Windows Exporter Metrics

A plugin based on Prometheus Windows Exporter to collect system / host level metrics

Prometheus Windows Exporter is a popular way to collect system level metrics from microsoft windows, such as CPU / Disk / Network / Process statistics. Fluent Bit 1.9.0 includes windows 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 Windows Exporter Metrics contains a single collector available from Prometheus Windows Exporter and we plan to expand it over time.

Important note: Metrics collected with Windows Exporter Metrics flow through a separate pipeline from logs and current filters do not operate on top of metrics.

Configuration

Key	Description	Default
scrape_interval	The rate at which metrics are collected from the host operating system	5 seconds
we.logical_disk.allow_disk_regex	Specify the regex for logical disk metrics to allow collection of. Collect all by default.	"/.+/"
we.logical_disk.deny_disk_regex	Specify the regex for logical disk metrics to prevent collection of/ignore. Allow all by default.	NULL
we.net.allow_nic_regex	Specify the regex for network metrics captured by the name of the NIC, by default captures all NICs but to exclude adjust the regex.	"/.+/"
we.service.where	Specify the WHERE clause for retrieving service metrics.	NULL
we.service.include	Specify the key value pairs for the include condition for the WHERE clause of service metrics.	NULL
we.service.exclude	Specify the key value pairs for the exclude condition for the WHERE clause of service metrics.	NULL
we.process.allow_process_regex	Specify the regex covering the process metrics to collect. Collect all by default.	"/.+/"
we.process.deny_process_regex	Specify the regex for process metrics to prevent collection of/ignore. Allow all by default.	NULL
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.net.scrape_interval	The rate in seconds at which net 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.logical_disk.scrape_interval	The rate in seconds at which logical_disk 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.cs.scrape_interval	The rate in seconds at which cs 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.os.scrape_interval	The rate in seconds at which os 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.thermalzone.scrape_interval	The rate in seconds at which thermalzone 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.cpu_info.scrape_interval	The rate in seconds at which cpu_info 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.logon.scrape_interval	The rate in seconds at which logon 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.system.scrape_interval	The rate in seconds at which system 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.service.scrape_interval	The rate in seconds at which service 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.memory.scrape_interval	The rate in seconds at which memory 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.paging_file.scrape_interval	The rate in seconds at which paging_file 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.process.scrape_interval	The rate in seconds at which 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.	"cpu,cpu_info,os,net,logical_disk,cs,thermalzone,logon,system,service"

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 Windows 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
cpu	Exposes CPU statistics.	Windows	v1.9
net	Exposes Network statistics.	Windows	v2.0.8
logical_disk	Exposes logical_disk statistics.	Windows	v2.0.8
cs	Exposes cs statistics.	Windows	v2.0.8
os	Exposes OS statistics.	Windows	v2.0.8
thermalzone	Exposes thermalzone statistics.	Windows	v2.0.8
cpu_info	Exposes cpu_info statistics.	Windows	v2.0.8
logon	Exposes logon statistics.	Windows	v2.0.8
system	Exposes system statistics.	Windows	v2.0.8
service	Exposes service statistics.	Windows	v2.1.6
memory	Exposes memory statistics.	Windows	v2.1.9
paging_file	Exposes paging_file statistics.	Windows	v2.1.9
process	Exposes process statistics.	Windows	v2.1.9

Getting Started

Simple Configuration File

In the following configuration file, the input plugin _windows_exporter_metrics collects _metrics every 2 seconds and exposes them through our Prometheus Exporter output plugin on HTTP/TCP port 2021.

# Node Exporter Metrics + Prometheus Exporter
# -------------------------------------------
# The following example collect host metrics on Linux and expose
# them through a Prometheus HTTP end-point.
#
# After starting the service try it with:
#
# $ curl http://127.0.0.1:2021/metrics
#
[SERVICE]
    flush           1
    log_level       info

[INPUT]
    name            windows_exporter_metrics
    tag             node_metrics
    scrape_interval 2

[OUTPUT]
    name            prometheus_exporter
    match           node_metrics
    host            0.0.0.0
    port            2021

You can test the expose of the metrics by using curl:

curl http://127.0.0.1:2021/metrics

Service where clause

Windows service collector will retrieve all of the service information for the local node or container. we.service.where, we.service.include, and we.service.exclude can be used to filter the service metrics.

To filter these metrics, users should specify a WHERE clause. This syntax is defined in the WMI Query Language(WQL).

Here is how these parameters should work:

we.service.where

we.service.where is handled as a raw WHERE clause. For example, when a user specifies the parameter as follows:

we.service.where Status!='OK'

This creates a WMI query like so:

SELECT * FROM Win32_Service WHERE Status!='OK'

The WMI mechanism will then handle it and return the information which has a "not OK" status in this example.

we.service.include

When defined, the we.service.include is interpreted into a WHERE clause. If multiple key-value pairs are specified, the values will be concatenated with OR. Also, if the values contain % character then a LIKE operator will be used in the clause instead of the = operator. When a user specifies the parameter as follows:

we.service.include {"Name":"docker","Name":"%Svc%", "Name":"%Service"}

The parameter will be interpreted as:

(Name='docker' OR Name LIKE '%Svc%' OR Name LIKE '%Service')

The WMI query will be called with the translated parameter as:

SELECT * FROM Win32_Service WHERE (Name='docker' OR Name LIKE '%Svc%' OR Name LIKE '%Service')

we.service.exclude

When defined, the we.service.exclude is interpreted into a WHERE clause. If multiple key-value pairs are specified, the values will be concatenated with AND.

Also, if the values contain % character then a LIKE operator will be used in the translated clause instead of the != operator. When a user specifies the parameter as follows:

we.service.exclude {"Name":"UdkUserSvc%","Name":"webthreatdefusersvc%","Name":"XboxNetApiSvc"}

The parameter will be interpreted as:

(NOT Name LIKE 'UdkUserSvc%' AND NOT Name LIKE 'webthreatdefusersvc%' AND Name!='XboxNetApiSvc')

The WMI query will be called with the translated parameter as:

SELECT * FROM Win32_Service WHERE (NOT Name LIKE 'UdkUserSvc%' AND NOT Name LIKE 'webthreatdefusersvc%' AND Name!='XboxNetApiSvc')

Advanced usage

we.service.where, we.service.include, and we.service.exclude can all be used at the same time subject to the following rules.

1. we.service.include translated and applied into the where clause in the service collector

2. we.service.exclude translated and applied into the where clause in the service collector

   1. If the we.service.include is applied, translated we.service.include and we.service.exclude conditions are concatenated with AND.

3. we.service.where is just handled as-is into the where clause in the service collector .

   1. If either of the above parameters is applied, the clause will be applied with AND ( the value of we.service.where ).

For example, when a user specifies the parameter as follows:

we.service.include {"Name":"docker","Name":"%Svc%", "Name":"%Service"}
we.service.exclude {"Name":"UdkUserSvc%","Name":"XboxNetApiSvc"}
we.service.where NOT Name LIKE 'webthreatdefusersvc%'

The WMI query will be called with the translated parameter as:

 SELECT * FROM Win32_Service WHERE (Name='docker' OR Name LIKE '%Svc%' OR Name LIKE '%Service') AND (NOT Name LIKE 'UdkUserSvc%' AND Name!='XboxNetApiSvc') AND (NOT Name LIKE 'webthreatdefusersvc%')

Enhancement Requests

Our current plugin implements a sub-set of the available collectors in the original Prometheus Windows Exporter, if you would like that we prioritize a specific collector please open a Github issue by using the following template: - in_windows_exporter_metrics