Default Metrics

This page lists all metrics that Metoro automatically generates for your containers and infrastructure.

Common Kubernetes Attributes

All node and container metrics include the following Kubernetes attributes. These attributes provide detailed information about the node’s infrastructure, architecture, and location:

Node Information

kubernetes.io/hostname - Node hostname
kubernetes.io/os - Operating system (also available as beta.kubernetes.io/os)
kubernetes.io/arch - CPU architecture (also available as beta.kubernetes.io/arch)
kubernetes.io/instance-type - Instance type (also available as node.kubernetes.io/instance-type, beta.kubernetes.io/instance-type)

Cloud Provider Information

k8s.io/cloud-provider-aws - AWS cloud provider identifier
eks.amazonaws.com/nodegroup - EKS node group name
eks.amazonaws.com/nodegroup-image - EKS AMI image
eks.amazonaws.com/capacityType - EKS capacity type
eks.amazonaws.com/sourceLaunchTemplateId - EKS launch template ID
eks.amazonaws.com/sourceLaunchTemplateVersion - EKS launch template version

Location and Topology

topology.kubernetes.io/region - Cloud provider region
topology.kubernetes.io/zone - Availability zone
topology.k8s.aws/zone-id - AWS zone ID
topology.ebs.csi.aws.com/zone - EBS zone
failure-domain.beta.kubernetes.io/region - Region (legacy label)
failure-domain.beta.kubernetes.io/zone - Zone (legacy label)

Karpenter-specific Information

karpenter.sh/nodepool - Karpenter node pool
karpenter.sh/capacity-type - Capacity type
karpenter.k8s.aws/instance-category - AWS instance category
karpenter.k8s.aws/instance-family - AWS instance family
karpenter.k8s.aws/instance-size - AWS instance size
karpenter.k8s.aws/instance-generation - AWS instance generation
karpenter.k8s.aws/instance-cpu - CPU details
karpenter.k8s.aws/instance-cpu-manufacturer - CPU manufacturer
karpenter.k8s.aws/instance-memory - Memory capacity
karpenter.k8s.aws/instance-network-bandwidth - Network bandwidth
karpenter.k8s.aws/instance-ebs-bandwidth - EBS bandwidth
karpenter.k8s.aws/instance-hypervisor - Hypervisor type
karpenter.k8s.aws/instance-local-nvme - Local NVMe storage

Other

pool - Generic pool identifier

These attributes can be used for filtering and grouping metrics to analyze specific segments of your infrastructure.

Container Attributes

instance - The instance identifier
environment - The environment name
container_name - Name of the container
container_id - Unique container identifier
service_name - Name of the service the container belongs to
namespace - Kubernetes namespace
pod_name - Name of the pod

These attributes can be used for filtering and grouping metrics to analyze specific segments of your infrastructure.

Node Metrics

Node Information

Metric Name	Type	Units	Attributes	Description
node_info	gauge	-	hostname, kernel_version	Meta information about the node
node_cloud_info	gauge	-	provider, account_id, instance_id, instance_type, instance_life_cycle, region, availability_zone, availability_zone_id, local_ipv4, public_ipv4	Meta information about the cloud instance
node_uptime_seconds	gauge	seconds	-	Uptime of the node in seconds

Node Resource Metrics

Metric Name	Type	Units	Attributes	Description
node_resources_cpu_usage_seconds_total	counter	seconds	mode	The amount of CPU time spent in each mode
node_resources_cpu_logical_cores	gauge	count	-	The number of logical CPU cores
node_resources_memory_total_bytes	gauge	bytes	-	The total amount of physical memory
node_resources_memory_free_bytes	gauge	bytes	-	The amount of unassigned memory
node_resources_memory_available_bytes	gauge	bytes	-	The total amount of available memory
node_resources_memory_cached_bytes	gauge	bytes	-	The amount of memory used as page cache

