stackdriver

Stackdriver Google Cloud Monitoring Input Plugin

Query data from Google Cloud Monitoring (formerly Stackdriver) using the Cloud Monitoring API v3.

This plugin accesses APIs which are chargeable; you might incur costs.

Global configuration options

In addition to the plugin-specific configuration settings, plugins support additional global and plugin configuration settings. These settings are used to modify metrics, tags, and field or create aliases and configure ordering, etc. See the CONFIGURATION.md for more details.

Configuration

# Gather timeseries from Google Cloud Platform v3 monitoring API
[[inputs.stackdriver]]
  ## GCP Project
  project = "erudite-bloom-151019"

  ## Include timeseries that start with the given metric type.
  metric_type_prefix_include = [
    "compute.googleapis.com/",
  ]

  ## Exclude timeseries that start with the given metric type.
  # metric_type_prefix_exclude = []

  ## Most metrics are updated no more than once per minute; it is recommended
  ## to override the agent level interval with a value of 1m or greater.
  interval = "1m"

  ## Maximum number of API calls to make per second.  The quota for accounts
  ## varies, it can be viewed on the API dashboard:
  ##   https://cloud.google.com/monitoring/quotas#quotas_and_limits
  # rate_limit = 14

  ## The delay and window options control the number of points selected on
  ## each gather.  When set, metrics are gathered between:
  ##   start: now() - delay - window
  ##   end:   now() - delay
  #
  ## Collection delay; if set too low metrics may not yet be available.
  # delay = "5m"
  #
  ## If unset, the window will start at 1m and be updated dynamically to span
  ## the time between calls (approximately the length of the plugin interval).
  # window = "1m"

  ## TTL for cached list of metric types.  This is the maximum amount of time
  ## it may take to discover new metrics.
  # cache_ttl = "1h"

  ## If true, raw bucket counts are collected for distribution value types.
  ## For a more lightweight collection, you may wish to disable and use
  ## distribution_aggregation_aligners instead.
  # gather_raw_distribution_buckets = true

  ## Aggregate functions to be used for metrics whose value type is
  ## distribution.  These aggregate values are recorded in in addition to raw
  ## bucket counts; if they are enabled.
  ##
  ## For a list of aligner strings see:
  ##   https://cloud.google.com/monitoring/api/ref_v3/rpc/google.monitoring.v3#aligner
  # distribution_aggregation_aligners = [
  #  "ALIGN_PERCENTILE_99",
  #  "ALIGN_PERCENTILE_95",
  #  "ALIGN_PERCENTILE_50",
  # ]

  ## Filters can be added to reduce the number of time series matched.  All
  ## functions are supported: starts_with, ends_with, has_substring, and
  ## one_of.  Only the '=' operator is supported.
  ##
  ## The logical operators when combining filters are defined statically using
  ## the following values:
  ##   filter ::= <resource_labels> {AND <metric_labels> AND <user_labels> AND <system_labels>}
  ##   resource_labels ::= <resource_labels> {OR <resource_label>}
  ##   metric_labels ::= <metric_labels> {OR <metric_label>}
  ##   user_labels ::= <user_labels> {OR <user_label>}
  ##   system_labels ::= <system_labels> {OR <system_label>}
  ##
  ## For more details, see https://cloud.google.com/monitoring/api/v3/filters
  #
  ## Resource labels refine the time series selection with the following expression:
  ##   resource.labels.<key> = <value>
  # [[inputs.stackdriver.filter.resource_labels]]
  #   key = "instance_name"
  #   value = 'starts_with("localhost")'
  #
  ## Metric labels refine the time series selection with the following expression:
  ##   metric.labels.<key> = <value>
  #  [[inputs.stackdriver.filter.metric_labels]]
  #    key = "device_name"
  #    value = 'one_of("sda", "sdb")'
  #
  ## User labels refine the time series selection with the following expression:
  ##   metadata.user_labels."<key>" = <value>
  #  [[inputs.stackdriver.filter.user_labels]]
  #    key = "environment"
  #    value = 'one_of("prod", "staging")'
  #
  ## System labels refine the time series selection with the following expression:
  ##   metadata.system_labels."<key>" = <value>
  #  [[inputs.stackdriver.filter.system_labels]]
  #    key = "machine_type"
  #    value = 'starts_with("e2-")'

Authentication

It is recommended to use a service account to authenticate with the Stackdriver Monitoring API. Getting Started with Authentication.

Metrics

Metrics are created using one of there patterns depending on if the value type is a scalar value, raw distribution buckets, or aligned bucket values.

In all cases, the Stackdriver metric type is split on the last component into the measurement and field:

compute.googleapis.com/instance/disk/read_bytes_count
└──────────  measurement  ─────────┘ └──  field  ───┘

Scalar Values:

• measurement
  • tags:
    • resource_labels
    • metric_labels
  • fields:
    • field

Distributions:

Distributions are represented by a set of fields along with the bucket values tagged with the bucket boundary. Buckets are cumulative: each bucket represents the total number of items less than the lt tag.

• measurement

  • tags:
    • resource_labels
    • metric_labels
  • fields:
    • field_count
    • field_mean
    • field_sum_of_squared_deviation
    • field_range_min
    • field_range_max

• measurement

  • tags:
    • resource_labels
    • metric_labels
    • lt (less than)
  • fields:
    • field_bucket

Aligned Aggregations:

• measurement
  • tags:
    • resource_labels
    • metric_labels
  • fields:
    • field_alignment_function

Troubleshooting

When Telegraf is ran with --debug, detailed information about the performed queries will be logged.

Example Output