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diff --git a/docs/metrics-howto.rst b/docs/metrics-howto.rst index b3e71fc770..99776cd504 100644 --- a/docs/metrics-howto.rst +++ b/docs/metrics-howto.rst @@ -1,10 +1,10 @@ How to monitor Synapse metrics using Prometheus =============================================== -1: install prometheus: +1: Install prometheus: Follow instructions at http://prometheus.io/docs/introduction/install/ -2: enable synapse metrics: +2: Enable synapse metrics: Simply setting a (local) port number will enable it. Pick a port. prometheus itself defaults to 9090, so starting just above that for locally monitored services seems reasonable. E.g. 9092: @@ -15,17 +15,18 @@ How to monitor Synapse metrics using Prometheus Restart synapse -3: check out synapse-prometheus-config +3: Check out synapse-prometheus-config https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse-prometheus-config -4: arrange for synapse.html to appear in prometheus's "consoles" - directory - symlink might be easiest to ensure `git pull` keeps it - updated. +4: Add `synapse.html` and `synapse.rules` + The `.html` file needs to appear in prometheus's "consoles" directory, and + the `.rules` file needs to be invoked somewhere in the main config file. + A symlink to each from the git checkout into the prometheus directory might be + easiest to ensure `git pull` keeps it updated. -5: arrange for synapse.rules to be invoked from the main - prometheus.conf and add a synapse target. This is easiest if - prometheus runs on the same machine as synapse, as it can then just - use localhost:: +5: Add a prometheus target for synapse + This is easiest if prometheus runs on the same machine as synapse, as it can + then just use localhost:: global: { rule_file: "synapse.rules" @@ -39,11 +40,11 @@ How to monitor Synapse metrics using Prometheus } } -6: start prometheus:: +6: Start prometheus:: ./prometheus -config.file=prometheus.conf -7: wait a few seconds for it to start and perform the first scrape, +7: Wait a few seconds for it to start and perform the first scrape, then visit the console: http://server-where-prometheus-runs:9090/consoles/synapse.html |