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Kernel VM Statistics Input Plugin

This plugin gathers virtual memory statistics of the Linux kernel by reading /proc/vmstat. For a full list of available fields check the /proc/vmstat section of the proc man page and for a detailed description about the fields see the vmstat man page.

Introduced in: Telegraf v1.0.0 Tags: system OS support: linux

Global configuration options

In addition to the plugin-specific configuration settings, plugins support additional global and plugin configuration settings. These settings are used to modify metrics, tags, and field or create aliases and configure ordering, etc. See the CONFIGURATION.md for more details.

Configuration

# Get kernel statistics from /proc/vmstat
# This plugin ONLY supports Linux
[[inputs.kernel_vmstat]]
  # no configuration

Metrics

  • kernel_vmstat
    • nr_free_pages (integer, nr_free_pages)
    • nr_inactive_anon (integer, nr_inactive_anon)
    • nr_active_anon (integer, nr_active_anon)
    • nr_inactive_file (integer, nr_inactive_file)
    • nr_active_file (integer, nr_active_file)
    • nr_unevictable (integer, nr_unevictable)
    • nr_mlock (integer, nr_mlock)
    • nr_anon_pages (integer, nr_anon_pages)
    • nr_mapped (integer, nr_mapped)
    • nr_file_pages (integer, nr_file_pages)
    • nr_dirty (integer, nr_dirty)
    • nr_writeback (integer, nr_writeback)
    • nr_slab_reclaimable (integer, nr_slab_reclaimable)
    • nr_slab_unreclaimable (integer, nr_slab_unreclaimable)
    • nr_page_table_pages (integer, nr_page_table_pages)
    • nr_kernel_stack (integer, nr_kernel_stack)
    • nr_unstable (integer, nr_unstable)
    • nr_bounce (integer, nr_bounce)
    • nr_vmscan_write (integer, nr_vmscan_write)
    • nr_writeback_temp (integer, nr_writeback_temp)
    • nr_isolated_anon (integer, nr_isolated_anon)
    • nr_isolated_file (integer, nr_isolated_file)
    • nr_shmem (integer, nr_shmem)
    • numa_hit (integer, numa_hit)
    • numa_miss (integer, numa_miss)
    • numa_foreign (integer, numa_foreign)
    • numa_interleave (integer, numa_interleave)
    • numa_local (integer, numa_local)
    • numa_other (integer, numa_other)
    • nr_anon_transparent_hugepages (integer, nr_anon_transparent_hugepages)
    • pgpgin (integer, pgpgin)
    • pgpgout (integer, pgpgout)
    • pswpin (integer, pswpin)
    • pswpout (integer, pswpout)
    • pgalloc_dma (integer, pgalloc_dma)
    • pgalloc_dma32 (integer, pgalloc_dma32)
    • pgalloc_normal (integer, pgalloc_normal)
    • pgalloc_movable (integer, pgalloc_movable)
    • pgfree (integer, pgfree)
    • pgactivate (integer, pgactivate)
    • pgdeactivate (integer, pgdeactivate)
    • pgfault (integer, pgfault)
    • pgmajfault (integer, pgmajfault)
    • pgrefill_dma (integer, pgrefill_dma)
    • pgrefill_dma32 (integer, pgrefill_dma32)
    • pgrefill_normal (integer, pgrefill_normal)
    • pgrefill_movable (integer, pgrefill_movable)
    • pgsteal_dma (integer, pgsteal_dma)
    • pgsteal_dma32 (integer, pgsteal_dma32)
    • pgsteal_normal (integer, pgsteal_normal)
    • pgsteal_movable (integer, pgsteal_movable)
    • pgscan_kswapd_dma (integer, pgscan_kswapd_dma)
    • pgscan_kswapd_dma32 (integer, pgscan_kswapd_dma32)
    • pgscan_kswapd_normal (integer, pgscan_kswapd_normal)
    • pgscan_kswapd_movable (integer, pgscan_kswapd_movable)
    • pgscan_direct_dma (integer, pgscan_direct_dma)
    • pgscan_direct_dma32 (integer, pgscan_direct_dma32)
    • pgscan_direct_normal (integer, pgscan_direct_normal)
    • pgscan_direct_movable (integer, pgscan_direct_movable)
    • zone_reclaim_failed (integer, zone_reclaim_failed)
    • pginodesteal (integer, pginodesteal)
    • slabs_scanned (integer, slabs_scanned)
    • kswapd_steal (integer, kswapd_steal)
    • kswapd_inodesteal (integer, kswapd_inodesteal)
    • kswapd_low_wmark_hit_quickly (integer, kswapd_low_wmark_hit_quickly)
    • kswapd_high_wmark_hit_quickly (integer, kswapd_high_wmark_hit_quickly)
    • kswapd_skip_congestion_wait (integer, kswapd_skip_congestion_wait)
    • pageoutrun (integer, pageoutrun)
    • allocstall (integer, allocstall)
    • pgrotated (integer, pgrotated)
    • compact_blocks_moved (integer, compact_blocks_moved)
    • compact_pages_moved (integer, compact_pages_moved)
    • compact_pagemigrate_failed (integer, compact_pagemigrate_failed)
    • compact_stall (integer, compact_stall)
    • compact_fail (integer, compact_fail)
    • compact_success (integer, compact_success)
    • htlb_buddy_alloc_success (integer, htlb_buddy_alloc_success)
    • htlb_buddy_alloc_fail (integer, htlb_buddy_alloc_fail)
    • unevictable_pgs_culled (integer, unevictable_pgs_culled)
    • unevictable_pgs_scanned (integer, unevictable_pgs_scanned)
    • unevictable_pgs_rescued (integer, unevictable_pgs_rescued)
    • unevictable_pgs_mlocked (integer, unevictable_pgs_mlocked)
    • unevictable_pgs_munlocked (integer, unevictable_pgs_munlocked)
    • unevictable_pgs_cleared (integer, unevictable_pgs_cleared)
    • unevictable_pgs_stranded (integer, unevictable_pgs_stranded)
    • unevictable_pgs_mlockfreed (integer, unevictable_pgs_mlockfreed)
    • thp_fault_alloc (integer, thp_fault_alloc)
    • thp_fault_fallback (integer, thp_fault_fallback)
    • thp_collapse_alloc (integer, thp_collapse_alloc)
    • thp_collapse_alloc_failed (integer, thp_collapse_alloc_failed)
    • thp_split (integer, thp_split)

