MongoDB collector
Overview
MongoDB is a source-available cross-platform document-oriented database program.
This collector monitors one or more MongoDB instances, depending on your configuration.
Executed queries:
Collected metrics
Metrics grouped by scope.
The scope defines the instance that the metric belongs to. An instance is uniquely identified by a set of labels.
- WireTiger metrics are available only if WiredTiger is used as the
storage engine.
- Sharding metrics are available on shards only
for mongos.
global
These metrics refer to the entire monitored application.
This scope has no labels.
Metrics:
| Metric |
Dimensions |
Unit |
| mongodb.operations_rate |
reads, writes, commands |
operations/s |
| mongodb.operations_latency_time |
reads, writes, commands |
milliseconds |
| mongodb.operations_by_type_rate |
insert, query, update, delete, getmore, command |
operations/s |
| mongodb.document_operations_rate |
inserted, deleted, returned, updated |
operations/s |
| mongodb.scanned_indexes_rate |
scanned |
indexes/s |
| mongodb.scanned_documents_rate |
scanned |
documents/s |
| mongodb.active_clients_count |
readers, writers |
clients |
| mongodb.queued_operations_count |
reads, writes |
operations |
| mongodb.cursors_open_count |
open |
cursors |
| mongodb.cursors_open_no_timeout_count |
open_no_timeout |
cursors |
| mongodb.cursors_opened_rate |
opened |
cursors/s |
| mongodb.cursors_timed_out_rate |
timed_out |
cursors/s |
| mongodb.cursors_by_lifespan_count |
le_1s, 1s_5s, 5s_15s, 15s_30s, 30s_1m, 1m_10m, ge_10m |
cursors |
| mongodb.transactions_count |
active, inactive, open, prepared |
transactions |
| mongodb.transactions_rate |
started, aborted, committed, prepared |
transactions/s |
| mongodb.connections_usage |
available, used |
connections |
| mongodb.connections_by_state_count |
active, threaded, exhaust_is_master, exhaust_hello, awaiting_topology_changes |
connections |
| mongodb.connections_rate |
created |
connections/s |
| mongodb.asserts_rate |
regular, warning, msg, user, tripwire, rollovers |
asserts/s |
| mongodb.network_traffic_rate |
in, out |
bytes/s |
| mongodb.network_requests_rate |
requests |
requests/s |
| mongodb.network_slow_dns_resolutions_rate |
slow_dns |
resolutions/s |
| mongodb.network_slow_ssl_handshakes_rate |
slow_ssl |
handshakes/s |
| mongodb.memory_resident_size |
used |
bytes |
| mongodb.memory_virtual_size |
used |
bytes |
| mongodb.memory_page_faults_rate |
pgfaults |
pgfaults/s |
| mongodb.memory_tcmalloc_stats |
allocated, central_cache_freelist, transfer_cache_freelist, thread_cache_freelists, pageheap_freelist, pageheap_unmapped |
bytes |
| mongodb.wiredtiger_concurrent_read_transactions_usage |
available, used |
transactions |
| mongodb.wiredtiger_concurrent_write_transactions_usage |
available, used |
transactions |
| mongodb.wiredtiger_cache_usage |
used |
bytes |
| mongodb.wiredtiger_cache_dirty_space_size |
dirty |
bytes |
| mongodb.wiredtiger_cache_io_rate |
read, written |
pages/s |
| mongodb.wiredtiger_cache_evictions_rate |
unmodified, modified |
pages/s |
| mongodb.sharding_nodes_count |
shard_aware, shard_unaware |
nodes |
| mongodb.sharding_sharded_databases_count |
partitioned, unpartitioned |
databases |
| mongodb.sharding_sharded_collections_count |
partitioned, unpartitioned |
collections |
lock type
These metrics refer to the lock type.
Labels:
| Label |
Description |
| lock_type |
lock type (e.g. global, database, collection, mutex) |
Metrics:
| Metric |
Dimensions |
Unit |
| mongodb.lock_acquisitions_rate |
shared, exclusive, intent_shared, intent_exclusive |
acquisitions/s |
commit type
These metrics refer to the commit type.
