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Socket statistics

Plugin: proc.plugin Module: /proc/net/sockstat

Overview

This integration provides socket statistics.

This collector is supported on all platforms.

This collector supports collecting metrics from multiple instances of this integration, including remote instances.

Default Behavior

Auto-Detection

This integration doesn't support auto-detection.

Limits

The default configuration for this integration does not impose any limits on data collection.

Performance Impact

The default configuration for this integration is not expected to impose a significant performance impact on the system.

Setup

Prerequisites

No action required.

Configuration

Options

There are no configuration options.

via File

There is no configuration file.

Examples

There are no configuration examples.

Alerts

The following alerts are available:

Alert nameOn metricDescription
tcp_orphans ipv4.sockstat_tcp_socketsorphan IPv4 TCP sockets utilization
tcp_memory ipv4.sockstat_tcp_memTCP memory utilization

Metrics

Metrics grouped by scope.

The scope defines the instance that the metric belongs to. An instance is uniquely identified by a set of labels.

Per Socket statistics instance

This scope has no labels.

Metrics:

MetricDescriptionDimensionsUnit
ip.sockstat_socketsSockets used for all address familiesusedsockets
ipv4.sockstat_tcp_socketsIPv4 TCP Socketsalloc, orphan, inuse, timewaitsockets
ipv4.sockstat_tcp_memIPv4 TCP Sockets MemorymemKiB
ipv4.sockstat_udp_socketsIPv4 UDP Socketsinusesockets
ipv4.sockstat_udp_memIPv4 UDP Sockets Memorymemsockets
ipv4.sockstat_udplite_socketsIPv4 UDPLITE Socketsinusesockets
ipv4.sockstat_raw_socketsIPv4 RAW Socketsinusesockets
ipv4.sockstat_frag_socketsIPv4 FRAG Socketsinusefragments
ipv4.sockstat_frag_memIPv4 FRAG Sockets MemorymemKiB

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