Monitoring CouchBase

This article will help you get the Couchbase plugin for sd-agent configured and returning metrics

Installing the couchbase plugin package

Install the couchbase plugin on Debian/Ubuntu:

sudo apt-get install sd-agent-couchbase

Install the couchbase plugin on RHEL/CentOS:

sudo yum install sd-agent-couchbase

Read more about agent plugins.

Configuring the agent to monitor Couchbase

1. Configure /etc/sd-agent/conf.d/couchbase.yaml

init_config:

instances:
- server: http://localhost:8091
user: Administrator
password: password
  • If your DB requires additional authentication, you wish to specify a timeout or fine tune other details, amend the config file as necessary.

2. Restart the agent

sudo /etc/init.d/sd-agent restart

or

sudo systemctl restart sd-agent

Verifying the configuration
Execute info to verify the configuration with the following:

sudo /etc/init.d/sd-agent info 

or

/usr/share/python/sd-agent/agent.py info

If the agent has been configured correctly you'll see an output such as:

couchbase
-----
  - instance #0 [OK]
  - Collected * metrics

You can also view the metrics returned with the following command:

sudo -u sd-agent /usr/share/python/sd-agent/agent.py check couchbase

Configuring graphs

Click the name of your server from the Devices list in your Server Density account then go to the Metrics tab. Click the + Graph button on the right then choose the couchbase metrics to display the graphs. The metrics will also be available to select when building dashboard graphs.

Screen_Shot_2018-01-18_at_11.46.12.png

Monitored metrics

Metric Values
couchbase.by_bucket.avg_bg_wait_time
second /
Type: float
couchbase.by_bucket.avg_disk_commit_time
second /
Type: float
couchbase.by_bucket.avg_disk_update_time

Average disk update time
microsecond / None
Type: float
couchbase.by_bucket.bg_wait_total

Bytes read
byte / None
Type: float
couchbase.by_bucket.bytes_read
byte /
Type: float
couchbase.by_bucket.bytes_written
byte /
Type: float
couchbase.by_bucket.cas_badval

Compare and Swap bad values
badval / None
Type: float
couchbase.by_bucket.cas_hits
/
Type: float
couchbase.by_bucket.cas_misses
/
Type: float
couchbase.by_bucket.cmd_get
/
Type: float
couchbase.by_bucket.cmd_set
/
Type: float
couchbase.by_bucket.couch_docs_actual_disk_size
byte /
Type: float
couchbase.by_bucket.couch_docs_data_size
byte /
Type: float
couchbase.by_bucket.couch_docs_disk_size
byte /
Type: float
couchbase.by_bucket.couch_docs_fragmentation
/
Type: float
couchbase.by_bucket.couch_spatial_data_size

Size of object data for spatial views
byte / None
Type: float
couchbase.by_bucket.couch_spatial_disk_size

Amount of disk space occupied by spatial views
byte / None
Type: float
couchbase.by_bucket.couch_spatial_ops

Spatial operations
operation / None
Type: float
couchbase.by_bucket.couch_total_disk_size
byte /
Type: float
couchbase.by_bucket.couch_views_data_size

Size of object data for views
byte / None
Type: float
couchbase.by_bucket.couch_views_disk_size

Amount of disk space occupied by views
byte / None
Type: float
couchbase.by_bucket.couch_views_fragmentation
/
Type: float
couchbase.by_bucket.couch_views_ops
/
Type: float
couchbase.by_bucket.cpu_idle_ms
millisecond /
Type: float
couchbase.by_bucket.cpu_utilization_rate
/
Type: float
couchbase.by_bucket.curr_connections
/
Type: float
couchbase.by_bucket.curr_items
/
Type: float
couchbase.by_bucket.curr_items_tot
/
Type: float
couchbase.by_bucket.decr_hits
/
Type: float
couchbase.by_bucket.decr_misses
/
Type: float
couchbase.by_bucket.delete_hits
/
Type: float
couchbase.by_bucket.delete_misses
/
Type: float
couchbase.by_bucket.disk_commit_count
/
Type: float
couchbase.by_bucket.disk_update_count
/
Type: float
couchbase.by_bucket.disk_write_queue
/
Type: float
couchbase.by_bucket.ep_bg_fetched
second /
Type: float
couchbase.by_bucket.ep_cache_miss_rate
/
Type: float
couchbase.by_bucket.ep_cache_miss_ratio

