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# statsd exporter [][travis]
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[][circleci]
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[][quay]
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[][hub]
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`statsd_exporter` receives StatsD-style metrics and exports them as Prometheus metrics.
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## Overview
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### With StatsD
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To pipe metrics from an existing StatsD environment into Prometheus, configure
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StatsD's repeater backend to repeat all received metrics to a `statsd_exporter`
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process. This exporter translates StatsD metrics to Prometheus metrics via
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configured mapping rules.
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+----------+ +-------------------+ +--------------+
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| StatsD |---(UDP/TCP repeater)--->| statsd_exporter |<---(scrape /metrics)---| Prometheus |
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+----------+ +-------------------+ +--------------+
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### Without StatsD
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Since the StatsD exporter uses the same line protocol as StatsD itself, you can
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also configure your applications to send StatsD metrics directly to the exporter.
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In that case, you don't need to run a StatsD server anymore.
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We recommend this only as an intermediate solution and recommend switching to
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[native Prometheus instrumentation](http://prometheus.io/docs/instrumenting/clientlibs/)
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in the long term.
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### Tagging Extensions
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The exporter supports Librato, InfluxDB, DogStatsD, and SignalFX-style tags,
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which will be converted into Prometheus labels.
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For Librato-style tags, they must be appended to the metric name with a
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delimiting `#`, as so:
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```
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metric.name#tagName=val,tag2Name=val2:0|c
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```
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See the [statsd-librato-backend README](https://github.com/librato/statsd-librato-backend#tags)
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for a more complete description.
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For InfluxDB-style tags, they must be appended to the metric name with a
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delimiting comma, as so:
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```
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metric.name,tagName=val,tag2Name=val2:0|c
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```
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See [this InfluxDB blog post](https://www.influxdata.com/blog/getting-started-with-sending-statsd-metrics-to-telegraf-influxdb/#introducing-influx-statsd)
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for a larger overview.
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For DogStatsD-style tags, they're appended as a `|#` delimited section at the
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end of the metric, as so:
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```
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metric.name:0|c|#tagName:val,tag2Name:val2
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```
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See [Tags](https://docs.datadoghq.com/developers/dogstatsd/data_types/#tagging)
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in the DogStatsD documentation for the concept description and
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[Datagram Format](https://docs.datadoghq.com/developers/dogstatsd/datagram_shell/).
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If you encounter problems, note that this tagging style is incompatible with
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the original `statsd` implementation.
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For [SignalFX dimension](https://docs.signalfx.com/en/latest/integrations/agent/monitors/collectd-statsd.html#adding-dimensions-to-statsd-metrics), add the tags to the metric name in square brackets, as so:
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```
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metric.name[tagName=val,tag2Name=val2]:0|c
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```
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Be aware: If you mix tag styles (e.g., Librato/InfluxDB with DogStatsD), the exporter will consider this an error and the behavior is undefined.
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Also, tags without values (`#some_tag`) are not supported and will be ignored.
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The exporter parses all tagging formats by default, but individual tagging formats can be disabled with command line flags:
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```
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--no-statsd.parse-dogstatsd-tags
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--no-statsd.parse-influxdb-tags
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--no-statsd.parse-librato-tags
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--no-statsd.parse-signalfx-tags
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```
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## Building and Running
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NOTE: Version 0.7.0 switched to the [kingpin](https://github.com/alecthomas/kingpin) flags library. With this change, flag behaviour is POSIX-ish:
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* long flags start with two dashes (`--version`)
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* boolean long flags are disabled by prefixing with no (`--flag-name` is true, `--no-flag-name` is false)
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* multiple short flags can be combined (but there currently is only one)
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* flag processing stops at the first `--`
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```
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usage: statsd_exporter [<flags>]
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Flags:
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-h, --help Show context-sensitive help (also try
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--help-long and --help-man).
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--web.listen-address=":9102"
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The address on which to expose the web interface
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and generated Prometheus metrics.
