Docker Data Collected

Docker integration

Metrics

Metrics collected by the Agent when deployed in a Docker container:

docker.container.open_fds
(gauge)		The number of open file descriptors
Shown as file
docker.container.size_rootfs
(gauge)		Total size of all the files in the container
Shown as byte
docker.container.size_rootfs.95percentile
(gauge)		95th percentile of docker.container.size_rootfs
Shown as byte
docker.container.size_rootfs.avg
(gauge)		Average value of docker.container.size_rootfs
Shown as byte
docker.container.size_rootfs.count
(rate)		The rate that the value of docker.container.size_rw was sampled
Shown as sample
docker.container.size_rootfs.max
(gauge)		Max value of docker.container.size_rootfs
Shown as byte
docker.container.size_rootfs.median
(gauge)		Median value of docker.container.size_rootfs
Shown as byte
docker.container.size_rw
(gauge)		Total size of all the files in the container which have been created or changed by processes running in the container
Shown as byte
docker.container.size_rw.95percentile
(gauge)		95th percentile of docker.container.size_rw
Shown as byte
docker.container.size_rw.avg
(gauge)		Average value of docker.container.size_rw
Shown as byte
docker.container.size_rw.count
(rate)		The rate that the value of docker.container.size_rw was sampled
Shown as sample
docker.container.size_rw.max
(gauge)		Max value of docker.container.size_rw
Shown as byte
docker.container.size_rw.median
(gauge)		Median value of docker.container.size_rw
Shown as byte
docker.containers.running
(gauge)		The number of containers running on this host tagged by image
docker.containers.running.total
(gauge)		The total number of containers running on this host
docker.containers.stopped
(gauge)		The number of containers stopped on this host tagged by image
docker.containers.stopped.total
(gauge)		The total number of containers stopped on this host
docker.cpu.limit
(gauge)		Limit on CPU available to the container, expressed as percentage of a core
Shown as percent
docker.cpu.shares
(gauge)		Shares of CPU usage allocated to the container
docker.cpu.system
(gauge)		The percent of time the CPU is executing system calls on behalf of processes of this container, unnormalized
Shown as percent
docker.cpu.system.95percentile
(gauge)		95th percentile of docker.cpu.system [deprecated in agent 6.0]
Shown as percent
docker.cpu.system.avg
(gauge)		Average value of docker.cpu.system [deprecated in agent 6.0]
Shown as percent
docker.cpu.system.count
(rate)		The rate that the value of docker.cpu.system was sampled [deprecated in agent 6.0]
Shown as sample
docker.cpu.system.max
(gauge)		Max value of docker.cpu.system
Shown as percent
docker.cpu.system.median
(gauge)		Median value of docker.cpu.system [deprecated in agent 6.0]
Shown as percent
docker.cpu.throttled
(gauge)		Number of times the cgroup has been throttled
docker.cpu.usage
(gauge)		The percent of CPU time obtained by this container
Shown as percent
docker.cpu.user
(gauge)		The percent of time the CPU is under direct control of processes of this container, unnormalized
Shown as percent
docker.cpu.user.95percentile
(gauge)		95th percentile of docker.cpu.user [deprecated in agent 6.0]
Shown as percent
docker.cpu.user.avg
(gauge)		Average value of docker.cpu.user [deprecated in agent 6.0]
Shown as percent
docker.cpu.user.count
(rate)		The rate that the value of docker.cpu.user was sampled [deprecated in agent 6.0]
Shown as sample