Cache miss ratio
percent / None
Type: float
couchbase.by_bucket.ep_dcp_2i_backoff

Number of backoffs for indexes DCP connections
backoff / None
Type: float
couchbase.by_bucket.ep_dcp_2i_count

Number of indexes DCP connections
connection / None
Type: float
couchbase.by_bucket.ep_dcp_2i_items_remaining

Number of indexes items remaining to be sent
item / None
Type: float
couchbase.by_bucket.ep_dcp_2i_items_sent

Number of indexes items sent
item / None
Type: float
couchbase.by_bucket.ep_dcp_2i_producer_count

Number of indexes producers
producer / None
Type: float
couchbase.by_bucket.ep_dcp_2i_total_bytes

Number bytes per second being sent for indexes DCP connections
byte / second
Type: float
couchbase.by_bucket.ep_dcp_fts_backoff

Number of backoffs for fts DCP connections
backoff / None
Type: float
couchbase.by_bucket.ep_dcp_fts_count

Number of fts DCP connections
connection / None
Type: float
couchbase.by_bucket.ep_dcp_fts_items_remaining

Number of fts items remaining to be sent
item / None
Type: float
couchbase.by_bucket.ep_dcp_fts_items_sent

Number of fts items sent
item / None
Type: float
couchbase.by_bucket.ep_dcp_fts_producer_count

Number of fts producers
producer / None
Type: float
couchbase.by_bucket.ep_dcp_fts_total_bytes

Number bytes per second being sent for fts DCP connections
byte / second
Type: float
couchbase.by_bucket.ep_dcp_other_backoff

Number of backoffs for other DCP connections
backoff / None
Type: float
couchbase.by_bucket.ep_dcp_other_count

Number of other DCP connections
connection / None
Type: float
couchbase.by_bucket.ep_dcp_other_items_remaining

Number of other items remaining to be sent
item / None
Type: float
couchbase.by_bucket.ep_dcp_other_items_sent

Number of other items sent
item / None
Type: float
couchbase.by_bucket.ep_dcp_other_producer_count

Number of other producers
producer / None
Type: float
couchbase.by_bucket.ep_dcp_other_total_bytes

Number bytes per second being sent for other DCP connections
byte / second
Type: float
couchbase.by_bucket.ep_dcp_replica_backoff

Number of backoffs for replica DCP connections
backoff / None
Type: float
couchbase.by_bucket.ep_dcp_replica_count

Number of replica DCP connections
connection / None
Type: float
couchbase.by_bucket.ep_dcp_replica_items_remaining

Number of replica items remaining to be sent
item / None
Type: float
couchbase.by_bucket.ep_dcp_replica_items_sent

Number of replica items sent
item / None
Type: float
couchbase.by_bucket.ep_dcp_replica_producer_count

Number of replica producers
producer / None
Type: float
couchbase.by_bucket.ep_dcp_replica_total_bytes

Number bytes per second being sent for replica DCP connections
byte / second
Type: float
couchbase.by_bucket.ep_dcp_views_backoff

Number of backoffs for views DCP connections
backoff / None
Type: float
couchbase.by_bucket.ep_dcp_views_count

Number of views DCP connections
connection / None
Type: float
couchbase.by_bucket.ep_dcp_views_items_remaining

Number of views items remaining to be sent
item / None
Type: float
couchbase.by_bucket.ep_dcp_views_items_sent

Number of views items sent
item / None
Type: float
couchbase.by_bucket.ep_dcp_views_producer_count

Number of views producers
producer / None
Type: float
couchbase.by_bucket.ep_dcp_views_total_bytes

Number bytes per second being sent for views DCP connections
byte / second
Type: float
couchbase.by_bucket.ep_dcp_xdcr_backoff

Number of backoffs for xdcr DCP connections
backoff / None
Type: float
couchbase.by_bucket.ep_dcp_xdcr_count

Number of xdcr DCP connections
connection / None
Type: float
couchbase.by_bucket.ep_dcp_xdcr_items_remaining

