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prometheus.exporter.redis

The prometheus.exporter.redis component embeds redis_exporter for collecting metrics from a Redis database.

Usage

river 
prometheus.exporter.redis "LABEL" {
}

Arguments

The following arguments can be used to configure the exporter’s behavior. Omitted fields take their default values.

NameTypeDescriptionDefaultRequired
redis_addrstringAddress (host and port) of the Redis instance to connect to.yes
redis_userstringUser name to use for authentication (Redis ACL for Redis 6.0 and newer).no
redis_passwordsecretPassword of the Redis instance.no
redis_password_filestringPath of a file containing a password.no
redis_password_map_filestringPath of a JSON file containing a map of Redis URIs to passwords.no
namespacestringNamespace for the metrics."redis"no
config_commandstringWhat to use for the CONFIG command."CONFIG"no
check_keyslist(string)List of key-patterns to export value and length/size, searched for with SCAN.no
check_key_groupslist(string)List of Lua regular expressions (regex) for grouping keys.no
check_key_groups_batch_sizeintCheck key or key groups batch size hint for the underlying SCAN.10000no
max_distinct_key_groupsintThe maximum number of distinct key groups with the most memory utilization to present as distinct metrics per database.100no
check_single_keyslist(string)List of single keys to export value and length/size.no
check_streamslist(string)List of stream-patterns to export info about streams, groups, and consumers to search for with SCAN.no
check_single_streamslist(string)List of single streams to export info about streams, groups, and consumers.no
count_keyslist(string)List of individual keys to export counts for.no
script_pathstringPath to Lua Redis script for collecting extra metrics.no
connection_timeoutdurationTimeout for connection to Redis instance (in Golang duration format)."15s"no
tls_client_key_filestringName of the client key file (including full path) if the server requires TLS client authentication.no
tls_client_cert_filestringName of the client certificate file (including full path) if the server requires TLS client authentication.no
tls_ca_cert_filestringName of the CA certificate file (including full path) if the server requires TLS client authentication.no
set_client_nameboolWhether to set client name to redis_exporter.trueno
is_tile38boolWhether to scrape Tile38-specific metrics.no
export_client_listboolWhether to scrape Client List specific metrics.no
export_client_portboolWhether to include the client’s port when exporting the client list.no
redis_metrics_onlyboolWhether to just export metrics or to also export go runtime metrics.no
ping_on_connectboolWhether to ping the Redis instance after connecting.no
incl_system_metricsboolWhether to include system metrics (e.g. redis_total_system_memory_bytes).no
skip_tls_verificationboolWhether to to skip TLS verification.no

If redis_password_file is defined, it will take precedence over redis_password.

When check_key_groups is not set, no key groups are made.

The check_key_groups_batch_size option name reflects key groups for backwards compatibility, but applies to both key and key groups.

Any leftover key groups beyond max_distinct_key_groups are aggregated in the ‘overflow’ bucket.

Note that setting export_client_port increases the cardinality of all Redis metrics.

Exported fields

The following fields are exported and can be referenced by other components.

NameTypeDescription
targetslist(map(string))The targets that can be used to collect redis metrics.

For example, targets can either be passed to a prometheus.relabel component to rewrite the metrics’ label set, or to a prometheus.scrape component that collects the exposed metrics.

Component health

prometheus.exporter.redis is only reported as unhealthy if given an invalid configuration. In those cases, exported fields retain their last healthy values.

Debug information

prometheus.exporter.redis does not expose any component-specific debug information.

Debug metrics

prometheus.exporter.redis does not expose any component-specific debug metrics.

Example

This example uses a prometheus.scrape component to collect metrics from prometheus.exporter.redis:

river 
prometheus.exporter.redis "example" {
  redis_addr = "localhost:6379"
}

// Configure a prometheus.scrape component to collect Redis metrics.
prometheus.scrape "demo" {
  targets    = prometheus.exporter.redis.example.targets
  forward_to = [ /* ... */ ]
}