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Configure golang to generate Prometheus metrics
For instructions on how to instrument a Go application with Prometheus exporter, refer to Instrumenting a Go application for Prometheus.
Metrics and KPIs
Metric | KPI |
---|---|
Metric | KPI |
Memory process_resident_memory_bytes | Utilization in k8s
Utilization in non k8s
|
CPU
| Utilization in k8s
Utilization in non k8s
|
Dashboard
The following Go KPI dashboard shows KPIs listed in the table, and the following Go runtime metrics.
Memory metrics
- Heap Memory
go_memstats_heap_alloc_bytes
- Off-Heap Memory
go_memstats_mspan_inuse_bytes
- Stack Memory
go_memstats_stack_inuse_bytes
- Total Memory
go_memstats_sys_bytes
Objects, allocation, and GC metrics
- Live Object Count
go_memstats_mallocs_total-go_memstats_frees_total
- Object Allocation Rate
rate(go_memstats_mallocs_total
) - Memory Allocation Rate
rate(go_memstats_alloc_bytes_total)
- GC Duration Quantiles
go_gc_duration_seconds
Go routines and pointers metrics
- Number of routines
go_goroutines
- Number of pointer dereferences
rate(go_memstats_lookups_total)
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