Prometheus metrics for PlanetScale for Postgres
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Overview
PlanetScale for Postgres exposes a Prometheus-compatible endpoint per-branch that allows you to scrape metrics for your database.
See our Prometheus integration documentation for how to set Prometheus up to automatically discover and scrape metrics for your database branches.
If you're using Datadog, see our Datadog tutorial for how to setup your Datadog agent to scrape metrics for your branch.
Metrics
PlanetScale for Postgres emits the following metrics to be scraped.
Database Metrics
| Name & Description | Type | Tags |
|---|---|---|
planetscale_postgres_connection_state The count and state of Postgres connections | Gauge | cluster, planetscale_database_branch_id, planetscale_pod, planetscale_connection_state, planetscale_role, planetscale_cell, planetscale_component |
planetscale_postgres_wal_archiver_succeeded_count The count of successfully archived WALs | Counter | cluster, planetscale_database_branch_id, planetscale_pod, planetscale_role, planetscale_cell, planetscale_component |
planetscale_postgres_wal_archiver_failed_count The count of unsuccessfully archived WALs | Counter | cluster, planetscale_database_branch_id, planetscale_pod, planetscale_role, planetscale_cell, planetscale_component |
planetscale_postgres_wal_archiver_last_age_succeeded The age of the last successfully archived WAL | Gauge | cluster, planetscale_database_branch_id, planetscale_pod, planetscale_role, planetscale_cell, planetscale_component |
planetscale_postgres_wal_size_bytes The cumulative disk size of WALs waiting to be archived | Gauge | cluster, planetscale_database_branch_id, planetscale_pod, planetscale_role, planetscale_cell, planetscale_component |
planetscale_postgres_settings_max_connections The current value of the max_connections setting | Gauge | cluster, planetscale_database_branch_id, planetscale_pod, planetscale_role, planetscale_cell, planetscale_component |
planetscale_postgres_settings_max_wal_size_bytes The current value of the max_wal_size_bytes setting | Gauge | cluster, planetscale_database_branch_id, planetscale_pod, planetscale_role, planetscale_cell, planetscale_component |
planetscale_postgres_replica_lag_seconds Replica lag in fine-grained seconds from Postgres | Gauge | cluster, planetscale_database_branch_id, planetscale_pod, planetscale_role, planetscale_cell, planetscale_component |
planetscale_postgres_locks Count of current lock modes | Gauge | cluster, planetscale_database_branch_id, planetscale_pod, planetscale_lock_mode, planetscale_role, planetscale_cell, planetscale_component |
planetscale_postgres_database_xact_commit_total Total committed transactions on Postgres databases | Counter | cluster, planetscale_database_branch_id, planetscale_pod, planetscale_database_name, planetscale_role, planetscale_cell, planetscale_component |
Edge Metrics
| Name & Description | Type | Tags |
|---|---|---|
planetscale_edge_postgres_active_connections The number of active Postgres and PSBouncer connections to the branch | Gauge | cluster, planetscale_database_branch_id, planetscale_port, planetscale_region |
planetscale_edge_postgres_connection_drops_total The total number of Postgres and PSBouncer connections that have been dropped | Counter | cluster, planetscale_database_branch_id, planetscale_port, planetscale_region |
planetscale_edge_postgres_connection_errors_total The total number of Postgres and PSBouncer connections that have resulted in an error | Counter | cluster, planetscale_database_branch_id, planetscale_port, planetscale_region |
PSBouncer Metrics
| Name & Description | Type | Tags |
|---|---|---|
planetscale_psbouncer_total_peers The total count of peered processes PSBouncer is running | Gauge | cluster, planetscale_database_branch_id, planetscale_pod, planetscale_container, planetscale_role, planetscale_cell, planetscale_component |
planetscale_psbouncer_cpu_util_per_peer_percentages CPU utilization percentage of PSBouncer peered processes | Gauge | cluster, planetscale_database_branch_id, planetscale_pod, planetscale_container, planetscale_role, planetscale_cell, planetscale_component |