Number of xdcr items remaining to be sent
item / None
Type: float
couchbase.by_bucket.ep_dcp_xdcr_items_sent

Number of xdcr items sent
item / None
Type: float
couchbase.by_bucket.ep_dcp_xdcr_producer_count

Number of xdcr producers
producer / None
Type: float
couchbase.by_bucket.ep_dcp_xdcr_total_bytes

Number bytes per second being sent for xdcr DCP connections
byte / second
Type: float
couchbase.by_bucket.ep_diskqueue_drain
/
Type: float
couchbase.by_bucket.ep_diskqueue_fill
/
Type: float
couchbase.by_bucket.ep_diskqueue_items

Total number of items waiting to be written to disk
item / None
Type: float
couchbase.by_bucket.ep_flusher_todo
/
Type: float
couchbase.by_bucket.ep_item_commit_failed
/
Type: float
couchbase.by_bucket.ep_kv_size

Total amount of user data cached in RAM in this bucket
byte / None
Type: float
couchbase.by_bucket.ep_max_size
byte /
Type: float
couchbase.by_bucket.ep_mem_high_wat
byte /
Type: float
couchbase.by_bucket.ep_mem_low_wat
byte /
Type: float
couchbase.by_bucket.ep_meta_data_memory

Total amount of item metadata consuming RAM in this bucket
byte / None
Type: float
couchbase.by_bucket.ep_num_non_resident
/
Type: float
couchbase.by_bucket.ep_num_ops_del_meta

Number of delete operations per second for this bucket as the target for XDCR
operation / second
Type: float
couchbase.by_bucket.ep_num_ops_del_ret_meta

Number of delRetMeta operations per second for this bucket as the target for XDCR
operation / second
Type: float
couchbase.by_bucket.ep_num_ops_get_meta

Number of read operations per second for this bucket as the target for XDCR
operation / second
Type: float
couchbase.by_bucket.ep_num_ops_set_meta

Number of set operations per second for this bucket as the target for XDCR
operation / second
Type: float
couchbase.by_bucket.ep_num_ops_set_ret_meta

Number of setRetMeta operations per second for this bucket as the target for XDCR
operation / second
Type: float
couchbase.by_bucket.ep_num_value_ejects
/
Type: float
couchbase.by_bucket.ep_oom_errors
/
Type: float
couchbase.by_bucket.ep_ops_create
/
Type: float
couchbase.by_bucket.ep_ops_update
/
Type: float
couchbase.by_bucket.ep_overhead
byte /
Type: float
couchbase.by_bucket.ep_queue_size
/
Type: float
couchbase.by_bucket.ep_resident_items_rate
/
Type: float
couchbase.by_bucket.ep_tap_replica_queue_drain
/
Type: float
couchbase.by_bucket.ep_tap_total_queue_drain
/
Type: float
couchbase.by_bucket.ep_tap_total_queue_fill
/
Type: float
couchbase.by_bucket.ep_tap_total_total_backlog_size
/
Type: float
couchbase.by_bucket.ep_tmp_oom_errors
/
Type: float
couchbase.by_bucket.ep_vb_total

Total number of vBuckets for this bucket
item / None
Type: float
couchbase.by_bucket.evictions
/
Type: float
couchbase.by_bucket.get_hits
/
Type: float
couchbase.by_bucket.get_misses
/
Type: float
couchbase.by_bucket.hibernated_requests

Number of streaming requests now idle
request / None
Type: float
couchbase.by_bucket.hibernated_waked

Rate of streaming request wakeups
request / None
Type: float
couchbase.by_bucket.hit_ratio
/
Type: float
couchbase.by_bucket.incr_hits
/
Type: float
couchbase.by_bucket.incr_misses
/
Type: float
couchbase.by_bucket.mem_actual_free

Free memory
byte / None
Type: float
couchbase.by_bucket.mem_actual_used

Used memory
byte / None
Type: float
couchbase.by_bucket.mem_free
byte /
Type: float
couchbase.by_bucket.mem_total
byte /
Type: float
couchbase.by_bucket.mem_used
/
Type: float
couchbase.by_bucket.mem_used_sys