Example Output

kernel_vmstat allocstall=81496i,compact_blocks_moved=238196i,compact_fail=135220i,compact_pagemigrate_failed=0i,compact_pages_moved=6370588i,compact_stall=142092i,compact_success=6872i,htlb_buddy_alloc_fail=0i,htlb_buddy_alloc_success=0i,kswapd_high_wmark_hit_quickly=25439i,kswapd_inodesteal=29770874i,kswapd_low_wmark_hit_quickly=8756i,kswapd_skip_congestion_wait=0i,kswapd_steal=291534428i,nr_active_anon=2515657i,nr_active_file=2244914i,nr_anon_pages=1358675i,nr_anon_transparent_hugepages=2034i,nr_bounce=0i,nr_dirty=5690i,nr_file_pages=5153546i,nr_free_pages=78730i,nr_inactive_anon=426259i,nr_inactive_file=2366791i,nr_isolated_anon=0i,nr_isolated_file=0i,nr_kernel_stack=579i,nr_mapped=558821i,nr_mlock=0i,nr_page_table_pages=11115i,nr_shmem=541689i,nr_slab_reclaimable=459806i,nr_slab_unreclaimable=47859i,nr_unevictable=0i,nr_unstable=0i,nr_vmscan_write=6206i,nr_writeback=0i,nr_writeback_temp=0i,numa_foreign=0i,numa_hit=5113399878i,numa_interleave=35793i,numa_local=5113399878i,numa_miss=0i,numa_other=0i,pageoutrun=505006i,pgactivate=375664931i,pgalloc_dma=0i,pgalloc_dma32=122480220i,pgalloc_movable=0i,pgalloc_normal=5233176719i,pgdeactivate=122735906i,pgfault=8699921410i,pgfree=5359765021i,pginodesteal=9188431i,pgmajfault=122210i,pgpgin=219717626i,pgpgout=3495885510i,pgrefill_dma=0i,pgrefill_dma32=1180010i,pgrefill_movable=0i,pgrefill_normal=119866676i,pgrotated=60620i,pgscan_direct_dma=0i,pgscan_direct_dma32=12256i,pgscan_direct_movable=0i,pgscan_direct_normal=31501600i,pgscan_kswapd_dma=0i,pgscan_kswapd_dma32=4480608i,pgscan_kswapd_movable=0i,pgscan_kswapd_normal=287857984i,pgsteal_dma=0i,pgsteal_dma32=4466436i,pgsteal_movable=0i,pgsteal_normal=318463755i,pswpin=2092i,pswpout=6206i,slabs_scanned=93775616i,thp_collapse_alloc=24857i,thp_collapse_alloc_failed=102214i,thp_fault_alloc=346219i,thp_fault_fallback=895453i,thp_split=9817i,unevictable_pgs_cleared=0i,unevictable_pgs_culled=1531i,unevictable_pgs_mlocked=6988i,unevictable_pgs_mlockfreed=0i,unevictable_pgs_munlocked=6988i,unevictable_pgs_rescued=5426i,unevictable_pgs_scanned=0i,unevictable_pgs_stranded=0i,zone_reclaim_failed=0i 1459455200071462843

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