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PostgreSQL Metrics Source

The Vector postgresql_metrics source postgreSQL PostgreSQL is a powerful, open source object-relational database system with over 30 years of active development that has earned it a strong reputation for reliability, feature robustness, and performance.

Requirements

Configuration

[sources.my_source_id]
  type = "postgresql_metrics" # required
  endpoints = ["postgresql://postgres:vector@localhost:5432/postgres"] # required
  scrape_interval_secs = 15 # optional, default, seconds
6 items
  • commonrequired[string]

    endpoints

    PostgreSQL server endpoint in libpq-style connection strings.

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  • optional[string]

    exclude_databases

    A list of databases to match (by using POSIX Regular Expressions) against the datname column for which you don't want to collect metrics from. Specifying "" will include metrics where datname is NULL. This can be used in conjunction with include_databases.

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  • optional[string]

    include_databases

    A list of databases to match (by using POSIX Regular Expressions) against the datname column for which you want to collect metrics from. If not set, metrics will be collected from all databases. Specifying "" will include metrics where datname is NULL. This can be used in conjunction with exclude_databases.

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  • optionalstring

    namespace

    The namespace of metrics. Disabled if empty.

    • Syntax: literal
    • Default: "postgresql"
  • commonoptionaluint

    scrape_interval_secs

    The interval between scrapes.

    • Default: 15 (seconds)
  • optionaltable

    tls

    TLS options to connect to the PostgreSQL Server.

    • commonrequiredstring

      ca_file

      Path to CA certificate file.

      • Syntax: literal
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Output

This component outputs the following metric events:

  • gauge

    up

    Whether the PostgreSQL server is up or not. This metric includes the following tags:

    • endpoint - PostgreSQL endpoint.

    • host - The hostname of the PostgreSQL server.

  • gauge

    pg_stat_database_datid

    OID of this database, or 0 for objects belonging to a shared relation. This metric includes the following tags:

    • endpoint - PostgreSQL endpoint.

    • host - The hostname of the PostgreSQL server.

    • type - Database name.

  • gauge

    pg_stat_database_numbackends

    Number of backends currently connected to this database, or 0 for shared objects. This is the only column in this view that returns a value reflecting current state; all other columns return the accumulated values since the last reset. This metric includes the following tags:

    • endpoint - PostgreSQL endpoint.

    • host - The hostname of the PostgreSQL server.

    • type - Database name.

  • counter

    pg_stat_database_xact_commit_total

    Number of transactions in this database that have been committed. This metric includes the following tags:

    • endpoint - PostgreSQL endpoint.

    • host - The hostname of the PostgreSQL server.

    • type - Database name.

  • counter

    pg_stat_database_xact_rollback_total

    Number of transactions in this database that have been rolled back. This metric includes the following tags:

    • endpoint - PostgreSQL endpoint.

    • host - The hostname of the PostgreSQL server.

    • type - Database name.

  • counter

    pg_stat_database_blks_read_total

    Number of disk blocks read in this database. This metric includes the following tags:

    • endpoint - PostgreSQL endpoint.

    • host - The hostname of the PostgreSQL server.

    • type - Database name.

  • counter

    pg_stat_database_blks_hit_total

    Number of times disk blocks were found already in the buffer cache, so that a read was not necessary (this only includes hits in the PostgreSQL buffer cache, not the operating system's file system cache). This metric includes the following tags:

    • endpoint - PostgreSQL endpoint.

    • host - The hostname of the PostgreSQL server.

    • type - Database name.

  • counter

    pg_stat_database_tup_returned_total

    Number of rows returned by queries in this database. This metric includes the following tags:

    • endpoint - PostgreSQL endpoint.

    • host - The hostname of the PostgreSQL server.

    • type - Database name.

  • counter

    pg_stat_database_tup_fetched_total

    Number of rows fetched by queries in this database. This metric includes the following tags:

    • endpoint - PostgreSQL endpoint.

    • host - The hostname of the PostgreSQL server.

    • type - Database name.

  • counter

    pg_stat_database_tup_inserted_total

    Number of rows inserted by queries in this database. This metric includes the following tags:

    • endpoint - PostgreSQL endpoint.

    • host - The hostname of the PostgreSQL server.

    • type - Database name.

  • counter

    pg_stat_database_tup_updated_total

    Number of rows updated by queries in this database. This metric includes the following tags:

    • endpoint - PostgreSQL endpoint.

