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Copyright 2012 New Dream Network (DreamHost)
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.. _measurements:
==============
Measurements
==============
Three type of meters are defined in ceilometer:
.. index::
double: meter; cumulative
double: meter; gauge
double: meter; delta
========== ==============================================================================
Type Definition
========== ==============================================================================
Cumulative Increasing over time (instance hours)
Gauge Discrete items (floating IPs, image uploads) and fluctuating values (disk I/O)
Delta Changing over time (bandwidth)
========== ==============================================================================
Units
=====
1. Whenever a volume is to be measured, SI approved units and their
approved symbols or abbreviations should be used. Information units
should be expressed in bits ('b') or bytes ('B').
2. For a given meter, the units should NEVER, EVER be changed.
3. When the measurement does not represent a volume, the unit
description should always described WHAT is measured (ie: apples,
disk, routers, floating IPs, etc.).
4. When creating a new meter, if another meter exists measuring
something similar, the same units and precision should be used.
5. Meters and samples should always document their units in Ceilometer (API
and Documentation) and new sampling code should not be merged without the
appropriate documentation.
============ ======== ============== =====
Dimension Unit Abbreviations Note
============ ======== ============== =====
None N/A Dimension-less variable
Volume byte B
Time seconds s
============ ======== ============== =====
Here are the meter types by components that are currently implemented:
Compute (Nova)
==============
======================== ========== ======== ======== ============ =======================================================
Name Type Unit Resource Origin Note
======================== ========== ======== ======== ============ =======================================================
instance Gauge instance inst ID both Duration of instance
instance:<type> Gauge instance inst ID both Duration of instance <type> (openstack types)
memory Gauge MB inst ID notification Volume of RAM in MB
cpu Cumulative ns inst ID pollster CPU time used
cpu_util Gauge % inst ID pollster CPU utilisation
vcpus Gauge vcpu inst ID notification Number of VCPUs
disk.read.request Cumulative request inst ID pollster Number of read requests
disk.write.request Cumulative request inst ID pollster Number of write requests
disk.read.bytes Cumulative B inst ID pollster Volume of read in B
disk.write.bytes Cumulative B inst ID pollster Volume of write in B
disk.root.size Gauge GB inst ID notification Size of root disk in GB
disk.ephemeral.size Gauge GB inst ID notification Size of ephemeral disk in GB
network.incoming.bytes Cumulative B iface ID pollster number of incoming bytes on the network for a VM interface
network.outgoing.bytes Cumulative B iface ID pollster number of outgoing bytes on the network for a VM interface
network.incoming.packets Cumulative packets iface ID pollster number of incoming packets for a VM interface
network.outgoing.packets Cumulative packets iface ID pollster number of outgoing packets for a VM interface
======================== ========== ======== ======== ============ =======================================================
At present, most of the Nova meters will only work with libvirt front-end
hypervisors while test coverage was mostly done based on KVM. Contributors
are welcome to implement other virtualization backends’ meters or complete
the existing ones.
