metrics.go

/*
Copyright 2014 The Kubernetes Authors.

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
You may obtain a copy of the License at

    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

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distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
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*/

package gce

import (
	"time"

	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
)

const (
	// Version strings for recording metrics.
	computeV1Version    = "v1"
	computeAlphaVersion = "alpha"
	computeBetaVersion  = "beta"
)

type apiCallMetrics struct {
	latency *prometheus.HistogramVec
	errors  *prometheus.CounterVec
}

var (
	metricLabels = []string{
		"request", // API function that is begin invoked.
		"region",  // region (optional).
		"zone",    // zone (optional).
		"version", // API version.
	}

	apiMetrics = registerAPIMetrics(metricLabels...)
)

type metricContext struct {
	start time.Time
	// The cardinalities of attributes and metricLabels (defined above) must
	// match, or prometheus will panic.
	attributes []string
}

// Value for an unused label in the metric dimension.
const unusedMetricLabel = "<n/a>"

// Observe the result of a API call.
func (mc *metricContext) Observe(err error) error {
	apiMetrics.latency.WithLabelValues(mc.attributes...).Observe(
		time.Since(mc.start).Seconds())
	if err != nil {
		apiMetrics.errors.WithLabelValues(mc.attributes...).Inc()
	}

	return err
}

func newGenericMetricContext(prefix, request, region, zone, version string) *metricContext {
	return &metricContext{
		start:      time.Now(),
		attributes: []string{prefix + "_" + request, region, zone, version},
	}
}

// registerApiMetrics adds metrics definitions for a category of API calls.
func registerAPIMetrics(attributes ...string) *apiCallMetrics {
	metrics := &apiCallMetrics{
		latency: prometheus.NewHistogramVec(
			prometheus.HistogramOpts{
				Name: "cloudprovider_gce_api_request_duration_seconds",
				Help: "Latency of a GCE API call",
			},
			attributes,
		),
		errors: prometheus.NewCounterVec(
			prometheus.CounterOpts{
				Name: "cloudprovider_gce_api_request_errors",
				Help: "Number of errors for an API call",
			},
			attributes,
		),
	}

	prometheus.MustRegister(metrics.latency)
	prometheus.MustRegister(metrics.errors)

	return metrics
}