Initial commit of 'promtool check-metrics', promlint package (#2605)

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Matt Layher 2017-04-13 17:53:41 -04:00 committed by Julius Volz
parent ee62807b62
commit 283756c503
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@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import (
"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/config"
"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/promql"
"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/util/cli"
"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/util/promlint"
)
// CheckConfigCmd validates configuration files.
@ -182,6 +183,42 @@ func checkRules(t cli.Term, filename string) (int, error) {
return len(rules), nil
}
var checkMetricsUsage = strings.TrimSpace(`
usage: promtool check-metrics
Pass Prometheus metrics over stdin to lint them for consistency and correctness.
examples:
$ cat metrics.prom | promtool check-metrics
$ curl -s http://localhost:9090/metrics | promtool check-metrics
`)
// CheckMetricsCmd performs a linting pass on input metrics.
func CheckMetricsCmd(t cli.Term, args ...string) int {
if len(args) != 0 {
t.Infof(checkMetricsUsage)
return 2
}
l := promlint.New(os.Stdin)
problems, err := l.Lint()
if err != nil {
t.Errorf("error while linting: %v", err)
return 1
}
for _, p := range problems {
t.Errorf("%s: %s", p.Metric, p.Text)
}
if len(problems) > 0 {
return 3
}
return 0
}
// VersionCmd prints the binaries version information.
func VersionCmd(t cli.Term, _ ...string) int {
fmt.Fprintln(os.Stdout, version.Print("promtool"))
@ -201,6 +238,11 @@ func main() {
Run: CheckRulesCmd,
})
app.Register("check-metrics", &cli.Command{
Desc: "validate metrics for correctness",
Run: CheckMetricsCmd,
})
app.Register("version", &cli.Command{
Desc: "print the version of this binary",
Run: VersionCmd,

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@ -0,0 +1,198 @@
// Copyright 2017 The Prometheus Authors
// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
// You may obtain a copy of the License at
//
// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
//
// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
// limitations under the License.
// Package promlint provides a linter for Prometheus metrics.
package promlint
import (
"fmt"
"io"
"sort"
"strings"
dto "github.com/prometheus/client_model/go"
"github.com/prometheus/common/expfmt"
)
// A Linter is a Prometheus metrics linter. It identifies issues with metric
// names, types, and metadata, and reports them to the caller.
type Linter struct {
r io.Reader
}
// A Problem is an issue detected by a Linter.
type Problem struct {
// The name of the metric indicated by this Problem.
Metric string
// A description of the issue for this Problem.
Text string
}
// New creates a new Linter that reads an input stream of Prometheus metrics.
// Only the text exposition format is supported.
func New(r io.Reader) *Linter {
return &Linter{
r: r,
}
}
// Lint performs a linting pass, returning a slice of Problems indicating any
// issues found in the metrics stream. The slice is sorted by metric name
// and issue description.
func (l *Linter) Lint() ([]Problem, error) {
// TODO(mdlayher): support for protobuf exposition format?
d := expfmt.NewDecoder(l.r, expfmt.FmtText)
var problems []Problem
var mf dto.MetricFamily
for {
if err := d.Decode(&mf); err != nil {
if err == io.EOF {
break
}
return nil, err
}
problems = append(problems, lint(mf)...)
}
// Ensure deterministic output.
sort.SliceStable(problems, func(i, j int) bool {
if problems[i].Metric < problems[j].Metric {
return true
}
return problems[i].Text < problems[j].Text
})
return problems, nil
}
// lint is the entry point for linting a single metric.
func lint(mf dto.MetricFamily) []Problem {
fns := []func(mf dto.MetricFamily) []Problem{
lintHelp,
lintMetricUnits,
}
var problems []Problem
for _, fn := range fns {
problems = append(problems, fn(mf)...)
}
// TODO(mdlayher): lint rules for specific metrics types.
return problems
}
// lintHelp detects issues related to the help text for a metric.
func lintHelp(mf dto.MetricFamily) []Problem {
var problems []Problem
// Expect all metrics to have help text available.
if mf.Help == nil {
problems = append(problems, Problem{
Metric: *mf.Name,
Text: "no help text",
})
}
return problems
}
// lintMetricUnits detects issues with metric unit names.
func lintMetricUnits(mf dto.MetricFamily) []Problem {
var problems []Problem
unit, base, ok := metricUnits(*mf.Name)
if !ok {
// No known units detected.
return nil
}
// Unit is already a base unit.
if unit == base {
return nil
}
problems = append(problems, Problem{
Metric: *mf.Name,
Text: fmt.Sprintf("use base unit %q instead of %q", base, unit),
})
return problems
}
// metricUnits attempts to detect known unit types used as part of a metric name,
// e.g. "foo_bytes_total" or "bar_baz_milligrams".
func metricUnits(m string) (unit string, base string, ok bool) {
ss := strings.Split(m, "_")
for _, u := range baseUnits {
// Also check for "no prefix".
for _, p := range append(unitPrefixes, "") {
for _, s := range ss {
// Attempt to explicitly match a known unit with a known prefix,
// as some words may look like "units" when matching suffix.
//
// As an example, "thermometers" should not match "meters", but
// "kilometers" should.
if s == p+u {
return p + u, u, true
}
}
}
}
return "", "", false
}
// Units and their possible prefixes recognized by this library. More can be
// added over time as needed.
var (
baseUnits = []string{
"amperes",
"bytes",
"candela",
"grams",
"kelvin", // Both plural and non-plural form allowed.
"kelvins",
"meters", // Both American and international spelling permitted.
"metres",
"moles",
"seconds",
}
unitPrefixes = []string{
"pico",
"nano",
"micro",
"milli",
"centi",
"deci",
"deca",
"hecto",
"kilo",
"kibi",
"mega",
"mibi",
"giga",
"gibi",
"tera",
"tebi",
"peta",
"pebi",
}
)

