⚠️ Deprecation notice

Rsyslog project evolved significantly in last few years. See the changes related:

1. imhttp: expose stats via Prometheus endpoint (released in v8.2510)
2. sidecar: add Prometheus impstats exporter sidecar (released in v8.2602)
3. impstats: add VictoriaMetrics push support via Prometheus Remote Write (released in v8.2602)

Please use native rsyslog options now!

Thank you for using this project!

rsyslog prometheus exporter

This software is acting like a proxy. It reads rsyslog stats on stdin, convert them to the prometheus mertics and expose them via HTTP. Rsyslog stats are expected in 'json' format.

How to setup

1. Put rsyslog_exporter.py into /usr/local/bin directory

$ sudo install -m 0755 -o root -g root -D -v rsyslog_exporter.py /usr/local/bin/
'rsyslog_exporter.py' -> '/usr/local/bin/rsyslog_exporter.py'

2. Store following snippet into /etc/rsyslog.d/stats.conf

module(load="omprog")

module(load="impstats"
  interval="60"
  resetCounters="off"
  format="json"
  ruleset="stats"
)

template(name="stats_exporter_tmpl" type="string" string="%msg%\n")

ruleset(name="stats"
) {
  action(type="omprog" name="stats_exporter"
    binary="/usr/bin/python -u /usr/local/bin/rsyslog_exporter.py -p 9292 -e 5 -d 120"
    signalOnClose="on"
    template="stats_exporter_tmpl"
  )
}

Please note rsyslog_exporter.py command line parameters:

• -e timeout should be small enough to export metrics faster but big enough to prevent export of unfinished data block. 5s looks fine (and it's default value).
• -d timeout should be 2-3 times of impstat's interval value. 120s-180s is ok for config above.

3. Check rsyslog configuration systax by running rsyslogd -N 1

4. Restart rsyslog if no errors found (systemctl restart rsyslog e.g.)

5. Go to http://localhost:9292/ to see metrics