Easy Metrics (rb)

This project provides a facility for instrumenting applications with Prometheus metrics.

Usage

Examples TL;DR

Add the gem to your project:

  bundle add emrb

Basic usage

require "emrb"

class Metrics
  # Emrb::Instruments provides all necessary methods for creating instruments.
  include Emrb::Instruments  
  # Instruments can be defined as the following:
  counter :my_counter
end

# Perform measurements.
Metrics.my_counter.inc

Features

Supported metrics

All Prometheus metrics are supported and can be created the same way as in the example above.

Providing metric-specific configs

Most of the provided methods are nothing but a shorthand for creating instruments (with some facilities):

require "emrb"

class Metrics
  include Emrb::Instruments
  #                                          /-> All other options for each metric
  #                                          |   follow the original client's syntax.
  counter :my_counter, "this is my counter", labels: [:my_label]
  #   _________________/
  #   \_> This is the "docstring" value used for creating 
  #       metrics using the Prometheus client. 
  #       This is the only API-breaking option
  #       for enhancing usability. Defaults to "..." when absent. 
end

When your metric requires multiple options, a single line may become unwieldy. In such cases, you can use a block to define the metric config:

require "emrb"

class Metrics
  include Emrb::Instruments
  
  # The block should return a hash containing all the desired options.
  # When a block is used, other options passed inline are ignored.
  histogram :my_histogram do
    {
      labels: [:label1, :label2],
      preset_labels: { label1: "bar" },  
      buckets: [0.9, 1.0, ...]
    }
  end
end

Presets

If more than one of your metrics leverages the same preset_labels, the following is possible:

require "emrb"

class Metrics
  include Emrb::Instruments
  
  # Apply preset labels to multiple metrics within a block.
  with_presets label_a: "value_a", label_b: "value_b" do
    counter :counter_a
    counter :counter_b, labels: [:label_c]
    #                    \_> You can continue configuring 
    #                        each metric as usual.
    #                        The preset labels will be merged
    #                        with the specific ones.
  end
end
# Metrics.counter_a.labels => [:label_a, :label_b]
# Metrics.counter_b.labels => [:label_a, :label_b, :label_c]

Subsystems

You can organize your metrics into subsystems, allowing different components of your application to group related metrics:

require "emrb"

class Metrics
  include Emrb::Instruments
  subsystem :http do
    histogram :request_duration, "duration of requests" do
      { labels: [:method, :path] }
    end
  end
  
  subsystem :postgres do
    #                    / -> Subsystems also accepts presets.
    #                   |
    subsystem :replica, op: "read" do
      counter :op_count
    end
    
    subsystem :master do
      counter :op_count, labels: [:op]
    end
  end
end

Metrics within a subsystem are scoped by the subsystem's name. To access metrics within a subsystem:

Metrics.postgres.master.op_count

Subsystem's metrics name

Metrics created within subsystems are prefixed with the subsystem's name. For example:

The request_duration metric within the http subsystem will be named http_request_duration
The op_count metric of postgres.master will be named postgres_master_op_count.

Exposing metrics

Both Prometheus::Middleware::Exporter and Prometheus::Middleware::Collector are Rack middlewares included in this gem as Emrb::Exporter and Emrb::Collector.

If you're unfamiliar with how to use these middlewares, the http example provides a demonstration.

Pushing metrics

require "emrb"

class Metrics
  include Emrb::Instruments  
  counter :my_counter
end

# Perform measurements.
Metrics.my_counter.inc

# Push the current registry state to your gateway.
Metrics.push("example", gateway: "http://localhost:9091")

License

The MIT License (MIT)

Copyright (c) 2024 Felipe Mariotti, Vito Sartori

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