Node Disk Metrics

Metric Name	Type	Units	Attributes	Description
node_resources_disk_reads_total	counter	count	device	The total number of reads completed successfully
node_resources_disk_writes_total	counter	count	device	The total number of writes completed successfully
node_resources_disk_read_bytes_total	counter	bytes	device	The total number of bytes read from the disk
node_resources_disk_written_bytes_total	counter	bytes	device	The total number of bytes written to the disk
node_resources_disk_read_time_seconds_total	counter	seconds	device	The total number of seconds spent reading
node_resources_disk_write_time_seconds_total	counter	seconds	device	The total number of seconds spent writing
node_resources_disk_io_time_seconds_total	counter	seconds	device	The total number of seconds the disk spent doing I/O

Node Network Metrics

Metric Name	Type	Units	Attributes	Description
node_net_received_bytes_total	counter	bytes	interface	The total number of bytes received
node_net_transmitted_bytes_total	counter	bytes	interface	The total number of bytes transmitted
node_net_received_packets_total	counter	count	interface	The total number of packets received
node_net_transmitted_packets_total	counter	count	interface	The total number of packets transmitted
node_net_interface_up	gauge	-	interface	Status of the interface (0:down, 1:up)
node_net_interface_ip	gauge	-	interface, ip	IP address assigned to the interface

Container Metrics

Resource Metrics

Metric Name	Type	Units	Attributes	Description
container_info	gauge	-	image, systemd_triggered_by	Meta information about the container
container_restarts_total	counter	count	-	Number of times the container was restarted
container_resources_cpu_limit_cores	gauge	cores	-	CPU limit of the container
container_resources_cpu_usage_seconds_total	counter	seconds	-	Total CPU time consumed by the container
container_resources_cpu_delay_seconds_total	counter	seconds	-	Total time duration processes of the container have been waiting for a CPU (while being runnable)
container_resources_cpu_throttled_seconds_total	counter	seconds	-	Total time duration the container has been throttled
container_resources_memory_limit_bytes	gauge	bytes	-	Memory limit of the container
container_resources_memory_rss_bytes	gauge	bytes	-	Amount of physical memory used by the container (doesn’t include page cache)
container_resources_memory_cache_bytes	gauge	bytes	-	Amount of page cache memory allocated by the container
container_oom_kills_total	counter	count	-	Total number of times the container was terminated by the OOM killer

Disk Metrics

Metric Name	Type	Units	Attributes	Description
container_resources_disk_delay_seconds_total	counter	seconds	-	Total time duration processes of the container have been waiting for I/Os to complete
container_resources_disk_size_bytes	gauge	bytes	mount_point, device, volume	Total capacity of the volume
container_resources_disk_used_bytes	gauge	bytes	mount_point, device, volume	Used capacity of the volume
container_resources_disk_reserved_bytes	gauge	bytes	mount_point, device, volume	Reserved capacity of the volume
container_resources_disk_reads_total	counter	count	mount_point, device, volume	Total number of reads completed successfully by the container
container_resources_disk_read_bytes_total	counter	bytes	mount_point, device, volume	Total number of bytes read from the disk by the container
container_resources_disk_writes_total	counter	count	mount_point, device, volume	Total number of writes completed successfully by the container
container_resources_disk_written_bytes_total	counter	bytes	mount_point, device, volume	Total number of bytes written to the disk by the container

Network Metrics

Metric Name	Type	Units	Attributes	Description
container_net_tcp_successful_connects_total	counter	count	-	Total number of successful TCP connects
container_net_tcp_connection_time_seconds_total	counter	seconds	-	Time spent on TCP connections
container_net_tcp_failed_connects_total	counter	count	-	Total number of failed TCP connects
container_net_tcp_active_connections	gauge	count	-	Number of active outbound connections used by the container
container_net_tcp_retransmits_total	counter	count	-	Total number of retransmitted TCP segments
container_net_latency_seconds	gauge	seconds	-	Round-trip time between the container and a remote IP
container_net_tcp_bytes_sent_total	counter	bytes	-	Total number of bytes sent to the peer
container_net_tcp_bytes_received_total	counter	bytes	-	Total number of bytes received from the peer
container_net_bytes_sent_total	counter	bytes	-	Total number of bytes sent by the container
container_net_bytes_received_total	counter	bytes	-	Total number of bytes received by the container

Application Metrics

Metric Name	Type	Units	Attributes	Description
container_application_type	gauge	-	application_type	Type of the application running in the container (e.g. memcached, postgres, mysql)
container_golang_binary_location	gauge	-	binary_location	Location of the Golang binary running in the container