docker.cpu.user.max
(gauge)		Max value of docker.cpu.user [deprecated in agent 6.0]
Shown as percent
docker.cpu.user.median
(gauge)		Median value of docker.cpu.user [deprecated in agent 6.0]
Shown as percent
docker.data.free
(gauge)		Storage pool disk space free
Shown as byte
docker.data.percent
(gauge)		The percent of storage pool used
Shown as percent
docker.data.total
(gauge)		Storage pool disk space total
Shown as byte
docker.data.used
(gauge)		Storage pool disk space used
Shown as byte
docker.image.size
(gauge)		Size of all layers of the image on disk
Shown as byte
docker.image.virtual_size
(gauge)		Size of all layers of the image on disk
Shown as byte
docker.images.available
(gauge)		The number of top-level images
docker.images.intermediate
(gauge)		The number of intermediate images, which are intermediate layers that make up other images
docker.io.read_bytes
(gauge)		Bytes read per second from disk by the processes of the container
Shown as byte
docker.io.read_bytes.95percentile
(gauge)		95th percentile of docker.io.read_bytes [deprecated in agent 6.0]
Shown as byte
docker.io.read_bytes.avg
(gauge)		Average value of docker.io.read_bytes [deprecated in agent 6.0]
Shown as byte
docker.io.read_bytes.count
(rate)		The rate that the value of docker.io.read_bytes was sampled [deprecated in agent 6.0]
Shown as sample
docker.io.read_bytes.max
(gauge)		Max value of docker.container.io.read_bytes [deprecated in agent 6.0]
Shown as byte
docker.io.read_bytes.median
(gauge)		Median value of docker.container.io.read_bytes [deprecated in agent 6.0]
Shown as byte
docker.io.write_bytes
(gauge)		Bytes written per second to disk by the processes of the container
Shown as byte
docker.io.write_bytes.95percentile
(gauge)		95th percentile of docker.io.write_bytes [deprecated in agent 6.0]
Shown as byte
docker.io.write_bytes.avg
(gauge)		Average value of docker.io.write_bytes [deprecated in agent 6.0]
Shown as byte
docker.io.write_bytes.count
(rate)		The rate that the value of docker.io.write_bytes was sampled [deprecated in agent 6.0]
Shown as sample
docker.io.write_bytes.max
(gauge)		Max value of docker.container.io.write_bytes [deprecated in agent 6.0]
Shown as byte
docker.io.write_bytes.median
(gauge)		Median value of docker.container.io.write_bytes [deprecated in agent 6.0]
Shown as byte
docker.kmem.usage
(gauge)		The amount of kernel memory that belongs to the container's processes.
Shown as byte
docker.mem.cache
(gauge)		The amount of memory that is being used to cache data from disk (e.g. memory contents that can be associated precisely with a block on a block device)
Shown as byte
docker.mem.cache.95percentile
(gauge)		95th percentile value of docker.mem.cache [deprecated in agent 6.0]
Shown as byte
docker.mem.cache.avg
(gauge)		Average value of docker.mem.cache [deprecated in agent 6.0]
Shown as byte
docker.mem.cache.count
(rate)		The rate that the value of docker.mem.cache was sampled [deprecated in agent 6.0]
Shown as sample
docker.mem.cache.max
(gauge)		Max value of docker.mem.cache [deprecated in agent 6.0]
Shown as byte
docker.mem.cache.median
(gauge)		Median value of docker.mem.cache [deprecated in agent 6.0]
Shown as byte
docker.mem.in_use
(gauge)		The fraction of used memory to available memory, IF THE LIMIT IS SET
Shown as fraction
docker.mem.in_use.95percentile
(gauge)		95th percentile of docker.mem.in_use [deprecated in agent 6.0]
Shown as fraction
docker.mem.in_use.avg
