netmeter-exporter

Prometheus exporter for netmeter monitoring tool.

For everyone who wants to learn how to develop prometheus exporters with python.

Installation and usage:

Step 1:

Run an instance of netmeter monitoring tool.

docker run -d --name netmeter -p 8080:8080 -v /sys:/host/sys:ro -e NETMETER_SYS_PATH=/host/sys ssbostan/netmeter:2

Step 2:

Run an instance of netmeter-exporter that polling metrics from netmeter instance.

docker run -d --name netmeter-exporter -p 9909:9909 -e NETMETER_TARGET_ADDR=http://172.17.0.1:8080 ssbostan/netmeter-exporter:latest

Available metrics:

Name	Type	Description
netmeter_receive_bytes	Counter	Network device received bytes
netmeter_receive_packets	Counter	Network device received packets
netmeter_transmit_bytes	Counter	Network device transmitted bytes
netmeter_transmit_packets	Counter	Network device transmitted packets

How to contribute:

All contributions are welcomed. We need to develop netmeter first.

TODO:

• Collect more network statistics