Displaying APM Stream metrics with Prometheus

You can display APM Stream metrics using these methods.

Displaying data with the Pushgateway dashboard

To display APM Stream data using the Pushgateway dashboard:

1. Make sure the APM Stream service has been running long enough to collect data.

2. Open the <pushgateway-hostname-or-ip>:<pushgateway-port> URL in a web browser.

   Example: http://my-push-gw:9091

   The Pushgateway dashboard displays raw APM Stream data, similar to this:

   

   If desired, choose an item to display related messages, similar to this:

   

Displaying data with the Prometheus dashboard

To display APM Stream data using the Pushgateway dashboard:

1. Open the <prometheus-hostname-or-ip>:<prometheus-port> URL in a web browser.

   Example: such as http://my-prom-url:9090.

   The Prometheus dashboard displays raw APM Stream data similar to this:

   

2. Choose the desired metric from the drop-down menu:

   

3. Click Execute to display the graph.

   

   If you chose another metric, such as the ta_apm_job_heap_memory, the graph would look similar to this:

   

Displaying APM Stream data with Grafana

Grafana is an open source visualization and analytics software application that allows you to represent data visually by creating a dashboard of panels that turn APM Stream data into a collection of graphs and visualizations.

To display APM Stream data using Grafana:

1. Make sure the APM Stream service has been running long enough to collect data.

2. Open the <grafana-hostname-or-ip>:<grafana-port> URL in a web browser.

   Example: http://my-grafana:3000.

3. Click a dashboard. The Grafana dashboard displays APM Stream data: