src/collectors/python.d.plugin/squid/metadata.yaml
plugin_name: python.d.plugin
modules:
- meta:
plugin_name: python.d.plugin
module_name: squid
monitored_instance:
name: Squid
link: "http://www.squid-cache.org/"
categories:
- data-collection.web-servers-and-web-proxies
icon_filename: "squid.png"
related_resources:
integrations:
list: []
info_provided_to_referring_integrations:
description: ""
keywords:
- squid
- web delivery
- squid caching proxy
most_popular: false
overview:
data_collection:
metrics_description: |
This collector monitors statistics about the Squid Clients and Servers, like bandwidth and requests.
method_description: "It collects metrics from the endpoint where Squid exposes its `counters` data."
supported_platforms:
include: []
exclude: []
multi_instance: true
additional_permissions:
description: ""
default_behavior:
auto_detection:
description: "By default, this collector will try to autodetect where Squid presents its `counters` data, by trying various configurations."
limits:
description: ""
performance_impact:
description: ""
setup:
prerequisites:
list:
- title: Configure Squid's Cache Manager
description: |
Take a look at [Squid's official documentation](https://wiki.squid-cache.org/Features/CacheManager/Index#controlling-access-to-the-cache-manager) on how to configure access to the Cache Manager.
configuration:
file:
name: "python.d/squid.conf"
options:
description: |
There are 2 sections:
* Global variables
* One or more JOBS that can define multiple different instances to monitor.
The following options can be defined globally: priority, penalty, autodetection_retry, update_every, but can also be defined per JOB to override the global values.
Additionally, the following collapsed table contains all the options that can be configured inside a JOB definition.
Every configuration JOB starts with a `job_name` value which will appear in the dashboard, unless a `name` parameter is specified.
folding:
title: "Config options"
enabled: true
list:
- name: update_every
description: Sets the default data collection frequency.
default_value: 1
required: false
- name: priority
description: Controls the order of charts at the netdata dashboard.
default_value: 60000
required: false
- name: autodetection_retry
description: Sets the job re-check interval in seconds.
default_value: 0
required: false
- name: penalty
description: Indicates whether to apply penalty to update_every in case of failures.
default_value: yes
required: false
- name: name
description: >
Job name. This value will overwrite the `job_name` value. JOBS with the same name are mutually exclusive. Only one of them will be allowed running at any time. This allows autodetection to try several alternatives and pick the one that works.
default_value: "local"
required: false
- name: host
description: The host to connect to.
default_value: ""
required: true
- name: port
description: The port to connect to.
default_value: ""
required: true
- name: request
description: The URL to request from Squid.
default_value: ""
required: true
examples:
folding:
enabled: true
title: "Config"
list:
- name: Basic
description: A basic configuration example.
folding:
enabled: false
config: |
example_job_name:
name: 'local'
host: 'localhost'
port: 3128
request: 'cache_object://localhost:3128/counters'
- name: Multi-instance
description: |
> **Note**: When you define multiple jobs, their names must be unique.
Collecting metrics from local and remote instances.
config: |
local_job:
name: 'local'
host: '127.0.0.1'
port: 3128
request: 'cache_object://127.0.0.1:3128/counters'
remote_job:
name: 'remote'
host: '192.0.2.1'
port: 3128
request: 'cache_object://192.0.2.1:3128/counters'
troubleshooting:
problems:
list: []
alerts: []
metrics:
folding:
title: Metrics
enabled: false
description: ""
availability: []
scopes:
- name: Squid instance
description: "These metrics refer to each monitored Squid instance."
labels: []
metrics:
- name: squid.clients_net
description: Squid Client Bandwidth
unit: "kilobits/s"
chart_type: area
dimensions:
- name: in
- name: out
- name: hits
- name: squid.clients_requests
description: Squid Client Requests
unit: "requests/s"
chart_type: line
dimensions:
- name: requests
- name: hits
- name: errors
- name: squid.servers_net
description: Squid Server Bandwidth
unit: "kilobits/s"
chart_type: area
dimensions:
- name: in
- name: out
- name: squid.servers_requests
description: Squid Server Requests
unit: "requests/s"
chart_type: line
dimensions:
- name: requests
- name: errors