Google Storage
Monitoring Connector Assets​
Monitored Objects​
The Monitoring Connector Google Storage collects metrics for:
- Bucket
Discovery rules​
The Centreon Monitoring Connector Google Storage includes a Host Discovery provider to automatically discover storages for a given Google Cloud Project.
This provider is named Google Storage:
Note that the key file must be deployed on the Poller(s) expected to discover GCP assets.
More information about the Host Discovery module is available in the Centreon documentation: Host Discovery
Collected Metrics​
For all collected metrics, we can choose the aggregation: average, minimum, maximum and total.
- Bucket
| Metric name | Description | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| bucket_name~aggregation#storage.bucket.objects.count | Number of objects | |
| bucket_name~aggregation#storage.network.received.volume.bytes | Count of bytes received over the network | B |
| bucket_name~aggregation#storage.network.received.volume.bytespersecond | Count of bytes received per second over the network | B/s |
| bucket_name~aggregation#storage.network.sent.volume.bytes | Count of bytes sent over the network | B |
| bucket_name~aggregation#storage.network.sent.volume.bytespersecond | Count of bytes sent per second over the network | B/s |
Prerequisites​
Google Cloud Configuration​
Configure a service account key (download its private key as a JSON file) for which the following privileges have to be granted:
| Google Scope | Description |
|---|---|
| https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform | View and manage your data across Google Cloud Platform services |
How to create a service account key: https://developers.google.com/identity/protocols/oauth2/service-account
Centreon​
Deploy the key file on every Poller expected to monitor Google Cloud resources. The key file should be readable by centreon-engine poller.
Setup​
- Online License
- Offline License
- Install the Centreon Plugin on every Poller:
yum install centreon-plugin-Cloud-Gcp-Storage-Api
- On the Centreon Web interface in Configuration > Connectors > Monitoring Connectors, install the Google Storage Monitoring Connector
- Install the Centreon Plugin on every Poller:
yum install centreon-plugin-Cloud-Gcp-Storage-Api
- On the Centreon Central server, install the Centreon Monitoring Connector from the RPM:
yum install centreon-pack-cloud-gcp-storage
- On the Centreon Web interface in Configuration > Connectors > Monitoring Connectors, install the Google Storage Monitoring Connector
Host configuration​
- Add a new Host and apply the Cloud-Gcp-Storage-custom Host Template
Once the template applied, some Macros have to be configured:
| Mandatory | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| X | GCPKEYFILEPATH | Service account key json file |
| X | GCPSCOPEENDPOINT | Google Scope. Default: https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform |
| X | GCPDIMENSIONNAME | The name of the dimension to filter on. Default: resource.labels.bucket_name |
| X | GCPDIMENSIONOPERATOR | Define the type of filter match to use. Default: equals |
| X | GCPDIMENSIONVALUE | Name of the bucket you want to monitor. |
| PROXYURL | Configure proxy URL | |
| GCPEXTRAOPTIONS | Any extra option you may want to add to every command_line (eg. a --verbose flag) | |
| DUMMYSTATUS | Host state. Default is OK, do not modify it until you know what you are doing | |
| DUMMYOUTPUT | Host check output. Default is 'This is a dummy check'. Customize it with your own if needed |
Service account key file must be stored on Centreon Poller. centreon-engine user account must have read privileges on that file.
FAQ​
How to test the Plugin and what are the main options for?​
Once the plugin installed, log into your Centreon Poller CLI using the centreon-engine user account and test the Plugin by running the following command:
/usr/lib/centreon/plugins/centreon_gcp_storage_api.pl \
--plugin=cloud::google::gcp::storage::plugin \
--mode=bucket \
--key-file=/var/lib/centreon-engine/centreon-dev-6e5531fc9e82.json \
--dimension-name='resource.labels.bucket_name' \
--dimension-operator='equals' \
--dimension-value='centreon-dev.appspot.com' \
--aggregation='average' \
--warning-bucket-objects='1000' \
--critical-bucket-objects='2000' \
--verbose
Expected command output is shown below:
OK: Instance 'centreon-dev.appspot.com' aggregation 'average' metrics objects: 0.00, received: 0.00 B, sent: 382.00 B | 'centreon-dev.appspot.com~average#storage.bucket.objects.count'=0.00;0:1000;0:2000;0; 'centreon-dev.appspot.com~average#storage.network.received.volume.bytes'=0.00B;;;0; 'centreon-dev.appspot.com~average#storage.network.sent.volume.bytes'=382.00B;;;0;
Checking 'centreon-dev.appspot.com'
aggregation 'average' metrics objects: 0.00, received: 0.00 B, sent: 382.00 B
The command above monitors bucket usage of a Google Storage (--plugin=cloud::google::gcp::storage::plugin --mode=bucket) identified
by the name centreon-dev.appspot.com (--dimension-name='resource.labels.bucket_name' --dimension-operator='equals' --dimension-value='centreon-dev.appspot.com').
This command would trigger a WARNING alarm if number of objects is more than 1000
(--warning-bucket-objects='1000') and a CRITICAL alarm for more than 2000 (--critical-bucket-objects='2000').
All the options as well as all the available thresholds can be displayed by adding the --help
parameter to the command:
/usr/lib/centreon/plugins/centreon_gcp_storage_api.pl \
--plugin=cloud::google::gcp::storage::plugin \
--mode=bucket \
--help
Why do I get the following result UNKNOWN: No metrics. Check your options or use --zeroed option to set 0 on undefined values ?​
This command result means that Google Cloud does not have any value for the requested period.
This result can be overriden by adding the --zeroed option in the command. This will force a value of 0 when no metric
has been collected and will prevent the UNKNOWN error message.