    • host - The hostname of the PostgreSQL server.

    • type - Database name.

  • counter

    pg_stat_database_tup_deleted_total

    Number of rows deleted by queries in this database. This metric includes the following tags:

    • endpoint - PostgreSQL endpoint.

    • host - The hostname of the PostgreSQL server.

    • type - Database name.

  • counter

    pg_stat_database_conflicts_total

    Number of queries canceled due to conflicts with recovery in this database. (Conflicts occur only on standby servers; see pg_stat_database_conflicts for details.) This metric includes the following tags:

    • endpoint - PostgreSQL endpoint.

    • host - The hostname of the PostgreSQL server.

    • type - Database name.

  • counter

    pg_stat_database_temp_files_total

    Number of temporary files created by queries in this database. All temporary files are counted, regardless of why the temporary file was created (e.g., sorting or hashing), and regardless of the log_temp_files setting. This metric includes the following tags:

    • endpoint - PostgreSQL endpoint.

    • host - The hostname of the PostgreSQL server.

    • type - Database name.

  • counter

    pg_stat_database_temp_bytes_total

    Total amount of data written to temporary files by queries in this database. All temporary files are counted, regardless of why the temporary file was created, and regardless of the log_temp_files setting. This metric includes the following tags:

    • endpoint - PostgreSQL endpoint.

    • host - The hostname of the PostgreSQL server.

    • type - Database name.

  • counter

    pg_stat_database_deadlocks_total

    Number of deadlocks detected in this database. This metric includes the following tags:

    • endpoint - PostgreSQL endpoint.

    • host - The hostname of the PostgreSQL server.

    • type - Database name.

  • counter

    pg_stat_database_checksum_failures_total

    Number of data page checksum failures detected in this database (or on a shared object), or 0 if data checksums are not enabled. This metric includes the following tags:

    • endpoint - PostgreSQL endpoint.

    • host - The hostname of the PostgreSQL server.

    • type - Database name.

  • gauge

    pg_stat_database_checksum_last_failure

    Time at which the last data page checksum failure was detected in this database (or on a shared object), or 0 if data checksums are not enabled. This metric includes the following tags:

    • endpoint - PostgreSQL endpoint.

    • host - The hostname of the PostgreSQL server.

    • type - Database name.

  • counter

    pg_stat_database_blk_read_time_seconds_total

    Time spent reading data file blocks by backends in this database, in milliseconds (if track_io_timing is enabled, otherwise zero). This metric includes the following tags:

    • endpoint - PostgreSQL endpoint.

    • host - The hostname of the PostgreSQL server.

    • type - Database name.

  • counter

    pg_stat_database_blk_write_time_seconds_total

    Time spent writing data file blocks by backends in this database, in milliseconds (if track_io_timing is enabled, otherwise zero). This metric includes the following tags:

    • endpoint - PostgreSQL endpoint.

    • host - The hostname of the PostgreSQL server.

    • type - Database name.

  • gauge

    pg_stat_database_stats_reset

    Time at which these statistics were last reset. This metric includes the following tags:

    • endpoint - PostgreSQL endpoint.

    • host - The hostname of the PostgreSQL server.

    • type - Database name.

  • counter

    pg_stat_database_conflicts_confl_tablespace_total

    Number of queries in this database that have been canceled due to dropped tablespaces. This metric includes the following tags:

    • endpoint - PostgreSQL endpoint.

    • host - The hostname of the PostgreSQL server.

    • type - Database name.

  • counter

    pg_stat_database_conflicts_confl_lock_total

    Number of queries in this database that have been canceled due to lock timeouts. This metric includes the following tags:

    • endpoint - PostgreSQL endpoint.

    • host - The hostname of the PostgreSQL server.

    • type - Database name.

  • counter

    pg_stat_database_conflicts_confl_snapshot_total

    Number of queries in this database that have been canceled due to old snapshots. This metric includes the following tags:

    • endpoint - PostgreSQL endpoint.

    • host - The hostname of the PostgreSQL server.

    • type - Database name.

  • counter

    pg_stat_database_conflicts_confl_bufferpin_total

    Number of queries in this database that have been canceled due to pinned buffers. This metric includes the following tags:

    • endpoint - PostgreSQL endpoint.

    • host - The hostname of the PostgreSQL server.

    • type - Database name.