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--web.enable-lifecycle Enable shutdown and reload via HTTP request.
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--web.telemetry-path="/metrics"
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Path under which to expose metrics.
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--statsd.listen-udp=":9125"
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The UDP address on which to receive statsd
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metric lines. "" disables it.
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--statsd.listen-tcp=":9125"
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The TCP address on which to receive statsd
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metric lines. "" disables it.
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--statsd.listen-unixgram=""
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The Unixgram socket path to receive statsd
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metric lines in datagram. "" disables it.
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--statsd.unixsocket-mode="755"
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The permission mode of the unix socket.
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--statsd.mapping-config=STATSD.MAPPING-CONFIG
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Metric mapping configuration file name.
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--statsd.read-buffer=STATSD.READ-BUFFER
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Size (in bytes) of the operating system's
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transmit read buffer associated with the UDP or
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Unixgram connection. Please make sure the kernel
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parameters net.core.rmem_max is set to a value
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greater than the value specified.
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--statsd.cache-size=1000 Maximum size of your metric mapping cache.
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Relies on least recently used replacement policy
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if max size is reached.
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--statsd.cache-type=lru Metric mapping cache type. Valid options are
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"lru" and "random"
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--statsd.event-queue-size=10000
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Size of internal queue for processing events
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--statsd.event-flush-threshold=1000
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Number of events to hold in queue before
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flushing
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--statsd.event-flush-interval=200ms
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Maximum time between event queue flushes.
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--debug.dump-fsm="" The path to dump internal FSM generated for
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glob matching as Dot file.
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--check-config Check configuration and exit.
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--statsd.parse-dogstatsd-tags
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Parse DogStatsd style tags. Enabled by default.
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--statsd.parse-influxdb-tags
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Parse InfluxDB style tags. Enabled by default.
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--statsd.parse-librato-tags
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Parse Librato style tags. Enabled by default.
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--statsd.parse-signalfx-tags
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Parse SignalFX style tags. Enabled by default.
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--log.level=info Only log messages with the given severity or
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above. One of: [debug, info, warn, error]
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--log.format=logfmt Output format of log messages. One of: [logfmt,
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json]
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--version Show application version.
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```
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## Lifecycle API
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The `statsd_exporter` has an optional lifecycle API (disabled by default) that can be used to reload or quit the exporter
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by sending a `PUT` or `POST` request to the `/-/reload` or `/-/quit` endpoints.
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## Tests
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$ go test
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## Metric Mapping and Configuration
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The `statsd_exporter` can be configured to translate specific dot-separated StatsD
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metrics into labeled Prometheus metrics via a simple mapping language. The config
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file is reloaded on SIGHUP.
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A mapping definition starts with a line matching the StatsD metric in question,
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with `*`s acting as wildcards for each dot-separated metric component. The
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lines following the matching expression must contain one `label="value"` pair
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each, and at least define the metric name (label name `name`). The Prometheus
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metric is then constructed from these labels. `$n`-style references in the
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label value are replaced by the n-th wildcard match in the matching line,
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starting at 1. Multiple matching definitions are separated by one or more empty
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lines. The first mapping rule that matches a StatsD metric wins.
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Metrics that don't match any mapping in the configuration file are translated
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into Prometheus metrics without any labels and with any non-alphanumeric
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characters, including periods, translated into underscores.
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In general, the different metric types are translated as follows:
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StatsD gauge -> Prometheus gauge
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StatsD counter -> Prometheus counter
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StatsD timer, histogram, distribution -> Prometheus summary or histogram
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### Glob matching
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The default (and fastest) `glob` mapping style uses `*` to denote parts of the statsd metric name that may vary.
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These varying parts can then be referenced in the construction of the Prometheus metric name and labels.
