This check monitors RabbitMQ through the Datadog Agent. It allows you to:
And more.
The RabbitMQ check is included in the Datadog Agent package. No additional installation is needed on your server.
Enable the RabbitMQ management plugin. See RabbitMQ’s documentation to enable it. The Agent user then needs at least the monitoring tag and these required permissions:
| Permission | Command |
|---|---|
| conf | ^aliveness-test$ |
| write | ^amq\.default$ |
| read | .* |
Create an Agent user for your default vhost with the following commands:
rabbitmqctl add_user datadog <SECRET>
rabbitmqctl set_permissions -p / datadog "^aliveness-test$" "^amq\.default$" ".*"
rabbitmqctl set_user_tags datadog monitoring
Here, / refers to the default host. Set this to your specified virtual host name. See the RabbitMQ documentation for more information.
To configure this check for an Agent running on a host:
Edit the rabbitmq.d/conf.yaml file, in the conf.d/ folder at the root of your Agent’s configuration directory to start collecting your RabbitMQ metrics. See the sample rabbitmq.d/conf.yaml for all available configuration options.
Note: The Agent checks all queues, vhosts, and nodes by default, but you can provide lists or regexes to limit this. See the rabbitmq.d/conf.yaml for examples.
Available for Agent versions >6.0
To modify the default log file location either set the RABBITMQ_LOGS environment variable or add the following to your RabbitMQ configuration file (/etc/rabbitmq/rabbitmq.conf):
log.dir = /var/log/rabbit
log.file = rabbit.log
Collecting logs is disabled by default in the Datadog Agent, enable it in your datadog.yaml file:
logs_enabled: true
Edit the logs section of your rabbitmq.d/conf.yaml file to start collecting your RabbitMQ logs:
logs:
- type: file
path: /var/log/rabbit/*.log
source: rabbitmq
service: myservice
log_processing_rules:
- type: multi_line
name: logs_starts_with_equal_sign
pattern: "="
For containerized environments, see the Autodiscovery Integration Templates for guidance on applying the parameters below.
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
<INTEGRATION_NAME> | rabbitmq |
<INIT_CONFIG> | blank or {} |
<INSTANCE_CONFIG> | {"rabbitmq_api_url":"%%host%%:15672/api/","username": <USERNAME>, "password": <PASSWORD>} |
Available for Agent versions >6.0
Collecting logs is disabled by default in the Datadog Agent. To enable it, see Kubernetes log collection documentation.
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
<LOG_CONFIG> | {"source": "rabbitmq", "service": "rabbitmq", "log_processing_rules": [{"type":"multi_line","name":"logs_starts_with_equal_sign", "pattern": "="}]} |
Run the Agent’s status subcommand and look for rabbitmq under the Checks section.
| rabbitmq.node.fd_used (gauge) | Used file descriptors |
| rabbitmq.node.disk_free (gauge) | Current free disk space Shown as byte |
| rabbitmq.node.mem_used (gauge) | Memory used in bytes Shown as byte |
| rabbitmq.node.mem_limit (gauge) | Memory usage high watermark in bytes Shown as byte |
| rabbitmq.node.run_queue (gauge) | Average number of Erlang processes waiting to run Shown as process |
| rabbitmq.node.sockets_used (gauge) | Number of file descriptors used as sockets |
| rabbitmq.node.partitions (gauge) | Number of network partitions this node is seeing |
| rabbitmq.node.running (gauge) | Is the node running or not |
| rabbitmq.node.mem_alarm (gauge) | Does the host has memory alarm |
| rabbitmq.node.disk_alarm (gauge) | Does the node have disk alarm |
| rabbitmq.exchange.messages.ack.count (gauge) | Number of messages in exchanges delivered to clients and acknowledged Shown as message |
| rabbitmq.exchange.messages.ack.rate (gauge) | Rate of messages in exchanges delivered to clients and acknowledged per second Shown as message |
| rabbitmq.exchange.messages.confirm.count (gauge) | Count of messages in exchanges confirmed Shown as message |
| rabbitmq.exchange.messages.confirm.rate (gauge) | Rate of messages in exchanges confirmed per second Shown as message |
| rabbitmq.exchange.messages.deliver_get.count (gauge) | Sum of messages in exchanges delivered in acknowledgement mode to consumers, in no-acknowledgement mode to consumers, in acknowledgement mode in response to basic.get, and in no-acknowledgement mode in response to basic.get Shown as message |
| rabbitmq.exchange.messages.deliver_get.rate (gauge) | Rate per second of the sum of exchange messages delivered in acknowledgement mode to consumers, in no-acknowledgement mode to consumers, in acknowledgement mode in response to basic.get, and in no-acknowledgement mode in response to basic.get Shown as message |