(gauge)		Average value of docker.mem.in_use [deprecated in agent 6.0]
Shown as fraction
docker.mem.in_use.count
(rate)		The rate that the value of docker.mem.in_use was sampled [deprecated in agent 6.0]
Shown as sample
docker.mem.in_use.max
(gauge)		Max value of docker.container.mem.in_use [deprecated in agent 6.0]
Shown as fraction
docker.mem.in_use.median
(gauge)		Median value of docker.container.mem.in_use [deprecated in agent 6.0]
Shown as fraction
docker.mem.limit
(gauge)		The memory limit for the container, if set
Shown as byte
docker.mem.limit.95percentile
(gauge)		95th percentile of docker.mem.limit. Ordinarily this value will not change [deprecated in agent 6.0]
Shown as byte
docker.mem.limit.avg
(gauge)		Average value of docker.mem.limit. Ordinarily this value will not change [deprecated in agent 6.0]
Shown as byte
docker.mem.limit.count
(rate)		The rate that the value of docker.mem.limit was sampled [deprecated in agent 6.0]
Shown as sample
docker.mem.limit.max
(gauge)		Max value of docker.mem.limit. Ordinarily this value will not change [deprecated in agent 6.0]
Shown as byte
docker.mem.limit.median
(gauge)		Median value of docker.mem.limit. Ordinarily this value will not change [deprecated in agent 6.0]
Shown as byte
docker.mem.rss
(gauge)		The amount of non-cache memory that belongs to the container's processes. Used for stacks, heaps, etc.
Shown as byte
docker.mem.rss.95percentile
(gauge)		95th percentile value of docker.mem.rss [deprecated in agent 6.0]
Shown as byte
docker.mem.rss.avg
(gauge)		Average value of docker.mem.rss [deprecated in agent 6.0]
Shown as byte
docker.mem.rss.count
(rate)		The rate that the value of docker.mem.rss was sampled [deprecated in agent 6.0]
Shown as sample
docker.mem.rss.max
(gauge)		Max value of docker.mem.rss [deprecated in agent 6.0]
Shown as byte
docker.mem.rss.median
(gauge)		Median value of docker.mem.rss [deprecated in agent 6.0]
Shown as byte
docker.mem.soft_limit
(gauge)		The memory reservation limit for the container, if set
Shown as byte
docker.mem.soft_limit.95percentile
(gauge)		95th percentile of docker.mem.soft_limit. Ordinarily this value will not change
Shown as byte
docker.mem.soft_limit.avg
(gauge)		Average value of docker.mem.soft_limit. Ordinarily this value will not change
Shown as byte
docker.mem.soft_limit.count
(rate)		The rate that the value of docker.mem.soft_limit was sampled
Shown as sample
docker.mem.soft_limit.max
(gauge)		Max value of docker.mem.soft_limit. Ordinarily this value will not change
Shown as byte
docker.mem.soft_limit.median
(gauge)		Median value of docker.mem.soft_limit. Ordinarily this value will not change
Shown as byte
docker.mem.sw_in_use
(gauge)		The fraction of used swap + memory to available swap + memory, if the limit is set
Shown as fraction
docker.mem.sw_in_use.95percentile
(gauge)		95th percentile of docker.mem.swinuse [deprecated in agent 6.0]
Shown as fraction
docker.mem.sw_in_use.avg
(gauge)		Average value of docker.mem.swinuse [deprecated in agent 6.0]
Shown as fraction
docker.mem.sw_in_use.count
(rate)		The rate that the value of docker.mem.swinuse was sampled [deprecated in agent 6.0]
Shown as sample
docker.mem.sw_in_use.max
(gauge)		Max value of docker.container.mem.swinuse [deprecated in agent 6.0]
Shown as fraction
docker.mem.sw_in_use.median
(gauge)		Median value of docker.container.mem.swinuse [deprecated in agent 6.0]
Shown as fraction
docker.mem.sw_limit
(gauge)		The swap + memory limit for the container, if set
