profiler

Profiler Package

The profiler package provides a clean interface for managing Go's pprof server within the frame framework.

Features

• Automatic pprof server lifecycle management
• Configuration-based enable/disable
• Configurable port binding
• Graceful shutdown support
• Thread-safe operations

Usage

Basic Usage

import (
    "context"
    "github.com/pitabwire/frame/v3/profiler"
    "github.com/pitabwire/frame/v3/config"
)

func main() {
    cfg := &config.ConfigurationDefault{
        ProfilerEnable:   true,
        ProfilerPortAddr: ":6060",
    }
    
    server := profiler.NewServer()
    ctx := context.Background()
    
    // Start the profiler if enabled
    err := server.StartIfEnabled(ctx, cfg)
    if err != nil {
        panic(err)
    }
    
    // ... your application logic ...
    
    // Gracefully stop the profiler
    err = server.Stop(ctx)
    if err != nil {
        panic(err)
    }
}

Integration with Frame Service

The profiler package is automatically integrated into the frame service when using the default configuration:

import "github.com/pitabwire/frame/v3"

func main() {
    // Set PROFILER_ENABLE=true environment variable
    ctx, svc := frame.NewService()
    
    // Profiler will automatically start on :6060
    err := svc.Run(ctx, "")
    if err != nil {
        panic(err)
    }
}

Configuration

The profiler responds to the following configuration options:

Environment Variables

• PROFILER_ENABLE: Set to "true" to enable the profiler (default: false)
• PROFILER_PORT: Port to bind the profiler server (default: ":6060")

YAML Configuration

profiler_enable: true
profiler_port: ":6061"

Available Endpoints

When the profiler is enabled, the following endpoints are available:

• /debug/pprof/ - Index of all available profiles
• /debug/pprof/profile - CPU profile (30 seconds by default)
• /debug/pprof/heap - Heap profile
• /debug/pprof/goroutine - Goroutine profile
• /debug/pprof/block - Blocking profile
• /debug/pprof/mutex - Mutex contention profile
• /debug/pprof/trace - Execution trace

Command Line Tools

CPU Profiling

# Collect 30-second CPU profile
go tool pprof http://localhost:6060/debug/pprof/profile

# Collect 10-second CPU profile
go tool pprof http://localhost:6060/debug/pprof/profile?seconds=10

Heap Profiling

go tool pprof http://localhost:6060/debug/pprof/heap

Web Interface

go tool pprof -http=:8080 http://localhost:6060/debug/pprof/profile

API Reference

Server

The main type for managing the pprof server.

Methods

• NewServer() *Server - Creates a new profiler server instance
• StartIfEnabled(ctx context.Context, cfg config.ConfigurationProfiler) error - Starts the profiler if enabled in configuration
• Stop(ctx context.Context) error - Gracefully stops the profiler server
• IsRunning() bool - Returns true if the profiler server is currently running

Security Considerations

• The profiler should only be enabled in development/staging environments
• Consider firewall rules to restrict access to profiler endpoints
• The profiler exposes sensitive information about your application's internals
• Always disable the profiler in production environments

Thread Safety

All methods on the Server type are thread-safe and can be called concurrently from multiple goroutines.