prometheus

The present role :

• Installs Prometheus server inside a docker container.
• Installs various Prometheus exporter.
  • node
  • blackbox
  • apache
  • varnish
  • php-fpm
  • opcache
  • redis
  • memcached
  • mysql
  • postgres
  • mongodb
  • opensearch (via plugin for opensearch https://github.com/aiven/prometheus-exporter-plugin-for-opensearch)
• Deploys Grafana with a dashboard for each exporter configured.
• Supports deploying VictoriaMetrics as the Prometheus backend.

Please note that Docker and Haproxy their own embedded exporters.

• https://docs.docker.com/config/daemon/prometheus/
• https://www.haproxy.com/fr/blog/haproxy-exposes-a-prometheus-metrics-endpoint/

The role has been successfully tested on :

• Debian 9
• Debian 10
• Debian 11

Forced upgrade of installed exporters can be done by setting the extra parameters "exporter_upgrade" to "yes".

ansible-playbook playbook/myhost.yml -t prometheus -e "exporter_upgrade=yes"

Role variables

• Variables

Dependencies

• jq
• Docker must installed and running for prometheus server

Example Playbook

- hosts: prometheus
  ignore_errors: "{{ ansible_check_mode }}" # ignore errors only in check mode !

  roles:
    - { role: brainsys.prometheus, tags: ['prometheus'] }

Example variables

---
prometheus_server_enable: 'true'
prometheus_server_monitor: 'example'

prometheus_exporter_packages:
  - node
  - mysqld

prometheus_mysqld_exporter_user: 'foo'
prometheus_mysqld_exporter_password: 'bar'

prometheus_node_exporter_targets:
  - server01
  - server02

prometheus_mysqld_exporter_targets:
  - server01

TODO

• documentation
  • review / enhance documentation
• memcached
  • add options to exporter launch
    • --memcached.address="localhost:11211"
    • --memcached.timeout=1s
    • --memcached.pid-file=""
  • handle multi instances for memcached exporter

License

MIT

Author Information

Written by Ludovic Cartier ludovic.cartier@brainsys.io