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An example mapping configuration:
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```yaml
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mappings:
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- match: "test.dispatcher.*.*.*"
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name: "dispatcher_events_total"
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labels:
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processor: "$1"
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action: "$2"
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outcome: "$3"
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job: "test_dispatcher"
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- match: "*.signup.*.*"
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name: "signup_events_total"
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labels:
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provider: "$2"
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outcome: "$3"
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job: "${1}_server"
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```
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This would transform these example StatsD metrics into Prometheus metrics as
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follows:
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test.dispatcher.FooProcessor.send.success
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=> dispatcher_events_total{processor="FooProcessor", action="send", outcome="success", job="test_dispatcher"}
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foo_product.signup.facebook.failure
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=> signup_events_total{provider="facebook", outcome="failure", job="foo_product_server"}
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test.web-server.foo.bar
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=> test_web_server_foo_bar{}
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Each mapping in the configuration file must define a `name` for the metric. The
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metric's name can contain `$n`-style references to be replaced by the n-th
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wildcard match in the matching line. That allows for dynamic rewrites, such as:
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```yaml
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mappings:
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- match: "test.*.*.counter"
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name: "${2}_total"
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labels:
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provider: "$1"
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```
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Glob matching offers the best performance for common mappings.
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#### Ordering glob rules
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List more specific matches before wildcards, from left to right:
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a.b.c
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a.b.*
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a.*.d
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a.*.*
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This avoids unexpected shadowing of later rules, and performance impact from backtracking.
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Alternatively, you can disable mapping ordering altogether.
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With unordered mapping, at each hierarchy level the most specific match wins.
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This has the same effect as using the recommended ordering.
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### Regular expression matching
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The `regex` mapping style uses regular expressions to match the full statsd metric name.
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Use it if the glob mapping is not flexible enough to pull structured data from the available statsd metric names.
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Regular expression matching is significantly slower than glob mapping as all mappings must be tested in order.
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Because of this, **regex mappings are only executed after all glob mappings**.
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In other words, glob mappings take preference over regex matches, irrespective of the order in which they are specified.
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Regular expression matches are always evaluated in order, and the first match wins.
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The metric name can also contain references to regex matches. The mapping above
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could be written as:
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```yaml
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mappings:
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- match: "test\\.(\\w+)\\.(\\w+)\\.counter"
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match_type: regex
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name: "${2}_total"
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labels:
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provider: "$1"
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mappings:
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- match: "(.*)\.(.*)--(.*)\.status\.(.*)\.count"
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match_type: regex
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name: "request_total"
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labels:
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hostname: "$1"
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exec: "$2"
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protocol: "$3"
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code: "$4"
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```
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Be aware about yaml escape rules as a mapping like the following one will not work.
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```yaml
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mappings:
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- match: "test\.(\w+)\.(\w+)\.counter"
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match_type: regex
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name: "${2}_total"
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labels:
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provider: "$1"
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```
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### Naming, labels, and help
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Please note that metrics with the same name must also have the same set of
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label names.
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If the default metric help text is insufficient for your needs you may use the YAML
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configuration to specify a custom help text for each mapping:
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```yaml
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mappings:
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- match: "http.request.*"
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help: "Total number of http requests"
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name: "http_requests_total"
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labels:
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code: "$1"
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```
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### StatsD timers and distributions
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By default, statsd timers and distributions (collectively "observers") are
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represented as a Prometheus summary with quantiles. You may optionally
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configure the [quantiles and acceptable
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error](https://prometheus.io/docs/practices/histograms/#quantiles), as well
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as adjusting how the summary metric is aggregated:
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```yaml
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mappings:
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- match: "test.timing.*.*.*"
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observer_type: summary
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name: "my_timer"
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labels:
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provider: "$2"
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outcome: "$3"
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job: "${1}_server"
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summary_options:
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quantiles:
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- quantile: 0.99
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error: 0.001
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- quantile: 0.95
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error: 0.01
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- quantile: 0.9
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error: 0.05
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- quantile: 0.5
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error: 0.005
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max_summary_age: 30s
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summary_age_buckets: 3
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stream_buffer_size: 1000
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```
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The default quantiles are 0.99, 0.9, and 0.5.
