Metrics

NetObserv Trap exposes the /metrics endpoint to provide Prometheus-compatible statistics related to its performance and the resources it uses.

The endpoint returns data in a Prometheus text-based exposition format. Please refer to the Prometheus documentation to learn more.

Information

This section describes the information metrics that can be retrieved from the /metrics endpoint.

app_info

app_info provides application details. The following is an example of an app_info record:

app_info{arch="arm64",cpus="10",env="native",hostname="M1-MacBook-Pro.local",instance_name="default",os="darwin",run_id="9fe34dd8-ff35-4bb5-bff8-1ba2b1547efb",version="7.5"} 1

The app_info data provides the following labels:

Label	Description
arch	environment running application
cpus	number of cpus available
env	native install or Docker
hostname	name of machine
instance_name	name of the collector instance
os	operating system running application
run_id	run id of application
version	version of the collector

license_info

license_info provides license details. The following is an example of a license_info record:

license_info{account_id="account_id",application="trapcoll",expiration="1772150400",instance_name="default",level="7"} 1

The license_info record provides the following labels:

Label	Description
account_id	account id of license
application	name of the application
expiration	license expiration date (unix time)
instance_name	name of the collector instance
level	license level.

license_telemetry_hosts

license_telemetry_hosts provides the maximum number of SNMP trap devices that can push traps to the collector according to the license and configurations. The following is an example of a license_telemetry_hosts record:

license_telemetry_hosts{application="snmpcoll",instance_name="default"} 100

The license_telemetry_hosts record provides the following labels:

Label	Description
application	name of the application
instance_name	name of the collector instance