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2 labels:
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3 - Statistics
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4 summary: Implementation of the Prometheus protocol
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7 Description
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8 ===========
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10 This module implements the Prometheus reporting protocol, allowing you
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11 to collect statistics directly from Prosody into Prometheus.
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13 See the [Prometheus documentation][prometheusconf] on the format for
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14 more information.
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16 [prometheusconf]: https://prometheus.io/docs/instrumenting/exposition_formats/
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18 ::: {.alert .alert-info}
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19 **Note:** For use with Prosody trunk (0.12) we recommend the bundled
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20 [mod_http_openmetrics](https://prosody.im/doc/modules/mod_http_openmetrics)
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21 instead. This module (mod_prometheus) will continue to be available in the
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22 community repository for use with older Prosody versions.
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23 :::
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25 Configuration
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26 =============
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28 mod\_prometheus itself doesn’t have any configuration option, but it
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29 requires Prosody’s [internal statistics
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30 provider](https://prosody.im/doc/statistics#built-in_providers) to be
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31 enabled. You may also want to change the default collection interval
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32 to the one your statistics consumer is using. See below for more information.
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34 ```lua
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35 statistics = "internal"
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36 statistics_interval = 15 -- in seconds
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37 ```
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39 ::: {.alert .alert-warning}
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40 **NOTE:** Make sure to put the statistics variables in the global section of
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41 the configuration, **not** in a `VirtualHost` or `Component` section. You can
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42 use `prosodyctl check` if you are unsure and want to check your configuration.
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43 :::
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45 See also the documentation of Prosody’s [HTTP
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46 server](https://prosody.im/doc/http), since Prometheus is an HTTP
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47 protocol that is how you can customise its URL. The default one being
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48 http://localhost:5280/metrics
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50 Scrape interval vs statistics_interval
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53 The `statistics_interval` should be set to `"manual"` on trunk if and only
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54 if you have a single Prometheus instance scraping Prosody. This will allow
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55 the internal statistics gathering to run optimally.
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57 If you have multiple instances scraping Prosody, set `statistics_interval`
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58 to the scrape interval of Prometheus to avoid errors in rate calculations
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59 and similar.
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61 Future work will allow the use of `"manual"` with multiple Prometheus
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62 instances and varying scrape intervals (stay tuned).
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64 Compatibility
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65 =============
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68 trunk Works (but replaced by [mod_http_openmetrics](https://prosody.im/doc/modules/mod_http_openmetrics))
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69 0.11 Works
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70 0.10 Works
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71 0.9 Does not work
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