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The default summary age is 10 minutes, the default number of buckets
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is 5 and the default buffer size is 500.
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See also the [`golang_client` docs](https://godoc.org/github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus#SummaryOpts).
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The `max_summary_age` corresponds to `SummaryOptions.MaxAge`, `summary_age_buckets` to `SummaryOptions.AgeBuckets` and `stream_buffer_size` to `SummaryOptions.BufCap`.
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In the configuration, one may also set the observer type to "histogram". For example,
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to set the observer type for a single timer metric:
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```yaml
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mappings:
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- match: "test.timing.*.*.*"
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observer_type: histogram
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histogram_options:
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buckets: [ 0.01, 0.025, 0.05, 0.1 ]
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name: "my_timer"
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labels:
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provider: "$2"
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outcome: "$3"
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job: "${1}_server"
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```
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If not set, then the default
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[Prometheus client
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values](https://godoc.org/github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus#pkg-variables)
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are used for the histogram buckets:
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`[.005, .01, .025, .05, .1, .25, .5, 1, 2.5, 5, 10]`.
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`+Inf` is added automatically.
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`observer_type` is only used when the statsd metric type is a timer, histogram, or distribution.
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`buckets` is only used when the statsd metric type is one of these, and the `observer_type` is set to `histogram`.
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Timers will be accepted with the `ms` statsd type.
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Statsd timer data is transmitted in milliseconds, while Prometheus expects the unit to be seconds.
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The exporter converts all timer observations to seconds.
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Histogram and distribution events (`h` and `d` metric type) are not subject to unit conversion.
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### DogStatsD Client Behavior
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#### `timed()` decorator
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The DogStatsD client's [timed](https://datadogpy.readthedocs.io/en/latest/#datadog.threadstats.base.ThreadStats.timed) decorator emits the metric in seconds but uses the `ms` type.
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Set [`use_ms=True`](https://datadogpy.readthedocs.io/en/latest/index.html?highlight=use_ms) to send the correct units.
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### Regular expression matching
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Another capability when using YAML configuration is the ability to define matches
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using raw regular expressions as opposed to the default globbing style of match.
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This may allow for pulling structured data from otherwise poorly named statsd
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metrics AND allow for more precise targetting of match rules. When no `match_type`
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parameter is specified the default value of `glob` will be assumed:
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```yaml
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mappings:
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- match: "(.*)\.(.*)--(.*)\.status\.(.*)\.count"
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match_type: regex
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name: "request_total"
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labels:
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hostname: "$1"
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exec: "$2"
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protocol: "$3"
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code: "$4"
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```
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### Global defaults
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One may also set defaults for the observer type, buckets or quantiles, and match type.
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These will be used by all mappings that do not define them.
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An option that can only be configured in `defaults` is `glob_disable_ordering`, which is `false` if omitted.
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By setting this to `true`, `glob` match type will not honor the occurance of rules in the mapping rules file and always treat `*` as lower priority than a concrete string.
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```yaml
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defaults:
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observer_type: histogram
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buckets: [.005, .01, .025, .05, .1, .25, .5, 1, 2.5 ]
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match_type: glob
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glob_disable_ordering: false
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ttl: 0 # metrics do not expire
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mappings:
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# This will be a histogram using the buckets set in `defaults`.
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- match: "test.timing.*.*.*"
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name: "my_timer"
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labels:
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provider: "$2"
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outcome: "$3"
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job: "${1}_server"
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# This will be a summary timer.
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- match: "other.distribution.*.*.*"
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observer_type: summary
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name: "other_distribution"
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labels:
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provider: "$2"
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outcome: "$3"
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job: "${1}_server_other"
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```
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### `drop` action
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You may also drop metrics by specifying a "drop" action on a match. For
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example:
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```yaml
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mappings:
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# This metric would match as normal.
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- match: "test.timing.*.*.*"
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name: "my_timer"
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labels:
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provider: "$2"
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outcome: "$3"
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job: "${1}_server"
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# Any metric not matched will be dropped because "." matches all metrics.
