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HAProxy Metrics

HAProxy Metrics

Collect and ship HAProxy server metrics to Logstash and Elasticsearch

Metricbeat is a lightweight shipper that helps you monitor your HAProxy servers by collecting metrics from the HAProxy server. Configure Metricbeat using the pre-defined examples below to collect and ship HAProxy service metrics and statistics to Logstash or Elasticsearch.

Install Integration

Please click on the Install Integration button to configure your stack for this source.

Install Metricbeat

To get started first follow the steps below:

Older versions can be found here: metricbeat 7 (opens in a new tab), metricbeat 6 (opens in a new tab), metricbeat 5 (opens in a new tab)

Copy Configuration File

The configuration file below is pre-configured to send data to your Logit.io Stack via Logstash.

Copy the configuration file below and overwrite the contents of metricbeat.yml.

###################### Logit.io Metricbeat Configuration #######################
# =========================== Modules configuration ============================
 
metricbeat.config.modules:
  # Glob pattern for configuration loading
  path: ${path.config}/modules.d/*.yml
 
  # Set to true to enable config reloading
  reload.enabled: false
 
  # Period on which files under path should be checked for changes
  #reload.period: 10s
# ======================= Elasticsearch template setting =======================
setup.template.settings:
  index.number_of_shards: 1
  index.codec: best_compression
  #_source.enabled: false
 
# ================================== Outputs ===================================
# ------------------------------ Logstash Output -------------------------------
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Talk to support to add the input

Enable module

There are several built in metricbeat modules you can use. To enable the HAProxy module, run the following:

metricbeat modules list
metricbeat modules enable haproxy

Configure Module

Each module has its own configuration file where different metricsets can be enabled / disabled. Locate the configuration file for the haproxy module.

/etc/metricbeat/modules.d/@module.yml

By default metricsets are disabled. To enable or disable a metric simply comment or uncomment the line out.

- module: haproxy
  metricsets:
    - info
    - stat
  period: 10s
  hosts: ["tcp://127.0.0.1:14567"]

Start Metricbeat

Start or restart Metricbeat (opens in a new tab) to apply the configuration changes.

Check Logit.io for your logs

Data should now have been sent to your Stack.

View My Data

If you don't see take a look at How to diagnose no data in Stack below for how to diagnose common issues.

How to diagnose no data in Stack

If you don't see data appearing in your stack after following this integration, take a look at the troubleshooting guide for steps to diagnose and resolve the problem or contact our support team and we'll be happy to assist.

Compatibility

The HAProxy metricsets are tested with HAProxy versions 1.6, 1.7 and 1.8.

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