Shown as byte
docker.mem.sw_limit.95percentile
(gauge)		95th percentile of docker.mem.sw_limit. Ordinarily this value will not change [deprecated in agent 6.0]
Shown as byte
docker.mem.sw_limit.avg
(gauge)		Average value of docker.mem.sw_limit. Ordinarily this value will not change [deprecated in agent 6.0]
Shown as byte
docker.mem.sw_limit.count
(rate)		The rate that the value of docker.mem.sw_limit was sampled [deprecated in agent 6.0]
Shown as sample
docker.mem.sw_limit.max
(gauge)		Max value of docker.mem.sw_limit. Ordinarily this value will not change [deprecated in agent 6.0]
Shown as byte
docker.mem.sw_limit.median
(gauge)		Median value of docker.mem.sw_limit. Ordinarily this value will not change [deprecated in agent 6.0]
Shown as byte
docker.mem.swap
(gauge)		The amount of swap currently used by the container
Shown as byte
docker.mem.swap.95percentile
(gauge)		95th percentile value of docker.mem.swap [deprecated in agent 6.0]
Shown as byte
docker.mem.swap.avg
(gauge)		Average value of docker.mem.swap [deprecated in agent 6.0]
Shown as byte
docker.mem.swap.count
(rate)		The rate that the value of docker.mem.swap was sampled [deprecated in agent 6.0]
Shown as sample
docker.mem.swap.max
(gauge)		Max value of docker.mem.swap [deprecated in agent 6.0]
Shown as byte
docker.mem.swap.median
(gauge)		Median value of docker.mem.swap [deprecated in agent 6.0]
Shown as byte
docker.metadata.free
(gauge)		Storage pool metadata space free
Shown as byte
docker.metadata.percent
(gauge)		The percent of storage pool metadata used
Shown as percent
docker.metadata.total
(gauge)		Storage pool metadata space total
Shown as byte
docker.metadata.used
(gauge)		Storage pool metadata space used
Shown as byte
docker.net.bytes_rcvd
(gauge)		Bytes received per second from the network
Shown as byte
docker.net.bytes_rcvd.95percentile
(gauge)		95th percentile of docker.net.bytes_rcvd [deprecated in agent 6.0]
Shown as byte
docker.net.bytes_rcvd.avg
(gauge)		Average value of docker.net.bytes_rcvd [deprecated in agent 6.0]
Shown as byte
docker.net.bytes_rcvd.count
(rate)		The rate that the value of docker.net.bytes_rcvd was sampled [deprecated in agent 6.0]
Shown as sample
docker.net.bytes_rcvd.max
(gauge)		Max value of docker.container.net.bytes_rcvd [deprecated in agent 6.0]
Shown as byte
docker.net.bytes_rcvd.median
(gauge)		Median value of docker.container.net.bytes_rcvd [deprecated in agent 6.0]
Shown as byte
docker.net.bytes_sent
(gauge)		Bytes sent per second to the network
Shown as byte
docker.net.bytes_sent_bytes.95percentile
(gauge)		95th percentile of docker.net.bytessentbytes [deprecated in agent 6.0]
Shown as byte
docker.net.bytes_sent_bytes.avg
(gauge)		Average value of docker.net.bytessentbytes [deprecated in agent 6.0]
Shown as byte
docker.net.bytes_sent_bytes.count
(rate)		The rate that the value of docker.net.bytessentbytes was sampled [deprecated in agent 6.0]
Shown as sample
docker.net.bytes_sent_bytes.max
(gauge)		Max value of docker.container.net.bytessentbytes [deprecated in agent 6.0]
Shown as byte
docker.net.bytes_sent_bytes.median
(gauge)		Median value of docker.container.net.bytessentbytes [deprecated in agent 6.0]
Shown as byte
docker.thread.count
(gauge)		Current thread count for the container
Shown as thread
docker.thread.limit
(gauge)		Thread count limit for the container, if set
Shown as thread
docker.uptime
(gauge)		Time since the container was started
Shown as second