| rabbitmq.exchange.messages.redeliver.count (gauge) | Count of subset of messages in exchanges in deliver_get which had the redelivered flag set Shown as message |
| rabbitmq.exchange.messages.redeliver.rate (gauge) | Rate of subset of messages in exchanges in deliver_get which had the redelivered flag set per second Shown as message |
| rabbitmq.exchange.messages.return_unroutable.count (gauge) | Count of messages in exchanges returned to publisher as unroutable Shown as message |
| rabbitmq.exchange.messages.return_unroutable.rate (gauge) | Rate of messages in exchanges returned to publisher as unroutable per second Shown as message |
| rabbitmq.exchange.messages.publish.count (gauge) | Count of messages in exchanges published Shown as message |
| rabbitmq.exchange.messages.publish.rate (gauge) | Rate of messages in exchanges published per second Shown as message |
| rabbitmq.exchange.messages.publish_in.count (gauge) | Count of messages published from channels into this exchange Shown as message |
| rabbitmq.exchange.messages.publish_in.rate (gauge) | Rate of messages published from channels into this exchange per sec Shown as message |
| rabbitmq.exchange.messages.publish_out.count (gauge) | Count of messages published from this exchange into queues Shown as message |
| rabbitmq.exchange.messages.publish_out.rate (gauge) | Rate of messages published from this exchange into queues per second Shown as message |
| rabbitmq.queue.active_consumers (gauge) | Number of active consumers, consumers that can immediately receive any messages sent to the queue |
| rabbitmq.queue.bindings.count (gauge) | Number of bindings for a specific queue |
| rabbitmq.queue.consumers (gauge) | Number of consumers |
| rabbitmq.queue.consumer_utilisation (gauge) | The ratio of time that a queue's consumers can take new messages Shown as fraction |
| rabbitmq.queue.head_message_timestamp (gauge) | Timestamp of the head message of the queue Shown as millisecond |
| rabbitmq.queue.memory (gauge) | Bytes of memory consumed by the Erlang process associated with the queue, including stack, heap and internal structures Shown as byte |
| rabbitmq.queue.messages (gauge) | Count of the total messages in the queue Shown as message |
| rabbitmq.queue.messages.rate (gauge) | Count per second of the total messages in the queue Shown as message |
| rabbitmq.queue.messages_ready (gauge) | Number of messages ready to be delivered to clients Shown as message |
| rabbitmq.queue.messages_ready.rate (gauge) | Number per second of messages ready to be delivered to clients Shown as message |
| rabbitmq.queue.messages_unacknowledged (gauge) | Number of messages delivered to clients but not yet acknowledged Shown as message |
| rabbitmq.queue.messages_unacknowledged.rate (gauge) | Number per second of messages delivered to clients but not yet acknowledged Shown as message |
| rabbitmq.queue.messages.ack.count (gauge) | Number of messages in queues delivered to clients and acknowledged Shown as message |
| rabbitmq.queue.messages.ack.rate (gauge) | Number per second of messages delivered to clients and acknowledged Shown as message |
| rabbitmq.queue.messages.deliver.count (gauge) | Count of messages delivered in acknowledgement mode to consumers Shown as message |
| rabbitmq.queue.messages.deliver.rate (gauge) | Rate of messages delivered in acknowledgement mode to consumers Shown as message |
| rabbitmq.queue.messages.deliver_get.count (gauge) | Sum of messages in queues delivered in acknowledgement mode to consumers, in no-acknowledgement mode to consumers, in acknowledgement mode in response to basic.get, and in no-acknowledgement mode in response to basic.get. Shown as message |
| rabbitmq.queue.messages.deliver_get.rate (gauge) | Rate per second of the sum of messages in queues delivered in acknowledgement mode to consumers, in no-acknowledgement mode to consumers, in acknowledgement mode in response to basic.get, and in no-acknowledgement mode in response to basic.get. Shown as message |
| rabbitmq.queue.messages.publish.count (gauge) | Count of messages in queues published Shown as message |
| rabbitmq.queue.messages.publish.rate (gauge) | Rate per second of messages published Shown as message |
| rabbitmq.queue.messages.redeliver.count (gauge) | Count of subset of messages in queues in deliver_get which had the redelivered flag set Shown as message |
| rabbitmq.queue.messages.redeliver.rate (gauge) | Rate per second of subset of messages in deliver_get which had the redelivered flag set Shown as message |