Network (Neutron)
=================
======================== ========== ======== ======== ============ ======================================================
Name Type Unit Resource Origin Note
======================== ========== ======== ======== ============ ======================================================
network Gauge network netw ID notification Duration of network
network.create Delta network netw ID notification Creation requests for this network
network.update Delta network netw ID notification Update requests for this network
subnet Gauge subnet subnt ID notification Duration of subnet
subnet.create Delta subnet subnt ID notification Creation requests for this subnet
subnet.update Delta subnet subnt ID notification Update requests for this subnet
port Gauge port port ID notification Duration of port
port.create Delta port port ID notification Creation requests for this port
port.update Delta port port ID notification Update requests for this port
router Gauge router rtr ID notification Duration of router
router.create Delta router rtr ID notification Creation requests for this router
router.update Delta router rtr ID notification Update requests for this router
ip.floating Gauge ip ip ID both Duration of floating ip
ip.floating.create Delta ip ip ID notification Creation requests for this floating ip
ip.floating.update Delta ip ip ID notification Update requests for this floating ip
======================== ========== ======== ======== ============ ======================================================
Image (Glance)
==============
======================== ========== ======= ======== ============ =======================================================
Name Type Unit Resource Origin Note
======================== ========== ======= ======== ============ =======================================================
image Gauge image image ID both Image polling -> it (still) exists
image.size Gauge B image ID both Uploaded image size
image.update Delta image image ID notification Number of update on the image
image.upload Delta image image ID notification Number of upload of the image
image.delete Delta image image ID notification Number of delete on the image
image.download Delta B image ID notification Image is downloaded
image.serve Delta B image ID notification Image is served out
======================== ========== ======= ======== ============ =======================================================
Volume (Cinder)
===============
======================== ========== ======= ======== ============ =======================================================
Name Type Unit Resource Origin Note
======================== ========== ======= ======== ============ =======================================================
volume Gauge volume vol ID notification Duration of volune
volume.size Gauge GB vol ID notification Size of volume
======================== ========== ======= ======== ============ =======================================================
Make sure Cinder is properly configured first: see :ref:`installing_manually`.
Object Storage (Swift)
======================
============================== ========== ========== ======== ============ ==============================================
Name Type Volume Resource Origin Note
============================== ========== ========== ======== ============ ==============================================
storage.objects Gauge objects store ID pollster Number of objects
storage.objects.size Gauge B store ID pollster Total size of stored objects
storage.objects.containers Gauge containers store ID pollster Number of containers
storage.objects.incoming.bytes Delta B store ID notification Number of incoming bytes
storage.objects.outgoing.bytes Delta B store ID notification Number of outgoing bytes
storage.api.request Delta request store ID notification Number of API requests against swift
============================== ========== ========== ======== ============ ==============================================
In order to use storage.objects.incoming.bytes and storage.outgoing.bytes, one must configure
Swift as described in :ref:`installing_manually`. Note that they may not be
updated right after an upload/download, since Swift takes some time to update
the container properties.
Energy (Kwapi)
==============
========================== ========== ========== ======== ========= ==============================================
Name Type Volume Resource Origin Note
========================== ========== ========== ======== ========= ==============================================
energy Cumulative kWh probe ID pollster Amount of energy
power Gauge W probe ID pollster Power consumption
========================== ========== ========== ======== ========= ==============================================
Dynamically retrieving the Meters via ceilometer client
=======================================================
To retrieve the available meters that can be queried given the actual
resource instances available, use the ``meter-list`` command:
::
$ ceilometer meter-list -s openstack
+------------+-------+--------------------------------------+---------+----------------------------------+
| Name | Type | Resource ID | User ID | Project ID |
+------------+-------+--------------------------------------+---------+----------------------------------+
| image | gauge | 09e84d97-8712-4dd2-bcce-45970b2430f7 | | 57cf6d93688e4d39bf2fe3d3c03eb326 |
Naming convention
=================
If you plan on adding meters, please follow the convention bellow:
1. Always use '.' as separator and go from least to most discriminent word.
For example, do not use ephemeral_disk_size but disk.ephemeral.size
2. When a part of the name is a variable, it should always be at the end and start with a ':'.
For example do not use <type>.image but image:<type>, where type is your variable name.
3. If you have any hesitation, come and ask in #openstack-metering
User-defined sample metadata (nova only)
=========================================
Users are allowed to add additional metadata to samples of nova meter.
These additional metadata are stored in 'resource_metadata.user_metadata.*' of the sample
To do so, users should add nova user metadata prefixed with 'metering.':
::
$ nova boot --meta metering.custom_metadata=a_value my_vm
Note: The name of the metadata shouldn't exceed 256 characters otherwise it will be cut off.
Also, if it has '.', this will be replaced by a '_' in ceilometer.
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