Events

The Docker Agent produces the following events:

  • Delete Image
  • Die
  • Error
  • Fail
  • Kill
  • Out of memory (oom)
  • Pause
  • Restart container
  • Restart Daemon
  • Update

Service checks

docker.service_up
Returns CRITICAL if the Agent is unable to collect the list of containers from the Docker daemon. Returns OK otherwise.
Statuses: ok, critical

docker.exit
Returns CRITICAL if a container exited with a non-zero exit code. Returns OK otherwise.
Statuses: ok, critical

Note: To use docker.exit, add collect_exit_codes: true in your Docker conf.yaml file and restart the Agent.

Container integration

Metrics

container.cpu.limit
(gauge)		The maximum CPU time available to the container
Shown as nanocore
container.cpu.system
(gauge)		The container system CPU usage
Shown as nanocore
container.cpu.throttled
(gauge)		The total cpu throttled time
Shown as nanosecond
container.cpu.throttled.periods
(gauge)		The number of periods during which the container was throttled
container.cpu.usage
(gauge)		The container total CPU Usage
Shown as nanocore
container.cpu.user
(gauge)		The container userspace CPU usage
Shown as nanocore
container.io.read
(gauge)		The number of bytes read from disks by this container
Shown as byte
container.io.read.operations
(gauge)		The number of read operations done by this continer
container.io.write
(gauge)		The number of bytes written to disks by this container
Shown as byte
container.io.write.operations
(gauge)		The number of write operations done by this continer
container.memory.cache
(gauge)		The container cache usage
Shown as byte
container.memory.commit
(gauge)		The container commit memory usage
Shown as byte
container.memory.commit.peak
(gauge)		The container peak commit memory usage
Shown as byte
container.memory.kernel
(gauge)		The container kernel memory usage
Shown as byte
container.memory.limit
(gauge)		The container memory limit
Shown as byte
container.memory.major_page_faults
(count)		Number of major page faults incurred
container.memory.oom_events
(gauge)		The number of OOM events triggered by the container
container.memory.page_faults
(count)		Total number of page faults incurred
container.memory.rss
(gauge)		The container RSS usage
Shown as byte
container.memory.soft_limit
(gauge)		The container memory soft limit
Shown as byte
container.memory.swap
(gauge)		The container swap usage
Shown as byte
container.memory.usage
(gauge)		The container total memory usage
Shown as byte
container.memory.usage.peak
(gauge)		The maximum memory usage recorded since the container started
Shown as byte
container.memory.working_set
(gauge)		The container working set usage
Shown as byte
container.net.rcvd
(gauge)		The number of network bytes received (per interface)
Shown as byte
container.net.rcvd.packets
(gauge)		The number of network packets received (per interface)
container.net.sent
(gauge)		The number of network bytes sent (per interface)
Shown as byte
container.net.sent.packets
(gauge)		The number of network packets sent (per interface)
container.pid.open_files
(gauge)		The number of open file descriptors (Linux only)
container.pid.thread_count
(gauge)		The number of threads running inside this container
container.pid.thread_limit
(gauge)		The maximum number of threads for this container
container.uptime
(gauge)		The container uptime
Shown as second

Containerd integration

Metrics

containerd.cpu.system
(gauge)		The total CPU time
Shown as nanosecond
containerd.cpu.throttled.periods
(gauge)		The total CPU throttled time (Linux only)
Shown as nanosecond
containerd.cpu.total
(gauge)		The total CPU time
Shown as nanosecond
containerd.cpu.user
(gauge)		The total user CPU time
Shown as nanosecond
containerd.image.pull
(count)		The number of image pull requests
Shown as byte
containerd.image.size
(gauge)		The size of the container image
Shown as byte
containerd.mem.cache
(gauge)		The cache amount used (Linux only)
Shown as byte
containerd.mem.commit
(gauge)		The committed memory (Windows only)
Shown as byte
containerd.mem.commit_peak
(gauge)		The peak committed memory (Windows only)
Shown as byte
containerd.mem.current.failcnt
(gauge)		The usage failcnt (Linux only)
containerd.mem.current.limit
(gauge)		The memory limit (Linux only)
Shown as byte
containerd.mem.current.usage
(gauge)		The memory usage (Linux only)
Shown as byte
containerd.mem.kernel.usage
(gauge)		The kernel usage (Linux only)
Shown as byte
containerd.mem.kernel_tcp.failcnt
(gauge)		The kerneltcp failcnt (Linux only)
containerd.mem.kernel_tcp.limit
(gauge)		The kerneltcp limit (Linux only)
Shown as byte
containerd.mem.kernel_tcp.max
(gauge)		The kerneltcp maximum usage (Linux only)
Shown as byte
containerd.mem.kernel_tcp.usage
(gauge)		The kerneltcp usage (Linux only)
Shown as byte
containerd.mem.rss
(gauge)		The rss amount used (Linux only)
Shown as byte
containerd.mem.swap.usage
(gauge)		The swap usage (Linux only)
Shown as byte
containerd.mem.working_set
(gauge)		The container working set usage
Shown as byte
containerd.proc.open_fds
(gauge)		The number of open file descriptors
Shown as file
containerd.storage.read
(rate)		Read bytes (Windows only)
Shown as byte
containerd.storage.write
(rate)		Write bytes (Windows only)
Shown as byte
containerd.uptime
(gauge)		Time since the container was started
Shown as second

Events

The containerd check can collect events. Use filters to select the relevant events. See the sample containerd.d/conf.yaml for more details.

Service checks

containerd.health
Returns CRITICAL if the Agent check is unable to connect to the monitored containerd socket. Returns OK otherwise.
Statuses: ok, critical