Node Exporter Metrics
A plugin based on Prometheus Node Exporter to collect system / host level metrics
Prometheus Node Exporter is a popular way to collect system level metrics from operating systems, such as CPU / Disk / Network / Process statistics. Fluent Bit 1.8.0 includes node exporter metrics plugin that builds off the Prometheus design to collect system level metrics without having to manage two separate processes or agents.
The initial release of Node Exporter Metrics contains a subset of collectors and metrics available from Prometheus Node Exporter and we plan to expand them over time.
Important note: Metrics collected with Node Exporter Metrics flow through a separate pipeline from logs and current filters do not operate on top of metrics.
This plugin is supported on Linux-based operating systems for the most part with macOS offering a reduced subset of metrics. The table below indicates which collector is supported on macOS.
Configuration
Key | Description | Default |
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scrape_interval | The rate at which metrics are collected from the host operating system | 5 seconds |
path.procfs | The mount point used to collect process information and metrics | /proc/ |
path.sysfs | The path in the filesystem used to collect system metrics | /sys/ |
collector.cpu.scrape_interval | The rate in seconds at which cpu metrics are collected from the host operating system. If a value greater than 0 is used then it overrides the global default otherwise the global default is used. | 0 seconds |
collector.cpufreq.scrape_interval | The rate in seconds at which cpufreq metrics are collected from the host operating system. If a value greater than 0 is used then it overrides the global default otherwise the global default is used. | 0 seconds |
collector.meminfo.scrape_interval | The rate in seconds at which meminfo metrics are collected from the host operating system. If a value greater than 0 is used then it overrides the global default otherwise the global default is used. | 0 seconds |
collector.diskstats.scrape_interval | The rate in seconds at which diskstats metrics are collected from the host operating system. If a value greater than 0 is used then it overrides the global default otherwise the global default is used. | 0 seconds |
collector.filesystem.scrape_interval | The rate in seconds at which filesystem metrics are collected from the host operating system. If a value greater than 0 is used then it overrides the global default otherwise the global default is used. | 0 seconds |
collector.uname.scrape_interval | The rate in seconds at which uname metrics are collected from the host operating system. If a value greater than 0 is used then it overrides the global default otherwise the global default is used. | 0 seconds |
collector.stat.scrape_interval | The rate in seconds at which stat metrics are collected from the host operating system. If a value greater than 0 is used then it overrides the global default otherwise the global default is used. | 0 seconds |
collector.time.scrape_interval | The rate in seconds at which time metrics are collected from the host operating system. If a value greater than 0 is used then it overrides the global default otherwise the global default is used. | 0 seconds |
collector.loadavg.scrape_interval | The rate in seconds at which loadavg metrics are collected from the host operating system. If a value greater than 0 is used then it overrides the global default otherwise the global default is used. | 0 seconds |
collector.vmstat.scrape_interval | The rate in seconds at which vmstat metrics are collected from the host operating system. If a value greater than 0 is used then it overrides the global default otherwise the global default is used. | 0 seconds |
collector.thermal_zone.scrape_interval | The rate in seconds at which thermal_zone metrics are collected from the host operating system. If a value greater than 0 is used then it overrides the global default otherwise the global default is used. | 0 seconds |
collector.filefd.scrape_interval | The rate in seconds at which filefd metrics are collected from the host operating system. If a value greater than 0 is used then it overrides the global default otherwise the global default is used. | 0 seconds |
collector.nvme.scrape_interval | The rate in seconds at which nvme metrics are collected from the host operating system. If a value greater than 0 is used then it overrides the global default otherwise the global default is used. | 0 seconds |
collector.processes.scrape_interval | The rate in seconds at which system level of process metrics are collected from the host operating system. If a value greater than 0 is used then it overrides the global default otherwise the global default is used. | 0 seconds |
metrics | To specify which metrics are collected from the host operating system. These metrics depend on |
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filesystem.ignore_mount_point_regex | Specify the regex for the mount points to prevent collection of/ignore. | `^/(dev |
filesystem.ignore_filesystem_type_regex | Specify the regex for the filesystem types to prevent collection of/ignore. | `^(autofs |
diskstats.ignore_device_regex | Specify the regex for the diskstats to prevent collection of/ignore. | `^(ram |
systemd_service_restart_metrics | Determines if the collector will include service restart metrics | false |
systemd_unit_start_time_metrics | Determines if the collector will include unit start time metrics | false |
systemd_include_service_task_metrics | Determines if the collector will include service task metrics | false |
systemd_include_pattern | regex to determine which units are included in the metrics produced by the systemd collector | It is not applied unless explicitly set |
systemd_exclude_pattern | regex to determine which units are excluded in the metrics produced by the systemd collector | `.+\.(automount |
Note: The plugin top-level scrape_interval
setting is the global default with any custom settings for individual scrape_intervals
then overriding just that specific metric scraping interval. Each collector.xxx.scrape_interval
option only overrides the interval for that specific collector and updates the associated set of provided metrics.