JVM Metrics

Metric Name	Type	Units	Attributes	Description
container_jvm_info	gauge	-	jvm, java_version	Meta information about the JVM
container_jvm_heap_size_bytes	gauge	bytes	jvm	Total heap size in bytes
container_jvm_heap_used_bytes	gauge	bytes	jvm	Used heap size in bytes
container_jvm_gc_time_seconds	gauge	seconds	jvm, gc	Time spent in the given JVM garbage collector in seconds
container_jvm_safepoint_time_seconds	gauge	seconds	jvm	Time the application has been stopped for safepoint operations in seconds
container_jvm_safepoint_sync_time_seconds	gauge	seconds	jvm	Time spent getting to safepoints in seconds

Python Metrics

Metric Name	Type	Units	Attributes	Description
container_python_thread_lock_wait_time_seconds	gauge	seconds	-	Time spent waiting acquiring GIL in seconds

Protocol-Specific Request Metrics

Metric Name	Type	Units	Description
container_http_requests_total	counter	count	Total number of outbound HTTP requests
container_postgres_queries_total	counter	count	Total number of outbound Postgres queries
container_redis_queries_total	counter	count	Total number of outbound Redis queries
container_memcached_queries_total	counter	count	Total number of outbound Memcached queries
container_mysql_queries_total	counter	count	Total number of outbound Mysql queries
container_mongo_queries_total	counter	count	Total number of outbound Mongo queries
container_kafka_requests_total	counter	count	Total number of outbound Kafka requests
container_cassandra_queries_total	counter	count	Total number of outbound Cassandra requests
container_rabbitmq_messages_total	counter	count	Total number of Rabbitmq messages produced or consumed by the container
container_nats_messages_total	counter	count	Total number of NATS messages produced or consumed by the container
container_dubbo_requests_total	counter	count	Total number of outbound DUBBO requests
container_dns_requests_total	counter	count	Total number of outbound DNS requests

Protocol-Specific Latency Metrics

Metric Name	Type	Units	Description
container_http_requests_duration_seconds_total	histogram	seconds	Histogram of the response time for each outbound HTTP request
container_postgres_queries_duration_seconds_total	histogram	seconds	Histogram of the execution time for each outbound Postgres query
container_redis_queries_duration_seconds_total	histogram	seconds	Histogram of the execution time for each outbound Redis query
container_memcached_queries_duration_seconds_total	histogram	seconds	Histogram of the execution time for each outbound Memcached query
container_mysql_queries_duration_seconds_total	histogram	seconds	Histogram of the execution time for each outbound Mysql query
container_mongo_queries_duration_seconds_total	histogram	seconds	Histogram of the execution time for each outbound Mongo query
container_kafka_requests_duration_seconds_total	histogram	seconds	Histogram of the execution time for each outbound Kafka request
container_cassandra_queries_duration_seconds_total	histogram	seconds	Histogram of the execution time for each outbound Cassandra request
container_dubbo_requests_duration_seconds_total	histogram	seconds	Histogram of the response time for each outbound DUBBO request
container_dns_requests_duration_seconds_total	histogram	seconds	Histogram of the response time for each outbound DNS request

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​Common Kubernetes Attributes

​Node Information

​Cloud Provider Information

​Location and Topology

​Karpenter-specific Information

​Other

​Container Attributes

​Node Metrics

​Node Information

​Node Resource Metrics

​Node Disk Metrics

​Node Network Metrics

​Container Metrics

​Resource Metrics

​Disk Metrics

​Network Metrics

​Application Metrics

​JVM Metrics

​Python Metrics

​Protocol-Specific Request Metrics

​Protocol-Specific Latency Metrics

Common Kubernetes Attributes

Node Information

Cloud Provider Information

Location and Topology

Karpenter-specific Information

Other

Container Attributes

Node Metrics

Node Information

Node Resource Metrics

Node Disk Metrics

Node Network Metrics

Container Metrics

Resource Metrics

Disk Metrics

Network Metrics

Application Metrics

JVM Metrics

Python Metrics

Protocol-Specific Request Metrics

Protocol-Specific Latency Metrics