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MKE cAdvsior metrics

Once you have enabled cAdvisor and generated an auth token, you can issue the following command to access the cAdvisor metrics:

curl -sk -H
"Authorization: Bearer $AUTHTOKEN"
"$<mke_url>/metricsservice/query?query=$<mke_specific_metric>\[$<time_duration>\]"

The Prometheus container metrics exposed by cAdvisor are presented below:

cadvisor_version_info

Units	N/A
Description	A metric with a constant 1 value that is labeled by kernel version, OS version, Docker version, cAdvisor version and cAdvisor revision.
Labels	cadvisorRevision, cadvisorVersion, instance, job, kernelVersion, osVersion

container_blkio_device_usage_total

Units	bytes
Description	The Block I/O (blkio) device bytes usage.
Labels	container, device, id, image, instance, job, major, minor, name, namespace, operation, pod

container_cpu_system_seconds_total

Value	seconds
Description	Cumulative system CPU time consumed.
Labels	container, id, image, instance, job, name, namespace, pod

container_cpu_usage_seconds_total

Value	seconds
Description	Cumulative CPU time consumed.
Labels	container, id, image, instance, job, name, namespace, pod

container_cpu_user_seconds_total

Value	seconds
Description	Cumulative user CPU time consumed.
Labels	container, id, image, instance, job, name, namespace, pod

container_fs_reads_bytes_total

Units	bytes
Description	Cumulative count of bytes read.
Labels	container, device, id, image, instance, job, name, namespace, pod

container_fs_reads_total

Value	integer
Description	Cumulative count of reads completed.
Labels	container, device, id, image, instance, job, name, namespace, pod

container_fs_writes_bytes_total

Units	bytes
Description	Cumulative count of bytes written.
Labels	container, device, id, image, instance, job, name, namespace, pod

container_fs_writes_total

Value	integer
Description	Cumulative count of writes completed.
Labels	container, device, id, image, instance, job, name, namespace, pod

container_last_seen

Units	timestamp
Description	Last time a container was seen by the exporter.
Labels	container, id, image, instance, job, name, namespace, pod

container_memory_cache

Units	bytes
Description	Total page cache memory.
Labels	container, id, image, instance, job, name, namespace, pod

container_memory_failcnt

Value	integer
Description	Number of memory usage hits limits.
Labels	container, id, image, instance, job, name, namespace, pod

container_memory_failures_total

Value	integer
Description	Cumulative count of memory allocation failures.
Labels	container, id, image, instance, job, name, namespace, pod

container_memory_mapped_file

Units	bytes
Description	Size of memory mapped files.
Labels	container, id, image, instance, job, name, namespace, pod

container_memory_max_usage_bytes

Units	bytes
Description	Maximum memory usage recorded.
Labels	container, id, image, instance, job, name, namespace, pod

container_memory_rss

Units	bytes
Description	Size of RSS.
Labels	container, id, image, instance, job, name, namespace, pod

container_memory_swap

Units	bytes
Description	Container swap usage.
Labels	container, id, image, instance, job, name, namespace, pod

container_memory_usage_bytes

Units	bytes
Description	Current memory usage, including all memory regardless of when it was accessed.
Labels	container, id, image, instance, job, name, namespace, pod

container_memory_working_set_bytes

Units	bytes
Description	Current working set.
Labels	container, id, image, instance, job, name, namespace, pod

container_network_receive_bytes_total

Units	bytes
Description	Cumulative count of bytes received.
Labels	container, id, image, instance, job, name, namespace, pod

container_network_receive_errors_total

Value	integer
Description	Cumulative count of errors encountered while receiving.
Labels	container, id, image, instance, job, name, namespace, pod

container_network_receive_packets_dropped_total

Value	integer
Description	Cumulative count of packets dropped while receiving.
Labels	container, id, image, instance, job, name, namespace, pod

container_network_receive_packets_total

Value	integer
Description	Cumulative count of packets received.
Labels	container, id, image, instance, job, name, namespace, pod

container_network_transmit_bytes_total

Value	integer
Description	Cumulative count of bytes transmitted.
Labels	container, id, image, instance, job, name, namespace, pod

container_network_transmit_errors_total

Value	integer
Description	Cumulative count of errors encountered while transmitting.
Labels	container, id, image, instance, job, name, namespace, pod

container_network_transmit_packets_dropped_total

Value	integer
Description	Cumulative count of packets dropped while transmitting.
Labels	container, id, image, instance, job, name, namespace, pod

container_network_transmit_packets_total

Value	integer
Description	Cumulative count of packets transmitted.
Labels	container, id, image, instance, job, name, namespace, pod

container_scrape_error

Units	N/A
Description	1 if an error occurred while container metrics were being obtained, otherwise 0.
Labels	instance, job

container_spec_cpu_period

Units	N/A
Description	CPU period of the container.
Labels	container, id, image, instance, job, name, namespace, pod

container_spec_cpu_shares

Units	N/A
Description	CPU share of the container.
Labels	container, id, image, instance, job, name, namespace, pod

container_spec_memory_limit_bytes

Units	bytes
Description	Memory limit for the container.
Labels	container, id, image, instance, job, name, namespace, pod

container_spec_memory_reservation_limit_bytes

Units	bytes
Description	Memory reservation limit for the container.
Labels	container, id, image, instance, job, name, namespace, pod

container_spec_memory_swap_limit_bytes

Units	bytes
Description	Memory swap limit for the container.
Labels	container, id, image, instance, job, name, namespace, pod

container_start_time_seconds

Value	seconds
Description	Start time of the container since unix epoch.
Labels	container, id, image, instance, job, name, namespace, pod

machine_cpu_cores

Value	integer
Description	Number of logical CPU cores.
Labels	boot_id, instance, job, machine_id, system_uuid

machine_cpu_physical_cores

Value	integer
Description	Number of physical CPU cores.
Labels	boot_id, instance, job, machine_id, system_uuid

machine_cpu_sockets

Value	integer
Description	Number of CPU sockets.
Labels	boot_id, instance, job, machine_id, system_uuid

machine_memory_bytes

Units	bytes
Description	Amount of memory installed on the machine.
Labels	boot_id, instance, job, machine_id, system_uuid

machine_nvm_avg_power_budget_watts

Units	watts
Description	NVM power budget.
Labels	boot_id, instance, job, machine_id, system_uuid

machine_nvm_capacity

Units	bytes
Description	NVM capacity value, labeled by NVM mode (memory mode or app direct mode).
Labels	boot_id, instance, job, machine_id, system_uuid

machine_scrape_error

Value	integer
Description	1 if an error occurred while machine metrics were being obtained, otherwise 0.
Labels	instance, job