Dictionary

Metrics dictionary

This dictionary defines metrics created by and specific to Chronosphere. These metrics are often included in default dashboards, but you can search for them anywhere you use metrics. The Chronosphere curated metrics can help track basic important information about your Chronosphere service.

The Chronosphere Health Check dashboard includes links to the Collectors, Usage Dashboard, and Licensing Information dashboards.

Query these metrics as their respective Prometheus type.

Licensing information

The Licensing Information dashboard includes the following metrics. Use this dashboard to monitor quotas for your environment.

Metric name	Metric type	Description	Tags provided during dashboard creation
`limit_service_cardinality_count`	Counter	Current cardinality count across all Collectors.	`chronosphere_service`
`limit_service_licensed_cardinality_limit`	Counter	Current cardinality limit across all Collectors.	`chronosphere_service`
`limit_service_licensed_persist_limit`	Counter	Current limit for data points persisted in the database across all Collectors, as defined in the contract.	`chronosphere_service`
`limit_service_capacity_limit`	Counter	Current capacity limit for data points persisted in the database across all Collectors, based on grant by Chronosphere.	`chronosphere_service`
`limit_service_licensed_processing_limit`	Counter	Current limit for processed data points across all Collectors.	`chronosphere_service`
`limit_service_persisted_count`	Counter	Total number of data points persisted in database.	`chronosphere_service`
`limit_service_processed_count`	Counter	Current count of processed data points across all Collectors.	`chronosphere_service`

Collectors

The Collectors dashboard includes the following metrics that Collectors generate. Use this dashboard to monitor the health of your Collectors.

Metric name	Metric type	Description	Tags provided during dashboard creation
`chronocollector_build_information`	Gauge	Metrics relating to current build of Collectors.	`branch` `build_date` `build_version` `chronosphere_k8s_cluster` `chronosphere_k8s_container_port` `chronosphere_k8s_namespace` `cluster` `go_version` `hostname` `instance` `job` `k8s_cluster_id` `pod_name` `namespace` `region` `revision` `service`
`chronocollector_gateway_push_errors`	Counter	Current total number of push errors from Collector.	`chronosphere_k8s_cluster` `chronosphere_k8s_container_port` `chronosphere_k8s_namespace` `component` `environment` `hostname` `instance` `job` `k8s_cluster_id` `namespace` `region` `service`
`chronocollector_gateway_push_latency`	Summary	Latency of pushed writes by Collector.	`chronosphere_k8s_cluster` `chronosphere_k8s_container_port` `chronosphere_k8s_namespace` `component` `environment` `instance` `job` `k8s_cluster_id` `namespace` `quantile` `region` `service`
`chronocollector_gateway_push_success`	Counter	Total number of metrics successfully pushed to the Chronosphere gateway.	`annotationsPrefix` `cluster` `component` `env` `environment` `instance` `job` `node` `region` `service` `service_account` `team` `version`
`chronocollector_gateway_write_success`	Counter	Total number of metrics successfully written to the Chronosphere gateway.	`annotationsPrefix` `cluster` `component` `env` `environment` `instance` `job` `node` `region` `service` `service_account` `team` `version`
`chronocollector_k8s_gatherer_processor_targets_active`	Gauge	Current number of active targets Collector is scraping.	`environment` `instance` `job` `k8s_cluster_id` `namespace` `region` `service`
`process_cpu_seconds_total`	Counter	Current total number of seconds of CPU processing time.	`environment` `instance` `job` `k8s_cluster_id` `namespace` `node` `region` `service`

Query overview

The Chronosphere Query Overview dashboard includes the following metrics. Use this dashboard to identify resource-intensive alert or recording groups.

Metric name	Metric type	Description	Tags provided during dashboard creation
`permits_quota`	Counter	Amount of resources used associated to querying time series.	`chronosphere_k8s_namespace` `endpoint` `instance` `job` `permit` `pod_name` `source`
`permits_throttled`	Counter	Amount of throttling applied to queries.	`chronosphere_k8s_namespace` `endpoint` `instance` `job` `permit` `pod_name` `source`
`permits_wait_total`	Counter	Amount of time spent waiting to access querying resources.	`chronosphere_k8s_cluster` `chronosphere_k8s_namespace` `endpoint` `instance` `job` `permit` `pod_name` `source`
`prometheus_rule_group_last_duration_seconds`	Histogram	The total time the group took to complete its last iteration, in seconds.	`chronosphere_k8s_cluster` `chronosphere_k8s_namespace` `instance` `job` `pod_name` `rule_group`

Policy statistics

The following usage metrics apply to policy statistics.

Metric name	Metric type	Description	Tags provided during dashboard creation
`chrono_policies_count`	Counter	Tracks actions for ingestion policies, grouped by the name of the policy.	`dropped` `policy_name` `type`
`chrono_policies_total`	Counter	Tracks actions for ingestion policies with any naming policy.	`dropped` `policy_name` `type`

Shaping usage statistics

The following usage metrics apply to shaping statistics.

Metric name	Metric type	Description	Tags provided during dashboard creation
`chrono_poolstats_count`	Counter	Shaping statistics that include pool information.	`drop_reason` `dropped` `type`
`chrono_poolstats_total`	Counter	Total shaping statistics without any tag information.	`drop_reason` `dropped` `type`
`chrono_poolstats_sampling`	Counter	Emitted only when the number of unique usage statistics values exceeds the configured maximum allowed tags.	`node` `type`

Usage statistics

The Usage Dashboard includes the following usage statistics metrics. Use this dashboard to identify who is contributing most to your Chronosphere usage and manage your overall usage.

Metric name	Metric type	Description	Tags provided during dashboard creation
`chrono_usagestats_count`	Counter	Usage statistics grouped by tags.	`drop_reason` `dropped` `type`
`chrono_usagestats_total`	Counter	Total usage statistics without any grouping.	`drop_reason` `dropped` `type`
`chrono_usagestats_count_sampling`	Counter	Emitted only when the number of unique usage statistics values exceeds the configured maximum allowed tags.	`node` `type`

Other usage statistics count label and metric name usage.

Metric name	Metric type	Description
`chrono_datapoints_by_metric_per_second`	Gauge	Contains the `metric_name` label. Emits the average data points per second over the last two minutes by metric name.
`chrono_datapoints_by_label_per_second`	Gauge	Contains the `label_name` label. Emits the average data points per second over the last two minutes by label name.
`chrono_unique_label_values_count`	Gauge	Contains the `label_name` label. Emits the unique values seen over the last two minutes, by label name.

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