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166 lines
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# friendica-exporter
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A [prometheus](https://prometheus.io) exporter for getting some metrics of a [Friendica](https://friendi.ca/) server instance.
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## Installation
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### Docker image
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The preferred way to use `friendica-exporter` is by running the provided Docker image.
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It is currently provided on Docker Hub:
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- [`friendica/friendica-exporter`](https://hub.docker.com/r/friendica/friendica-exporter/)
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The following tags are available:
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- `x.y.z` pointing to the release with that version
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- `latest` pointing to the most recent released version
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- `stable` pointing to the latest build from the default branch
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### Pre-built binaries
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The [releases](https://git.friendi.ca/friendica-exporter/releases) page contains pre-built binaries for AMD64 and ARM64 linux.
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### Build from Source
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If you have a recent Go installation (see `go.mod` for the minimum version), Git and GNU Make, the following commands will check out the repository and compile the binary from source:
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```bash
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git clone https://git.friendi.ca/friendica/friendica-exporter.git
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cd friendica-exporter
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make
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```
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After this there should be a `friendica-exporter` binary in your current directory.
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### Token authentication
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Frienidca only supports using a `system.stats_token` to access the `/stats` endpoint.
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You can set the token to anything you like, but teh recommendation is to set it to along random number:
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```bash
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# Generate random value (for example using openssl)
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TOKEN=$(openssl rand -hex 32)
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# Set token (using the occ console application)
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bin/console.php config system stats_config "$TOKEN"
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```
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## Usage
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```plain
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$ friendica-exporter --help
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Usage of friendica-exporter:
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-a, --addr string Address to listen on for connections. (default ":9205")
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-c, --config-file string Path to YAML configuration file.
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-s, --server string URL to Friendica server.
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-u, --statsToken string Token for statistics Endpoint of Friendica.
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-t, --timeout duration Timeout for getting server info document. (default 5s)
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--tls-skip-verify Skip certificate verification of Friendica server.
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-V, --version Show version information and exit.
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```
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After starting the server will offer the metrics on the `/metrics` endpoint, which can be used as a target for prometheus.
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### Example Dashboard
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The repository contains an [example Grafana dashboard](contrib/grafana-dashboard.json) that can be imported into Grafana.
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### Configuration methods
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There are three methods of configuring the friendica-exporter (higher methods take precedence over lower ones):
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- Environment variables
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- Configuration file
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- Command-line parameters
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#### Environment variables
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All settings can also be specified through environment variables:
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| Environment variable | Flag equivalent |
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| `FRIENDICA_SERVER` | --server |
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| `FRIENDICA_STATS_TOKEN` | --stats-token |
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| `FRIENDICA_LISTEN_ADDRESS` | --addr |
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| `FRIENDICA_TIMEOUT` | --timeout |
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| `FRIENDICA_TLS_SKIP_VERIFY` | --tls-skip-verify |
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#### Configuration file
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The `--config-file` option can be used to read the configuration options from a YAML file:
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```yaml
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# required
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server: "https://example.com"
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# required for token authentication
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statsToken: "example-token"
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# optional
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listenAddress: ":9205"
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timeout: "5s"
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tlsSkipVerify: false
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```
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### Loading Credentials from Files
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The stats token can optionally be read from a separate file instead of directly from the input methods above.
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This can be achieved by setting the value to the path of the file prefixed with an "@", for example:
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```bash
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# Authentication token
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friendica-exporter -c config-without-token.yml --stats-token @/path/to/tokenfile
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```
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This also works when token token is set using one of the other configuration modes (configuration file or environment variables).
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## Other information
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### Info URL
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The exporter reads the metrics from the Friendica server using its "stats" endpoint.
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It should look something like this:
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```plain
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https://example.com/stats
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```
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The path will be automatically added to the server URL you provide, so in the above example setting `--server https://example.com` would be sufficient.
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If you open this URL in a browser you should see an XML structure with the information that will be used by the exporter.
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### Scrape configuration
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The exporter will query the friendica server every time it is scraped by prometheus.
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If you want to reduce load on the friendica server you need to change the scrape interval accordingly:
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```yml
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scrape_configs:
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- job_name: 'friendica'
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scrape_interval: 90s
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static_configs:
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- targets: ['friendica:9205']
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```
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### Exported metrics
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These metrics are exported by `friendica-exporter`:
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| name | description |
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| friendica_cron_last_execution | Contains information about the last execution of cron of this Instance |
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| friendica_exporter_info | Information about the friendica-exporter |
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| friendica_up | Indicates if the metrics could be scraped by the exporter |
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| friendica_update_available | Contains information whether a system update is available (0 = no, 1 = yes). The available_version level contains the latest available Friendica version, whereas the version level contains the current installed Friendica version. |
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| friendica_update_db_status | Contains information whether a database update was successful (0 = no, 1 = yes) |
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| friendica_update_status | Contains information whether a system update was successful (1 = no, 0 = yes) |
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| friendica_users_active_half_year | Number of active users of the last half year |
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| friendica_users_active_month | Number of active users of the last month |
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| friendica_users_active_week | Number of active users of the last week |
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| friendica_users_pending | Number of pending users |
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| friendica_users_total | Number of total users of this Instance |
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| friendica_worker_jpm | Number of jobs per Minute |
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| friendica_worker_last_execution | Contains information about the last execution of worker of this Instance |
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| friendica_worker_tasks_active | Number of active worker tasks of this Instance |
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| friendica_worker_tasks_total | Number of worker tasks of this Instance |
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