Host Metrics Receiver
The Host Metrics receiver generates metrics about the host system scraped
from various sources. This is intended to be used when the collector is
deployed as an agent.
If you are only interested in a subset of metrics from a particular source,
it is recommended you use this receiver with the
Filter Processor.
Configuration
The collection interval and the categories of metrics to be scraped can be
configured:
hostmetrics:
collection_interval: <duration> # default = 1m
scrapers:
<scraper1>:
<scraper2>:
...
If you would like to scrape some metrics at a different frequency than others,
you can configure multiple hostmetrics
receivers with different
collection_interval
values. For example:
receivers:
hostmetrics:
collection_interval: 30s
scrapers:
cpu:
memory:
hostmetrics/disk:
collection_interval: 1m
scrapers:
disk:
filesystem:
service:
pipelines:
metrics:
receivers: [hostmetrics, hostmetrics/disk]
Scrapers
The available scrapers are:
Scraper |
Supported OSs |
Description |
cpu |
All |
CPU utilization metrics |
disk |
All |
Disk I/O metrics |
load |
All |
CPU load metrics |
filesystem |
All |
File System utilization metrics |
memory |
All |
Memory utilization metrics |
network |
All |
Network interface I/O metrics & TCP connection metrics |
processes |
Linux |
Process count metrics |
swap |
All |
Swap space utilization and I/O metrics |
process |
Linux & Windows |
Per process CPU, Memory, and Disk I/O metrics |
Several scrapers support additional configuration:
Disk
disk:
<include|exclude>:
devices: [ <device name>, ... ]
match_type: <strict|regexp>
File System
filesystem:
<include_devices|exclude_devices>:
devices: [ <device name>, ... ]
match_type: <strict|regexp>
<include_fs_types|exclude_fs_types>:
fs_types: [ <filesystem type>, ... ]
match_type: <strict|regexp>
<include_mount_points|exclude_mount_points>:
mount_points: [ <mount point>, ... ]
match_type: <strict|regexp>
Network
network:
<include|exclude>:
interfaces: [ <interface name>, ... ]
match_type: <strict|regexp>
Process
process:
disk:
<include|exclude>:
names: [ <process name>, ... ]
match_type: <strict|regexp>