Metrics

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Xbusd exposes prometheus metrics to the wanted host:port by adding the following options to the configuration file:

metrics.http-host

The tcp host on which the metrics are served (--metrics-http-host on the cli)

metrics.http-port

The tcp port on which the metrics are served (--metrics-http-port on the cli)

Global metrics

The global metrics are bus-related and should be collected only once per bus no matter how many xbusd instances share the load.

These metrics are served only if the “metrics” service is started (which is the default).

They can be served on a separated url (/metrics/global) is needed, typically when several xbusd servers share the load, by enabling the setting metrics.merge-global (--metrics-merge-global on the cli).

Optimizing delay

New in version 3.2.6.

Some metrics are costly to retrieve and xbusd anticipates the metrics access so it replies quickly.

To get accurate process counts in the metrics, it is recommended to let xbusd know the typical delay between two queries, by settings the following setting:

metrics.delay-hint

Approximate delay between two queries by prometheus (--metrics-delay-hint on the cli). Default is: “15s”.

Possible units are: “h”, “m” or “s”.

It should never be smaller than the actual prometheus delay between checks. A larger value will only lower the refresh rate of the information, which can be interesting to lower the load on the database.