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- match: "."
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match_type: regex
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action: drop
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name: "dropped"
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```
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You can drop any metric using the normal match syntax.
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The default action is "map" which does the normal metrics mapping.
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### Explicit metric type mapping
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StatsD allows emitting of different metric types under the same metric name,
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but the Prometheus client library can't merge those. For this use-case the
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mapping definition allows you to specify which metric type to match:
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```
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mappings:
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- match: "test.foo.*"
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name: "test_foo"
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match_metric_type: counter
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labels:
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provider: "$1"
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```
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Possible values for `match_metric_type` are `gauge`, `counter` and `observer`.
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### Mapping cache size and cache replacement policy
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There is a cache used to improve the performance of the metric mapping, that can greatly improvement performance.
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The cache has a default maximum of 1000 unique statsd metric names -> prometheus metrics mappings that it can store.
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This maximum can be adjust using the `statsd.cache-size` flag.
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If the maximum is reached, entries are by default rotated using the [least recently used replacement policy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cache_replacement_policies#Least_recently_used_(LRU)). This strategy is optimal when memory is constrained as only the most recent entries are retained.
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Alternatively, you can choose a [random-replacement cache strategy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cache_replacement_policies#Random_replacement_(RR)). This is less optimal if the cache is smaller than the cacheable set, but requires less locking. Use this for very high throughput, but make sure to allow for a cache that holds all metrics.
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The optimal cache size is determined by the cardinality of the _incoming_ metrics.
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### Time series expiration
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The `ttl` parameter can be used to define the expiration time for stale metrics.
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The value is a time duration with valid time units: "ns", "us" (or "µs"),
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"ms", "s", "m", "h". For example, `ttl: 1m20s`. `0` value is used to indicate
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metrics that do not expire.
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TTL configuration is stored for each mapped metric name/labels combination
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whenever new samples are received. This means that you cannot immediately
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expire a metric only by changing the mapping configuration. At least one
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sample must be received for updated mappings to take effect.
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### Event flushing configuration
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Internally `statsd_exporter` runs a goroutine for each network listener (UDP, TCP & Unix Socket). These each receive and parse metrics received into an event. For performance purposes, these events are queued internally and flushed to the main exporter goroutine periodically in batches. The size of this queue and the flush criteria can be tuned with the `--statsd.event-queue-size`, `--statsd.event-flush-threshold` and `--statsd.event-flush-interval`. However, the defaults should perform well even for very high traffic environments.
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## Using Docker
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You can deploy this exporter using the [prom/statsd-exporter](https://registry.hub.docker.com/r/prom/statsd-exporter) Docker image.
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For example:
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```bash
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docker pull prom/statsd-exporter
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docker run -d -p 9102:9102 -p 9125:9125 -p 9125:9125/udp \
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-v $PWD/statsd_mapping.yml:/tmp/statsd_mapping.yml \
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prom/statsd-exporter --statsd.mapping-config=/tmp/statsd_mapping.yml
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```
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## Library packages
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Parts of the implementation of this exporter are available as separate packages.
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See the [documentation](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/prometheus/statsd_exporter/pkg) for details.
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For the time being, there are *no stability guarantees* for library interfaces.
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We will try to call out any significant changes in the [changelog](https://github.com/prometheus/statsd_exporter/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md).
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Semantic versioning of the exporter is based on the impact on users of the exporter, not users of the library.
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We encourage re-use of these packages and welcome [issues](https://github.com/prometheus/statsd_exporter/issues?q=is%3Aopen+is%3Aissue+label%3Alibrary) related to their usability as a library.
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[travis]: https://travis-ci.org/prometheus/statsd_exporter
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[circleci]: https://circleci.com/gh/prometheus/statsd_exporter
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[quay]: https://quay.io/repository/prometheus/statsd-exporter
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[hub]: https://hub.docker.com/r/prom/statsd-exporter/
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