Portworx

Agent Check

Overview

Get metrics from Portworx service in real time to:

• Monitor health and performance of your Portworx Cluster
• Track disk usage, latency and throughput for Portworx volumes

Setup

The Portworx check is not included in the Datadog Agent package, so you need to install it.

Installation

For Agent v7.21+ / v6.21+, follow the instructions below to install the Portworx check on your host. See Use Community Integrations to install with the Docker Agent or earlier versions of the Agent.

1. Run the following command to install the Agent integration:

   datadog-agent integration install -t datadog-portworx==<INTEGRATION_VERSION>
   

2. Configure your integration similar to core integrations.

Configuration

1. Edit the portworx.d/conf.yaml file in the conf.d/ folder at the root of your Agent’s configuration directory to start collecting your Portworx metrics. See the sample portworx.d/conf.yaml for all available configuration options.

   init_config:
   
   instances:
    # url of the metrics endpoint of prometheus
    - prometheus_endpoint: http://localhost:9001/metrics
   

2. Restart the Agent

Validation

Run the Agent’s info subcommand, you should see something like the following:

Compatibility

The Portworx check is compatible with Portworx 1.4.0 and possible earlier versions.

Data Collected

Metrics

Events

The Portworx check does not include any events.

Troubleshooting

Agent cannot connect

    portworx
    -------
      - instance #0 [ERROR]: "('Connection aborted.', error(111, 'Connection refused'))"
      - Collected 0 metrics, 0 events & 0 service check

Check that the url in portworx.yaml is correct.

Further Reading

Additional helpful documentation, links, and articles:

• Monitoring multi-cloud container storage with Portworx and Datadog