The overridden intervals only change the collection interval, not the interval for publishing the metrics which is taken from the global setting. For example, if the global interval is set to 5s and an override interval of 60s is used then the published metrics will be reported every 5s but for the specific collector they will stay the same for 60s until it is collected again. This feature aims to help with down-sampling when collecting metrics.
Collectors available
The following table describes the available collectors as part of this plugin. All of them are enabled by default and respects the original metrics name, descriptions, and types from Prometheus Exporter, so you can use your current dashboards without any compatibility problem.
note: the Version column specifies the Fluent Bit version where the collector is available.
Name | Description | OS | Version |
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cpu | Exposes CPU statistics. | Linux,macOS | v1.8 |
cpufreq | Exposes CPU frequency statistics. | Linux | v1.8 |
diskstats | Exposes disk I/O statistics. | Linux,macOS | v1.8 |
filefd | Exposes file descriptor statistics from | Linux | v1.8.2 |
filesystem | Exposes filesystem statistics from | Linux | v2.0.9 |
loadavg | Exposes load average. | Linux,macOS | v1.8 |
meminfo | Exposes memory statistics. | Linux,macOS | v1.8 |
netdev | Exposes network interface statistics such as bytes transferred. | Linux,macOS | v1.8.2 |
stat | Exposes various statistics from | Linux | v1.8 |
time | Exposes the current system time. | Linux | v1.8 |
uname | Exposes system information as provided by the uname system call. | Linux,macOS | v1.8 |
vmstat | Exposes statistics from | Linux | v1.8.2 |
systemd collector | Exposes statistics from systemd. | Linux | v2.1.3 |
thermal_zone | Expose thermal statistics from | Linux | v2.2.1 |
nvme | Exposes nvme statistics from | Linux | v2.2.0 |
processes | Exposes processes statistics from | Linux | v2.2.0 |
Getting Started
Simple Configuration File
In the following configuration file, the input plugin _node_exporter_metrics collects _metrics every 2 seconds and exposes them through our Prometheus Exporter output plugin on HTTP/TCP port 2021.
You can test the expose of the metrics by using curl:
Container to Collect Host Metrics
When deploying Fluent Bit in a container you will need to specify additional settings to ensure that Fluent Bit has access to the host operating system. The following docker command deploys Fluent Bit with specific mount paths and settings enabled to ensure that Fluent Bit can collect from the host. These are then exposed over port 2021.
Fluent Bit + Prometheus + Grafana
If you like dashboards for monitoring, Grafana is one of the preferred options. In our Fluent Bit source code repository, we have pushed a simple **docker-compose **example. Steps:
Get a copy of Fluent Bit source code
Start the service and view your Dashboard
Now open your browser in the address http://127.0.0.1:3000. When asked for the credentials to access Grafana, just use the **admin **username and admin password.
Note that by default Grafana dashboard plots the data from the last 24 hours, so just change it to Last 5 minutes to see the recent data being collected.
Stop the Service
Enhancement Requests
Our current plugin implements a sub-set of the available collectors in the original Prometheus Node Exporter, if you would like that we prioritize a specific collector please open a Github issue by using the following template: - in_node_exporter_metrics
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