planetscale_psbouncer_current_connections The current count PSBouncer connections to Postgres | Gauge | cluster, planetscale_database_branch_id, planetscale_pod, planetscale_container, planetscale_role, planetscale_cell, planetscale_component |
planetscale_psbouncer_current_client_connections The current count client connections to PSBouncer | Gauge | cluster, planetscale_database_branch_id, planetscale_pod, planetscale_container, planetscale_role, planetscale_cell, planetscale_component |
planetscale_psbouncer_pools_client The count and state of PSBouncer client connections | Gauge | cluster, planetscale_database_branch_id, planetscale_pod, planetscale_container, planetscale_psbouncer_pool, planetscale_role, planetscale_cell, planetscale_component |
planetscale_psbouncer_pools_client_maxwait_seconds How long the first client connection has waited to connect to PSBouncer | Gauge | cluster, planetscale_database_branch_id, planetscale_pod, planetscale_container, planetscale_role, planetscale_cell, planetscale_component |
planetscale_psbouncer_pools_server The count and state of PSBouncer server connections | Gauge | cluster, planetscale_database_branch_id, planetscale_pod, planetscale_container, planetscale_psbouncer_pool, planetscale_role, planetscale_cell, planetscale_component |
Infrastructure Metrics
| Name & Description | Type | Tags |
|---|---|---|
planetscale_pods_cpu_util_percentages CPU utilization percentage of database pods | Gauge | cluster, planetscale_database_branch_id, planetscale_pod, planetscale_container, planetscale_role, planetscale_cell, planetscale_component |
planetscale_pods_mem_util_percentages Memory utilization percentage of database pods | Gauge | cluster, planetscale_database_branch_id, planetscale_pod, planetscale_container, planetscale_role, planetscale_cell, planetscale_component |
planetscale_pods_iops_total Total IOPS (Input/Output Operations Per Second) of database pods | Counter | cluster, planetscale_database_branch_id, planetscale_pod, planetscale_container, planetscale_role, planetscale_cell, planetscale_component |
planetscale_volume_available_bytes Available storage space in bytes on Postgres volumes | Gauge | cluster, planetscale_database_branch_id, planetscale_pod, planetscale_role, planetscale_cell, planetscale_component |
planetscale_volume_capacity_bytes Total storage capacity in bytes on Postgres volumes | Gauge | cluster, planetscale_database_branch_id, planetscale_pod, planetscale_role, planetscale_cell, planetscale_component |
planetscale_pods_mem_rss_bytes RSS memory usage in bytes of database pods | Gauge | cluster, planetscale_database_branch_id, planetscale_pod, planetscale_container, planetscale_role, planetscale_cell, planetscale_component |
planetscale_pods_mem_mmap_bytes Memory-mapped file usage in bytes of database pods | Gauge | cluster, planetscale_database_branch_id, planetscale_pod, planetscale_container, planetscale_role, planetscale_cell, planetscale_component |
planetscale_pods_mem_active_cache_bytes Active cache memory in bytes of database pods | Gauge | cluster, planetscale_database_branch_id, planetscale_pod, planetscale_container, planetscale_role, planetscale_cell, planetscale_component |
planetscale_pods_mem_inactive_cache_bytes Inactive cache memory in bytes of database pods | Gauge | cluster, planetscale_database_branch_id, planetscale_pod, planetscale_container, planetscale_role, planetscale_cell, planetscale_component |
Tag Glossary
- cluster: The PlanetScale cluster identifier
- planetscale_database_branch_id: The unique identifier for the database branch
- planetscale_pod: The Kubernetes pod name
- planetscale_container: The container name (postgres, psbouncer, walg-daemon)
- planetscale_role: The database role (primary, replica)
- planetscale_cell: The PlanetScale cell identifier
- planetscale_component: The PlanetScale component identifier
- planetscale_connection_state: The state of database connections
- planetscale_lock_mode: The PostgreSQL lock mode
- planetscale_database_name: The PostgreSQL database name
- planetscale_port: The connection port number
- planetscale_region: The geographic region
- planetscale_psbouncer_pool: The PSBouncer connection pool identifier
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