docker exporter

Simple and lightweight Prometheus exporter for docker container metrics.

Prerequisites

• Go

Installation

Using Docker

The exporter is available as a Docker image. You can run it using the following example:

$ docker run \
  -u root \
  -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock \
  -p 8080:8080 \
  ghcr.io/davidborzek/docker-exporter:latest

Note: To run Docker Exporter, you'll need to mount the Docker socket from your host system. This operation necessitates root privileges or the user running the command to be a member of the Docker group. It's important to note that mounting the Docker socket grants the container unrestricted access to Docker. For a more secure approach, consider utilizing the Docker Socket Proxy, which is further explained below for additional information.

Running with docker-socket-proxy

$ docker run \
  -e "DOCKER_HOST=tcp://localhost:2375" \
  -p 8080:8080 \
  ghcr.io/davidborzek/docker-exporter:latest

Note: the docker-socket-proxy needs to have container access enabled. (CONTAINERS=1)

Prometheus config

Once you have configured the exporter, update your prometheus.yml scrape config:

scrape_configs:
  - job_name: "docker_exporter"
    static_configs:
      - targets: ["localhost:8080"]

Config

Flag	Description	Default Value	Environment Variable
--port	The port of docker exporter server.	8080	DOCKER_EXPORTER_PORT
--host	The host of docker exporter server.		DOCKER_EXPORTER_HOST
--auth-token	Optional auth token for the docker exporter server. If no token is set authentication is disabled.		DOCKER_EXPORTER_AUTH_TOKEN
--log-level	Log level for the exporter.	info	DOCKER_EXPORTER_LOG_LEVEL
--ignore-label	Set the label name for ignoring docker containers. (See Ignoring Containers)	docker-exporter.ignore	DOCKER_EXPORTER_IGNORE_LABEL

Exported Metrics

Metric Name	Description	Labels
docker_container_block_io_read_bytes	Block I/O read bytes total	name
docker_container_block_io_write_bytes	Block I/O write bytes total	name
docker_container_cpu_usage_percentage	CPU usage in percentage	name
docker_container_info	Infos about the container	name, image_name, image
docker_container_memory_total_bytes	Total memory in bytes	name
docker_container_memory_usage_bytes	Memory usage in bytes	name
docker_container_memory_usage_percentage	Memory usage in percentage	name
docker_container_network_rx_bytes	Network received bytes total	name, network
docker_container_network_rx_dropped_packets	Network dropped packets total	name, network
docker_container_network_rx_errors	Network received errors	name, network
docker_container_network_rx_packets	Network received packets total	name, network
docker_container_network_tx_bytes	Network sent bytes total	name, network
docker_container_network_tx_dropped_packets	Network dropped packets total	name, network
docker_container_network_tx_errors	Network sent errors	name, network
docker_container_network_tx_packets	Network sent packets total	name, network
docker_container_pids_current	Current number of pids	name
docker_container_state	State of the container	name, state
docker_container_uptime	Uptime of the container in seconds	name
docker_exporter_scrape_duration	Duration of the scrape in seconds
docker_exporter_scrape_errors	Number of scrape errors

Ignoring Containers

You can ignore containers by setting the label docker-exporter.ignore on the container. The label name can be configured with the --ignore-label flag.

services:
  nginx:
    image: nginx
    labels:
      docker-exporter.ignore: "true"