OpenMetrics
Prerequisites​
Centreon Plugin​
Install this plugin on each needed poller:
yum install centreon-plugin-Applications-Monitoring-Openmetrics
Centreon Configuration​
Create a host using the appropriate template​
Checking using a web page​
Go to Configuration > Hosts and click Add. Then, fill the form as shown by the following table:
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Name | Name of the host |
| Alias | Description |
| IP Address / DNS | Can be localhost |
| Monitored from | Poller used to monitor |
| Templates | App-Monitoring-Openmetrics-Web |
The following host macros should be set as shown:
| Macro | Value |
|---|---|
| OPENMETRICSPORT | OpenMetrics web page port |
| OPENMETRICSPROTO | OpenMetrics web page protocol |
| OPENMETRICSURLPATH | OpenMetrics web page url path |
| OPENMETRICSUSERNAME | OpenMetrics web page username (if needed) |
| OPENMETRICSPASSWORD | OpenMetrics web page password(if needed) |
Check the Create Services linked to the Template too box and click on the Save button.
The following service will be created:
- Scrape-Metrics
Checking using a remote file​
Go to Configuration > Hosts and click Add. Then, fill the form as shown by the following table:
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Name | Name of the host |
| Alias | Description |
| IP Address / DNS | Can be localhost |
| Monitored from | Poller used to monitor |
| Templates | App-Monitoring-Openmetrics-File |
The following host macros should be set as shown:
| Macro | Value |
|---|---|
| OPENMETRICSFILEPATH | OpenMetrics file path on remote host |
Check the Create Services linked to the Template too box and click on the Save button.
The following service will be created:
- Scrape-Metrics
Set the service macros​
The following service macros should be set as shown:
| Macro | Value |
|---|---|
| FILTERMETRICS | Name of the metrics to filter on |
| WARNING | Warning threshold |
| CRITICAL | Critical threshold |
| INSTANCE | Label from dimensions to get the instance value from |
| FILTERINSTANCE | Filter on some instance |
| SUBINSTANCE | Set the label from dimensions to get the subinstance value from |
| FILTERSUBINSTANCE | Filter on some subinstance |
Examples on command line:
# perl centreon_plugins.pl --plugin=apps::monitoring::openmetrics::plugin
--mode=scrape-metrics --custommode=web --hostname=10.2.3.4 --port=9100 --verbose
--filter-metrics='node_network_up' --critical='0:0' --instance='device'
--new-perfdata
# perl centreon_plugins.pl --plugin=apps::monitoring::openmetrics::plugin
--mode=scrape-metrics --custommode=web --hostname=10.2.3.4 --port=9100 --verbose
--filter-metrics='node_cpu_seconds_total' --instance='cpu' --subinstance='mode'
--filter-subinstance='idle'
# perl centreon_plugins.pl --plugin=apps::monitoring::openmetrics::plugin
--mode=scrape-metrics --custommode=file --command-options='/tmp/metrics'
--filter-metrics='cpu' --verbose
# perl centreon_plugins.pl --plugin=apps::monitoring::openmetrics::plugin
--mode=scrape-metrics --custommode=file --hostname=10.2.3.4
--ssh-option='-l=centreon-engine' --ssh-option='-p=52'
--command-options='/my/app/path/metrics' --verbose
Duplicate service to monitor more metrics​
You can now duplicate the service to monitor several metrics.