Improve documentation how to configure prometheus for workers (#8822)

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Improve documentation how to configure prometheus for workers.

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```
### for Prometheus v2
Add a new job to the main prometheus.yml file:
```yaml
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scheme: "https"
static_configs:
- targets: ['SERVER.LOCATION:PORT']
- targets: ["my.server.here:port"]
```
An example of a Prometheus configuration with workers can be found in
[metrics-howto.md](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/blob/master/docs/metrics-howto.md).
To use `synapse.rules` add
```yaml

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can be enabled by adding the \"metrics\" resource to the existing
listener as such:
```yaml
resources:
- names:
- client
- metrics
```
This provides a simple way of adding metrics to your Synapse
installation, and serves under `/_synapse/metrics`. If you do not
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Add a new listener to homeserver.yaml:
```yaml
listeners:
- type: metrics
port: 9000
bind_addresses:
- '0.0.0.0'
```
For both options, you will need to ensure that `enable_metrics` is
set to `True`.
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It needs to set the `metrics_path` to a non-default value (under
`scrape_configs`):
```yaml
- job_name: "synapse"
scrape_interval: 15s
metrics_path: "/_synapse/metrics"
static_configs:
- targets: ["my.server.here:port"]
```
where `my.server.here` is the IP address of Synapse, and `port` is
the listener port configured with the `metrics` resource.
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1. Restart Prometheus.
1. Consider using the [grafana dashboard](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/tree/master/contrib/grafana/) and required [recording rules](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/tree/master/contrib/prometheus/)
1. Consider using the [grafana dashboard](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/tree/master/contrib/grafana/)
and required [recording rules](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/tree/master/contrib/prometheus/)
## Monitoring workers
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With this example, the worker's metrics would then be available
on `http://127.0.0.1:9101`.
Example Prometheus target for Synapse with workers:
```yaml
- job_name: "synapse"
scrape_interval: 15s
metrics_path: "/_synapse/metrics"
static_configs:
- targets: ["my.server.here:port"]
labels:
instance: "my.server"
job: "master"
index: 1
- targets: ["my.workerserver.here:port"]
labels:
instance: "my.server"
job: "generic_worker"
index: 1
- targets: ["my.workerserver.here:port"]
labels:
instance: "my.server"
job: "generic_worker"
index: 2
- targets: ["my.workerserver.here:port"]
labels:
instance: "my.server"
job: "media_repository"
index: 1
```
Labels (`instance`, `job`, `index`) can be defined as anything.
The labels are used to group graphs in grafana.
## Renaming of metrics & deprecation of old names in 1.2
Synapse 1.2 updates the Prometheus metrics to match the naming