| rabbitmq.connections (gauge) | Number of current connections to a given rabbitmq vhost, tagged 'rabbitmq_vhost: Shown as connection |
| rabbitmq.connections.state (gauge) | Number of connections in the specified connection state Shown as connection |
| rabbitmq.overview.object_totals.connections (gauge) | Total number of connections Shown as connection |
| rabbitmq.overview.object_totals.channels (gauge) | Total number of channels Shown as item |
| rabbitmq.overview.object_totals.queues (gauge) | Total number of queues Shown as item |
| rabbitmq.overview.object_totals.consumers (gauge) | Total number of consumers Shown as item |
| rabbitmq.overview.queue_totals.messages.count (gauge) | Total number of messages (ready plus unacknowledged) Shown as message |
| rabbitmq.overview.queue_totals.messages.rate (gauge) | Rate of number of messages (ready plus unacknowledged) Shown as message |
| rabbitmq.overview.queue_totals.messages_ready.count (gauge) | Number of messages ready for delivery Shown as message |
| rabbitmq.overview.queue_totals.messages_ready.rate (gauge) | Rate of number of messages ready for delivery Shown as message |
| rabbitmq.overview.queue_totals.messages_unacknowledged.count (gauge) | Number of unacknowledged messages Shown as message |
| rabbitmq.overview.queue_totals.messages_unacknowledged.rate (gauge) | Rate of number of unacknowledged messages Shown as message |
| rabbitmq.overview.messages.ack.count (gauge) | Number of messages delivered to clients and acknowledged Shown as message |
| rabbitmq.overview.messages.ack.rate (gauge) | Rate of messages delivered to clients and acknowledged per second Shown as message |
| rabbitmq.overview.messages.confirm.count (gauge) | Count of messages confirmed Shown as message |
| rabbitmq.overview.messages.confirm.rate (gauge) | Rate of messages confirmed per second Shown as message |
| rabbitmq.overview.messages.deliver_get.count (gauge) | Sum of messages delivered in acknowledgement mode to consumers, in no-acknowledgement mode to consumers, in acknowledgement mode in response to basic.get, and in no-acknowledgement mode in response to basic.get Shown as message |
| rabbitmq.overview.messages.deliver_get.rate (gauge) | Rate per second of the sum of messages delivered in acknowledgement mode to consumers, in no-acknowledgement mode to consumers, in acknowledgement mode in response to basic.get, and in no-acknowledgement mode in response to basic.get Shown as message |
| rabbitmq.overview.messages.redeliver.count (gauge) | Count of subset of messages in deliver_get which had the redelivered flag set Shown as message |
| rabbitmq.overview.messages.redeliver.rate (gauge) | Rate of subset of messages in deliver_get which had the redelivered flag set per second Shown as message |
| rabbitmq.overview.messages.return_unroutable.count (gauge) | Count of messages returned to publisher as unroutable Shown as message |
| rabbitmq.overview.messages.return_unroutable.rate (gauge) | Rate of messages returned to publisher as unroutable per second Shown as message |
| rabbitmq.overview.messages.publish.count (gauge) | Count of messages published Shown as message |
| rabbitmq.overview.messages.publish.rate (gauge) | Rate of messages published per second Shown as message |
| rabbitmq.overview.messages.publish_in.count (gauge) | Count of messages published from channels into this overview Shown as message |
| rabbitmq.overview.messages.publish_in.rate (gauge) | Rate of messages published from channels into this overview per sec Shown as message |
| rabbitmq.overview.messages.publish_out.count (gauge) | Count of messages published from this overview into queues Shown as message |
| rabbitmq.overview.messages.publish_out.rate (gauge) | Rate of messages published from this overview into queues per second Shown as message |
The Agent tags rabbitmq.queue.* metrics by queue name and rabbitmq.node.* metrics by node name.
For performance reasons, the RabbitMQ check limits the number of exchanges, queues, and nodes it collects metrics for. If the check nears this limit, it emits a warning-level event to your event stream.
If you require an increase in the number of exchanges, queues, or nodes, contact Datadog support.
rabbitmq.aliveness:
The Agent submits this service check for all vhosts (if vhosts is not configured) OR a subset of vhosts (those configured in vhosts). Each service check is tagged with vhost:<vhost_name>. Returns CRITICAL if the aliveness check failed, otherwise returns OK.
rabbitmq.status:
Returns CRITICAL if the Agent cannot connect to RabbitMQ to collect metrics, otherwise returns OK.
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