parameter (default: 60s) configures the timeout of internal cache, which stores counter values in order to calculate rates between consecutive fetches. The parameter will be validated and all values lower than 60sec will be reset to the default value.
+
+Note that by default prometheus pushes data with the interval of 60s (in remote write). In case that prometheus push rate is changed, the `period` parameter needs to be configured accordingly.
+
 When `use_types` and `rate_counters` are enabled, metrics are stored like this:
 
 [source,json]

x-pack/metricbeat/module/prometheus/remote_write/config.go

@@ -4,12 +4,16 @@
 
 package remote_write
 
-import "errors"
+import (
+	"errors"
+	"time"
+)
 
 type config struct {
 	UseTypes      bool          `config:"use_types"`
 	RateCounters  bool          `config:"rate_counters"`
 	TypesPatterns TypesPatterns `config:"types_patterns" yaml:"types_patterns,omitempty"`
+	Period        time.Duration `config:"period"     validate:"positive"`
 }
 
 type TypesPatterns struct {
@@ -21,12 +25,21 @@ var defaultConfig = config{
 	TypesPatterns: TypesPatterns{
 		CounterPatterns:   nil,
 		HistogramPatterns: nil},
+	Period: time.Second * 60,
 }
 
 func (c *config) Validate() error {
 	if c.RateCounters && !c.UseTypes {
 		return errors.New("'rate_counters' can only be enabled when `use_types` is also enabled")
 	}
-
+	duration, err := time.ParseDuration(c.Period.String())
+	{
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		} else if duration < 60*time.Second {
+			// by default prometheus push data with the interval 60s, in order to calculate counter rate we are setting Period to 60secs accordingly
+			c.Period = time.Second * 60
+		}
+	}
 	return nil
 }

x-pack/metricbeat/module/prometheus/remote_write/data.go

@@ -44,9 +44,10 @@ func remoteWriteEventsGeneratorFactory(base mb.BaseMetricSet) (remote_write.Remo
 	}
 
 	if config.UseTypes {
+		logp.Debug("prometheus.remote_write.cache", "Period for counter cache for remote_write: %v", config.Period.String())
 		// use a counter cache with a timeout of 5x the period, as a safe value
 		// to make sure that all counters are available between fetches
-		counters := collector.NewCounterCache(base.Module().Config().Period * 5)
+		counters := collector.NewCounterCache(config.Period * 5)
 
 		g := remoteWriteTypedGenerator{
 			counterCache: counters,