  • counter

    pg_stat_database_conflicts_confl_deadlock_total

    Number of queries in this database that have been canceled due to deadlocks. This metric includes the following tags:

    • endpoint - PostgreSQL endpoint.

    • host - The hostname of the PostgreSQL server.

    • type - Database name.

  • counter

    pg_stat_bgwriter_checkpoints_timed_total

    Number of scheduled checkpoints that have been performed. This metric includes the following tags:

    • endpoint - PostgreSQL endpoint.

    • host - The hostname of the PostgreSQL server.

  • counter

    pg_stat_bgwriter_checkpoints_req_total

    Number of requested checkpoints that have been performed. This metric includes the following tags:

    • endpoint - PostgreSQL endpoint.

    • host - The hostname of the PostgreSQL server.

  • counter

    pg_stat_bgwriter_checkpoint_write_time_seconds_total

    Total amount of time that has been spent in the portion of checkpoint processing where files are written to disk. This metric includes the following tags:

    • endpoint - PostgreSQL endpoint.

    • host - The hostname of the PostgreSQL server.

  • counter

    pg_stat_bgwriter_checkpoint_sync_time_seconds_total

    Total amount of time that has been spent in the portion of checkpoint processing where files are synchronized to disk. This metric includes the following tags:

    • endpoint - PostgreSQL endpoint.

    • host - The hostname of the PostgreSQL server.

  • counter

    pg_stat_bgwriter_buffers_checkpoint_total

    Number of buffers written during checkpoints. This metric includes the following tags:

    • endpoint - PostgreSQL endpoint.

    • host - The hostname of the PostgreSQL server.

  • counter

    pg_stat_bgwriter_buffers_clean_total

    Number of buffers written by the background writer. This metric includes the following tags:

    • endpoint - PostgreSQL endpoint.

    • host - The hostname of the PostgreSQL server.

  • counter

    pg_stat_bgwriter_maxwritten_clean_total

    Number of times the background writer stopped a cleaning scan because it had written too many buffers. This metric includes the following tags:

    • endpoint - PostgreSQL endpoint.

    • host - The hostname of the PostgreSQL server.

  • counter

    pg_stat_bgwriter_buffers_backend_total

    Number of buffers written directly by a backend. This metric includes the following tags:

    • endpoint - PostgreSQL endpoint.

    • host - The hostname of the PostgreSQL server.

  • counter

    pg_stat_bgwriter_buffers_backend_fsync_total

    Number of times a backend had to execute its own fsync call (normally the background writer handles those even when the backend does its own write). This metric includes the following tags:

    • endpoint - PostgreSQL endpoint.

    • host - The hostname of the PostgreSQL server.

  • counter

    pg_stat_bgwriter_buffers_alloc_total

    Number of buffers allocated. This metric includes the following tags:

    • endpoint - PostgreSQL endpoint.

    • host - The hostname of the PostgreSQL server.

  • gauge

    pg_stat_bgwriter_stats_reset

    Time at which these statistics were last reset. This metric includes the following tags:

    • endpoint - PostgreSQL endpoint.

    • host - The hostname of the PostgreSQL server.

Telemetry

This component provides the following metrics that can be retrieved through the internal_metrics source. See the metrics section in the monitoring page for more info.

  • counter

    collect_completed_total

    The total number of metrics collections completed for this component. This metric includes the following tags:

    • instance - The Vector instance identified by host and port.

    • job - The name of the job producing Vector metrics.

  • histogram

    collect_duration_nanoseconds

    The duration spent collecting of metrics for this component. This metric includes the following tags:

    • instance - The Vector instance identified by host and port.

    • job - The name of the job producing Vector metrics.

  • counter

    events_out_total

    The total number of events emitted by this component. This metric includes the following tags:

    • component_kind - The Vector component kind.

    • component_name - The Vector component ID.

    • component_type - The Vector component type.

    • instance - The Vector instance identified by host and port.

    • job - The name of the job producing Vector metrics.

  • counter

    request_errors_total

    The total number of requests errors for this component. This metric includes the following tags:

    • instance - The Vector instance identified by host and port.

    • job - The name of the job producing Vector metrics.

How It Works

Context

By default, the postgresql_metrics source will augment events with helpful context keys as shown in the "Output" section.

Required Privileges

PostgreSQL Metrics component collects metrics by making queries to the configured PostgreSQL server. Ensure the configured user is allowed to make the select queries against the following views:

State

This component is stateless, meaning its behavior is consistent across each input.

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