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Drop-in Prometheus / Loki / Tempo HTTP gateway for ClickHouse. Translate PromQL, LogQL, and TraceQL into optimized CH SQL — keep Grafana, swap the backend.

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Cerberus – PromQL/LogQL/TraceQL Query APIs Backed by ClickHouse

by tcostasouza·Jun 17, 2026·3 points·0 comments
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AI Analysis

●●SolidBig BrainBold Bet

574/574 PromQL parity tests passing against real Prometheus, but still experimental.

Strengths
  • •Differential harness runs parity tests against real Prometheus/Loki/Tempo on every PR
  • •Wire-protocol compatibility means zero Grafana or alerting configuration changes
  • •Single ClickHouse backend replaces three separate retention policies and stores
Weaknesses
  • •Explicitly marked experimental with breaking changes expected before production
  • •VictoriaMetrics and Mimir already offer proven multi-query backend consolidation
Target Audience

DevOps engineers, SREs managing observability stacks

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