System memory usage
byte / None
Type: float
couchbase.by_bucket.misses
/
Type: float
couchbase.by_bucket.ops
/
Type: float
couchbase.by_bucket.page_faults
/
Type: float
couchbase.by_bucket.quota_total_per_node
/
Type: float
couchbase.by_bucket.quota_used
/
Type: float
couchbase.by_bucket.quota_used_per_node
/
Type: float
couchbase.by_bucket.replication_docs_rep_queue
/
Type: float
couchbase.by_bucket.replication_meta_latency_aggr
second /
Type: float
couchbase.by_bucket.rest_requests

Number of HTTP requests
request / second
Type: float
couchbase.by_bucket.swap_total

Total amount of swap available
byte / None
Type: float
couchbase.by_bucket.swap_used

Amount of swap used
byte / None
Type: float
couchbase.by_bucket.total
/
Type: int
couchbase.by_bucket.vb_active_eject

Number of items per second being ejected to disk from active vBuckets
item / second
Type: float
couchbase.by_bucket.vb_active_itm_memory

Amount of active user data cached in RAM in this bucket
item / None
Type: float
couchbase.by_bucket.vb_active_meta_data_memory

Amount of active item metadata consuming RAM in this bucket
item / None
Type: float
couchbase.by_bucket.vb_active_num
/
Type: float
couchbase.by_bucket.vb_active_num_non_resident

Number of non resident vBuckets in the active state for this bucket
item / None
Type: float
couchbase.by_bucket.vb_active_ops_create

New items per second being inserted into active vBuckets in this bucket
item / second
Type: float
couchbase.by_bucket.vb_active_ops_update

Number of items updated on active vBucket per second for this bucket
item / second
Type: float
couchbase.by_bucket.vb_active_queue_age

Sum of disk queue item age in milliseconds
millisecond / None
Type: float
couchbase.by_bucket.vb_active_queue_drain
/
Type: float
couchbase.by_bucket.vb_active_queue_fill

Number of active items per second being put on the active item disk queue
item / second
Type: float
couchbase.by_bucket.vb_active_queue_size
/
Type: float
couchbase.by_bucket.vb_active_resident_items_ratio
/
Type: float
couchbase.by_bucket.vb_avg_active_queue_age

Average age in seconds of active items in the active item queue
second / None
Type: float
couchbase.by_bucket.vb_avg_pending_queue_age

Average age in seconds of pending items in the pending item queue
second / None
Type: float
couchbase.by_bucket.vb_avg_replica_queue_age

Average age in seconds of replica items in the replica item queue
second / None
Type: float
couchbase.by_bucket.vb_avg_total_queue_age
second /
Type: float
couchbase.by_bucket.vb_pending_curr_items

Number of items in pending vBuckets
item / None
Type: float
couchbase.by_bucket.vb_pending_eject

Number of items per second being ejected to disk from pending vBuckets
item / second
Type: float
couchbase.by_bucket.vb_pending_itm_memory

Amount of pending user data cached in RAM in this bucket
item / None
Type: float
couchbase.by_bucket.vb_pending_meta_data_memory

Amount of pending item metadata consuming RAM in this bucket
item / None
Type: float
couchbase.by_bucket.vb_pending_num

Number of pending items
item / None
Type: float
couchbase.by_bucket.vb_pending_num_non_resident

Number of non resident vBuckets in the pending state for this bucket
item / None
Type: float
couchbase.by_bucket.vb_pending_ops_create
/
Type: float
couchbase.by_bucket.vb_pending_ops_update

Number of items updated on pending vBucket per second for this bucket
item / second
Type: float
couchbase.by_bucket.vb_pending_queue_age

Sum of disk pending queue item age in milliseconds
millisecond / None
Type: float
couchbase.by_bucket.vb_pending_queue_drain

Total drained pending items in the queue
item / None
Type: float
couchbase.by_bucket.vb_pending_queue_fill
/
Type: float
couchbase.by_bucket.vb_pending_queue_size

Number of pending items in the queue
item / None
Type: float
couchbase.by_bucket.vb_pending_resident_items_ratio

Number of resident pending items
item / None
Type: float
couchbase.by_bucket.vb_replica_curr_items
/
Type: float
couchbase.by_bucket.vb_replica_eject

Number of items per second being ejected to disk from replica vBuckets
item / second
Type: float
couchbase.by_bucket.vb_replica_itm_memory

