fluent-plugin-watch-objectspace

Fluentd input plugin to collect ObjectSpace information. Additionally, plugin's process information similar to fluent-plugin-watch-process.

Installation

RubyGems

$ gem install fluent-plugin-watch-objectspace

Bundler

Add following line to your Gemfile:

gem "fluent-plugin-watch-objectspace"

And then execute:

$ bundle

Configuration

parameter type description default
watch_class array (optional) Class to be watched
watch_interval time (optional) Interval to watch object space 60
tag string (optional) Tag for this input plugin watch_objectspace
modules array (optional) Modules which must be required
watch_delay time (optional) Delayed seconds until process start up 60
gc_raw_data bool (optional) Collect GC::Profiler.raw_data
top_fields array (optional) Specify included fields of top command ["VIRT", "RES", "SHR", "%CPU", "%MEM", "TIME+"]

<threshold> section (optional) (single)

Configuration

parameter type description default
memsize_of_all float (optional) Threshold rate which regards increased memsize as memory leaks 1.3
res_of_top float (optional) Threshold rate which regards increased RES as memory leaks

Usage

<source>
  @type watch_objectspace
  tag watch_objectspace
  modules cmetrics
  watch_class CMetrics::Counter, CMetrics::Gauge, CMetrics::Untyped
  watch_interval 60
  watch_delay 10
  <threshold>
    memsize_of_all 1.3
  </threshold>
</source>

If memory usage is over 1.3 times, it raise an exception.

FAQ

What is the difference between fluent-plugin-watch-objectspace and fluent-plugin-watch-process?

fluent-plugin-watch-process is useful cron/batch process monitoring, In contrast to it, fluent-plugin-watch-objectspace is focused on used plugin's resource usage especially object and memory.

Why is alpine not supported?

Because alpine adopts Busybox by default, top -p or alternative ps -q is not supported.

  • Copyright(c) 2021- Kentaro Hayashi
  • License
    • Apache License, Version 2.0