Labels:
| Label |
Description |
| commit_type |
commit type (e.g. noShards, singleShard, singleWriteShard) |
Metrics:
| Metric |
Dimensions |
Unit |
| mongodb.transactions_commits_rate |
success, fail |
commits/s |
| mongodb.transactions_commits_duration_time |
commits |
milliseconds |
database
These metrics refer to the database.
Labels:
| Label |
Description |
| database |
database name |
Metrics:
| Metric |
Dimensions |
Unit |
| mongodb.database_collection_count |
collections |
collections |
| mongodb.database_indexes_count |
indexes |
indexes |
| mongodb.database_views_count |
views |
views |
| mongodb.database_documents_count |
documents |
documents |
| mongodb.database_data_size |
data_size |
bytes |
| mongodb.database_storage_size |
storage_size |
bytes |
| mongodb.database_index_size |
index_size |
bytes |
replica set member
These metrics refer to the replica set member.
Labels:
| Label |
Description |
| repl_set_member |
replica set member name |
Metrics:
| Metric |
Dimensions |
Unit |
| mongodb.repl_set_member_state |
primary, startup, secondary, recovering, startup2, unknown, arbiter, down, rollback, removed |
state |
| mongodb.repl_set_member_health_status |
up, down |
status |
| mongodb.repl_set_member_replication_lag_time |
replication_lag |
milliseconds |
| mongodb.repl_set_member_heartbeat_latency_time |
heartbeat_latency |
milliseconds |
| mongodb.repl_set_member_ping_rtt_time |
ping_rtt |
milliseconds |
| mongodb.repl_set_member_uptime |
uptime |
seconds |
shard
These metrics refer to the shard.
Labels:
| Label |
Description |
| shard_id |
shard id |
Metrics:
| Metric |
Dimensions |
Unit |
| mongodb.sharding_shard_chunks_count |
chunks |
chunks |
Setup
Prerequisites
Create a read-only user
Create a read-only user for Netdata in the admin database.
-
Authenticate as the admin user:
use admin
db.auth("admin", "<MONGODB_ADMIN_PASSWORD>")
-
Create a user:
db.createUser({
"user":"netdata",
"pwd": "<UNIQUE_PASSWORD>",
"roles" : [
{role: 'read', db: 'admin' },
{role: 'clusterMonitor', db: 'admin'},
{role: 'read', db: 'local' }
]
})
Configuration
File
The configuration file name is go.d/mongodb.conf.
The file format is YAML. Generally, the format is:
update_every: 1
autodetection_retry: 0
jobs:
- name: some_name1
- name: some_name1
You can edit the configuration file using the edit-config script from the
Netdata config directory.
cd /etc/netdata 2>/dev/null || cd /opt/netdata/etc/netdata
sudo ./edit-config go.d/mongodb.conf
Options
The following options can be defined globally: update_every, autodetection_retry.
Config options
| Name |
Description |
Default |
Required |
| update_every |
Data collection frequency. |
5 |
|
| autodetection_retry |
Re-check interval in seconds. Zero means not to schedule re-check. |
0 |
|
| uri |
MongoDB connection string. See URI syntax. |
mongodb://localhost:27017 |
yes |
| timeout |
Query timeout in seconds. |
2 |
|
| databases |
Databases selector. Determines which database metrics will be collected. |
|
|
databases
Metrics of databases matching the selector will be collected.
Examples
TCP socket
An example configuration.
Config
jobs:
- name: local
uri: mongodb://netdata:password@localhost:27017
With databases metrics
An example configuration.
Config
jobs:
- name: local
uri: mongodb://netdata:password@localhost:27017
databases:
includes:
- "* *"
Multi-instance
Note: When you define multiple jobs, their names must be unique.
Local and remote instances.
Config
jobs:
- name: local
uri: mongodb://netdata:password@localhost:27017
- name: remote
uri: mongodb://netdata:password@203.0.113.0:27017
Troubleshooting
Debug mode
To troubleshoot issues with the mongodb collector, run the go.d.plugin with the debug option enabled.
The output should give you clues as to why the collector isn't working.
-
Navigate to the plugins.d directory, usually at /usr/libexec/netdata/plugins.d/. If that's not the case on
your system, open netdata.conf and look for the plugins setting under [directories].
cd /usr/libexec/netdata/plugins.d/
-
Switch to the netdata user.
sudo -u netdata -s
-
Run the go.d.plugin to debug the collector:
./go.d.plugin -d -m mongodb