Amount of replica user data cached in RAM in this bucket
item / None
Type: float
couchbase.by_bucket.vb_replica_meta_data_memory
byte /
Type: float
couchbase.by_bucket.vb_replica_num
/
Type: float
couchbase.by_bucket.vb_replica_num_non_resident

Number of non resident vBuckets in the replica state for this bucket
item / None
Type: float
couchbase.by_bucket.vb_replica_ops_create

Number of replica create operations
operation / None
Type: float
couchbase.by_bucket.vb_replica_ops_update

Number of items updated on replica vBucket per second for this bucket
item / second
Type: float
couchbase.by_bucket.vb_replica_queue_age

Sum of disk replica queue item age in milliseconds
millisecond / None
Type: float
couchbase.by_bucket.vb_replica_queue_drain

Total drained replica items in the queue
item / None
Type: float
couchbase.by_bucket.vb_replica_queue_fill

Total enqueued replica items on disk queue
item / None
Type: float
couchbase.by_bucket.vb_replica_queue_size
/
Type: float
couchbase.by_bucket.vb_replica_resident_items_ratio

Number of resident replica items
item / None
Type: float
couchbase.by_bucket.vb_total_queue_age

Sum of disk queue item age in milliseconds
second / None
Type: float
couchbase.by_bucket.xdc_ops
/
Type: float
couchbase.by_node.couch_docs_actual_disk_size

Couch docs total size on disk in bytes
byte / None
Type: float
couchbase.by_node.couch_docs_data_size
byte /
Type: float
couchbase.by_node.couch_spatial_disk_size
byte /
Type: float
couchbase.by_node.couch_views_actual_disk_size
/
Type: float
couchbase.by_node.couch_views_data_size
/
Type: float
couchbase.by_node.curr_items
/
Type: float
couchbase.by_node.curr_items_tot
/
Type: float
couchbase.by_node.mem_used
/
Type: float
couchbase.by_node.vb_replica_curr_items
/
Type: float
couchbase.hdd.free
byte /
Type: float
couchbase.hdd.quota_total
byte /
Type: float
couchbase.hdd.total
byte /
Type: float
couchbase.hdd.used
byte /
Type: float
couchbase.hdd.used_by_data
byte /
Type: float
couchbase.query.cores
core / None
Type: float
couchbase.query.cpu_sys_percent
percent / None
Type: float
couchbase.query.cpu_user_percent
percent / None
Type: float
couchbase.query.gc_num
None / None
Type: float
couchbase.query.gc_pause_percent
percent / None
Type: float
couchbase.query.gc_pause_time
second / None
Type: float
couchbase.query.memory_system
byte / None
Type: float
couchbase.query.memory_total
byte / None
Type: float
couchbase.query.memory_usage
byte / None
Type: float
couchbase.query.request_active_count
request / None
Type: float
couchbase.query.request_completed_count
request / None
Type: float
couchbase.query.request_per_sec_15min
request / None
Type: float
couchbase.query.request_per_sec_1min
request / None
Type: float
couchbase.query.request_per_sec_5min
request / None
Type: float
couchbase.query.request_prepared_percent
request / None
Type: float
couchbase.query.request_time_80percentile
second / None
Type: float
couchbase.query.request_time_95percentile
second / None
Type: float
couchbase.query.request_time_99percentile
second / None
Type: float
couchbase.query.request_time_mean
second / None
Type: float
couchbase.query.request_time_median
second / None
Type: float
couchbase.query.total_threads
thread / None
Type: float
couchbase.ram.quota_total
byte /
Type: float
couchbase.ram.quota_total_per_node
byte /
Type: float
couchbase.ram.quota_used
byte /
Type: float
couchbase.ram.quota_used_per_node
byte /
Type: float
couchbase.ram.total
byte /
Type: float
couchbase.ram.used
byte /
Type: float
couchbase.ram.used_by_data
byte /
Type: float

Metrics Conversion

Please refer to the metrics conversion document to map old metrics names to the new metric names.

Was this article helpful?
0 out of 0 found this helpful
Have more questions? Submit a request

Comments

Monday  —  Friday.

10am  —  6pm UK.

Dedicated Support.