# How to monitor Synapse metrics using Prometheus 1. Install Prometheus: Follow instructions at 1. Enable Synapse metrics: There are two methods of enabling metrics in Synapse. The first serves the metrics as a part of the usual web server and can be enabled by adding the \"metrics\" resource to the existing listener as such: ```yaml resources: - names: - client - metrics ``` This provides a simple way of adding metrics to your Synapse installation, and serves under `/_synapse/metrics`. If you do not wish your metrics be publicly exposed, you will need to either filter it out at your load balancer, or use the second method. The second method runs the metrics server on a different port, in a different thread to Synapse. This can make it more resilient to heavy load meaning metrics cannot be retrieved, and can be exposed to just internal networks easier. The served metrics are available over HTTP only, and will be available at `/_synapse/metrics`. Add a new listener to homeserver.yaml: ```yaml listeners: - type: metrics port: 9000 bind_addresses: - '0.0.0.0' ``` For both options, you will need to ensure that `enable_metrics` is set to `True`. 1. Restart Synapse. 1. Add a Prometheus target for Synapse. It needs to set the `metrics_path` to a non-default value (under `scrape_configs`): ```yaml - job_name: "synapse" scrape_interval: 15s metrics_path: "/_synapse/metrics" static_configs: - targets: ["my.server.here:port"] ``` where `my.server.here` is the IP address of Synapse, and `port` is the listener port configured with the `metrics` resource. If your prometheus is older than 1.5.2, you will need to replace `static_configs` in the above with `target_groups`. 1. Restart Prometheus. 1. Consider using the [grafana dashboard](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/tree/master/contrib/grafana/) and required [recording rules](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/tree/master/contrib/prometheus/) ## Monitoring workers To monitor a Synapse installation using [workers](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/blob/master/docs/workers.md), every worker needs to be monitored independently, in addition to the main homeserver process. This is because workers don't send their metrics to the main homeserver process, but expose them directly (if they are configured to do so). To allow collecting metrics from a worker, you need to add a `metrics` listener to its configuration, by adding the following under `worker_listeners`: ```yaml - type: metrics bind_address: '' port: 9101 ``` The `bind_address` and `port` parameters should be set so that the resulting listener can be reached by prometheus, and they don't clash with an existing worker. With this example, the worker's metrics would then be available on `http://127.0.0.1:9101`. Example Prometheus target for Synapse with workers: ```yaml - job_name: "synapse" scrape_interval: 15s metrics_path: "/_synapse/metrics" static_configs: - targets: ["my.server.here:port"] labels: instance: "my.server" job: "master" index: 1 - targets: ["my.workerserver.here:port"] labels: instance: "my.server" job: "generic_worker" index: 1 - targets: ["my.workerserver.here:port"] labels: instance: "my.server" job: "generic_worker" index: 2 - targets: ["my.workerserver.here:port"] labels: instance: "my.server" job: "media_repository" index: 1 ``` Labels (`instance`, `job`, `index`) can be defined as anything. The labels are used to group graphs in grafana. ## Renaming of metrics & deprecation of old names in 1.2 Synapse 1.2 updates the Prometheus metrics to match the naming convention of the upstream `prometheus_client`. The old names are considered deprecated and will be removed in a future version of Synapse. | New Name | Old Name | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- | | python_gc_objects_collected_total | python_gc_objects_collected | | python_gc_objects_uncollectable_total | python_gc_objects_uncollectable | | python_gc_collections_total | python_gc_collections | | process_cpu_seconds_total | process_cpu_seconds | | synapse_federation_client_sent_transactions_total | synapse_federation_client_sent_transactions | | synapse_federation_client_events_processed_total | synapse_federation_client_events_processed | | synapse_event_processing_loop_count_total | synapse_event_processing_loop_count | | synapse_event_processing_loop_room_count_total | synapse_event_processing_loop_room_count | | synapse_util_metrics_block_count_total | synapse_util_metrics_block_count | | synapse_util_metrics_block_time_seconds_total | synapse_util_metrics_block_time_seconds | | synapse_util_metrics_block_ru_utime_seconds_total | synapse_util_metrics_block_ru_utime_seconds | | synapse_util_metrics_block_ru_stime_seconds_total | synapse_util_metrics_block_ru_stime_seconds | | synapse_util_metrics_block_db_txn_count_total | synapse_util_metrics_block_db_txn_count | | synapse_util_metrics_block_db_txn_duration_seconds_total | synapse_util_metrics_block_db_txn_duration_seconds | | synapse_util_metrics_block_db_sched_duration_seconds_total | synapse_util_metrics_block_db_sched_duration_seconds | | synapse_background_process_start_count_total | synapse_background_process_start_count | | synapse_background_process_ru_utime_seconds_total | synapse_background_process_ru_utime_seconds | | synapse_background_process_ru_stime_seconds_total | synapse_background_process_ru_stime_seconds | | synapse_background_process_db_txn_count_total | synapse_background_process_db_txn_count | | synapse_background_process_db_txn_duration_seconds_total | synapse_background_process_db_txn_duration_seconds | | synapse_background_process_db_sched_duration_seconds_total | synapse_background_process_db_sched_duration_seconds | | synapse_storage_events_persisted_events_total | synapse_storage_events_persisted_events | | synapse_storage_events_persisted_events_sep_total | synapse_storage_events_persisted_events_sep | | synapse_storage_events_state_delta_total | synapse_storage_events_state_delta | | synapse_storage_events_state_delta_single_event_total | synapse_storage_events_state_delta_single_event | | synapse_storage_events_state_delta_reuse_delta_total | synapse_storage_events_state_delta_reuse_delta | | synapse_federation_server_received_pdus_total | synapse_federation_server_received_pdus | | synapse_federation_server_received_edus_total | synapse_federation_server_received_edus | | synapse_handler_presence_notified_presence_total | synapse_handler_presence_notified_presence | | synapse_handler_presence_federation_presence_out_total | synapse_handler_presence_federation_presence_out | | synapse_handler_presence_presence_updates_total | synapse_handler_presence_presence_updates | | synapse_handler_presence_timers_fired_total | synapse_handler_presence_timers_fired | | synapse_handler_presence_federation_presence_total | synapse_handler_presence_federation_presence | | synapse_handler_presence_bump_active_time_total | synapse_handler_presence_bump_active_time | | synapse_federation_client_sent_edus_total | synapse_federation_client_sent_edus | | synapse_federation_client_sent_pdu_destinations_count_total | synapse_federation_client_sent_pdu_destinations:count | | synapse_federation_client_sent_pdu_destinations_total | synapse_federation_client_sent_pdu_destinations:total | | synapse_handlers_appservice_events_processed_total | synapse_handlers_appservice_events_processed | | synapse_notifier_notified_events_total | synapse_notifier_notified_events | | synapse_push_bulk_push_rule_evaluator_push_rules_invalidation_counter_total | synapse_push_bulk_push_rule_evaluator_push_rules_invalidation_counter | | synapse_push_bulk_push_rule_evaluator_push_rules_state_size_counter_total | synapse_push_bulk_push_rule_evaluator_push_rules_state_size_counter | | synapse_http_httppusher_http_pushes_processed_total | synapse_http_httppusher_http_pushes_processed | | synapse_http_httppusher_http_pushes_failed_total | synapse_http_httppusher_http_pushes_failed | | synapse_http_httppusher_badge_updates_processed_total | synapse_http_httppusher_badge_updates_processed | | synapse_http_httppusher_badge_updates_failed_total | synapse_http_httppusher_badge_updates_failed | Removal of deprecated metrics & time based counters becoming histograms in 0.31.0 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The duplicated metrics deprecated in Synapse 0.27.0 have been removed. All time duration-based metrics have been changed to be seconds. This affects: | msec -> sec metrics | | -------------------------------------- | | python_gc_time | | python_twisted_reactor_tick_time | | synapse_storage_query_time | | synapse_storage_schedule_time | | synapse_storage_transaction_time | Several metrics have been changed to be histograms, which sort entries into buckets and allow better analysis. The following metrics are now histograms: | Altered metrics | | ------------------------------------------------ | | python_gc_time | | python_twisted_reactor_pending_calls | | python_twisted_reactor_tick_time | | synapse_http_server_response_time_seconds | | synapse_storage_query_time | | synapse_storage_schedule_time | | synapse_storage_transaction_time | Block and response metrics renamed for 0.27.0 --------------------------------------------- Synapse 0.27.0 begins the process of rationalising the duplicate `*:count` metrics reported for the resource tracking for code blocks and HTTP requests. At the same time, the corresponding `*:total` metrics are being renamed, as the `:total` suffix no longer makes sense in the absence of a corresponding `:count` metric. To enable a graceful migration path, this release just adds new names for the metrics being renamed. A future release will remove the old ones. The following table shows the new metrics, and the old metrics which they are replacing. | New name | Old name | | ------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------- | | synapse_util_metrics_block_count | synapse_util_metrics_block_timer:count | | synapse_util_metrics_block_count | synapse_util_metrics_block_ru_utime:count | | synapse_util_metrics_block_count | synapse_util_metrics_block_ru_stime:count | | synapse_util_metrics_block_count | synapse_util_metrics_block_db_txn_count:count | | synapse_util_metrics_block_count | synapse_util_metrics_block_db_txn_duration:count | | synapse_util_metrics_block_time_seconds | synapse_util_metrics_block_timer:total | | synapse_util_metrics_block_ru_utime_seconds | synapse_util_metrics_block_ru_utime:total | | synapse_util_metrics_block_ru_stime_seconds | synapse_util_metrics_block_ru_stime:total | | synapse_util_metrics_block_db_txn_count | synapse_util_metrics_block_db_txn_count:total | | synapse_util_metrics_block_db_txn_duration_seconds | synapse_util_metrics_block_db_txn_duration:total | | synapse_http_server_response_count | synapse_http_server_requests | | synapse_http_server_response_count | synapse_http_server_response_time:count | | synapse_http_server_response_count | synapse_http_server_response_ru_utime:count | | synapse_http_server_response_count | synapse_http_server_response_ru_stime:count | | synapse_http_server_response_count | synapse_http_server_response_db_txn_count:count | | synapse_http_server_response_count | synapse_http_server_response_db_txn_duration:count | | synapse_http_server_response_time_seconds | synapse_http_server_response_time:total | | synapse_http_server_response_ru_utime_seconds | synapse_http_server_response_ru_utime:total | | synapse_http_server_response_ru_stime_seconds | synapse_http_server_response_ru_stime:total | | synapse_http_server_response_db_txn_count | synapse_http_server_response_db_txn_count:total | | synapse_http_server_response_db_txn_duration_seconds | synapse_http_server_response_db_txn_duration:total | Standard Metric Names --------------------- As of synapse version 0.18.2, the format of the process-wide metrics has been changed to fit prometheus standard naming conventions. Additionally the units have been changed to seconds, from miliseconds. | New name | Old name | | ---------------------------------------- | --------------------------------- | | process_cpu_user_seconds_total | process_resource_utime / 1000 | | process_cpu_system_seconds_total | process_resource_stime / 1000 | | process_open_fds (no \'type\' label) | process_fds | The python-specific counts of garbage collector performance have been renamed. | New name | Old name | | -------------------------------- | -------------------------- | | python_gc_time | reactor_gc_time | | python_gc_unreachable_total | reactor_gc_unreachable | | python_gc_counts | reactor_gc_counts | The twisted-specific reactor metrics have been renamed. | New name | Old name | | -------------------------------------- | ----------------------- | | python_twisted_reactor_pending_calls | reactor_pending_calls | | python_twisted_reactor_tick_time | reactor_tick_time |