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// Copyright 2017 The Prometheus Authors
// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
// You may obtain a copy of the License at
//
// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
//
// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
// limitations under the License.
package promlint_test
import (
"reflect"
"strings"
"testing"
"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/util/promlint"
)
func TestLintNoHelpText(t *testing.T) {
const msg = "no help text"
tests := []struct {
name string
in string
problems []promlint.Problem
}{
{
name: "no help",
in: `
# TYPE go_goroutines gauge
go_goroutines 24
`,
problems: []promlint.Problem{{
Metric: "go_goroutines",
Text: msg,
}},
},
{
name: "empty help",
in: `
# HELP go_goroutines
# TYPE go_goroutines gauge
go_goroutines 24
`,
problems: []promlint.Problem{{
Metric: "go_goroutines",
Text: msg,
}},
},
{
name: "no help and empty help",
in: `
# HELP go_goroutines
# TYPE go_goroutines gauge
go_goroutines 24
# TYPE go_threads gauge
go_threads 10
`,
problems: []promlint.Problem{
{
Metric: "go_goroutines",
Text: msg,
},
{
Metric: "go_threads",
Text: msg,
},
},
},
{
name: "OK",
in: `
# HELP go_goroutines Number of goroutines that currently exist.
# TYPE go_goroutines gauge
go_goroutines 24
`,
},
}
for _, tt := range tests {
t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
l := promlint.New(strings.NewReader(tt.in))
problems, err := l.Lint()
if err != nil {
t.Fatalf("unexpected error: %v", err)
}
if want, got := tt.problems, problems; !reflect.DeepEqual(want, got) {
t.Fatalf("unexpected problems:\n- want: %v\n- got: %v",
want, got)
}
})
}
}
func TestLintMetricUnits(t *testing.T) {
tests := []struct {
name string
in string
problems []promlint.Problem
}{
{
name: "amperes",
in: `
# HELP x_milliamperes Test metric.
# TYPE x_milliamperes counter
x_milliamperes 10
`,
problems: []promlint.Problem{{
Metric: "x_milliamperes",
Text: `use base unit "amperes" instead of "milliamperes"`,
}},
},
{
name: "bytes",
in: `
# HELP x_gigabytes Test metric.
# TYPE x_gigabytes counter
x_gigabytes 10
`,
problems: []promlint.Problem{{
Metric: "x_gigabytes",
Text: `use base unit "bytes" instead of "gigabytes"`,
}},
},
{
name: "candela",
in: `
# HELP x_kilocandela Test metric.
# TYPE x_kilocandela counter
x_kilocandela 10
`,
problems: []promlint.Problem{{
Metric: "x_kilocandela",
Text: `use base unit "candela" instead of "kilocandela"`,
}},
},
{
name: "grams",
in: `
# HELP x_kilograms Test metric.
# TYPE x_kilograms counter
x_kilograms 10
`,
problems: []promlint.Problem{{
Metric: "x_kilograms",
Text: `use base unit "grams" instead of "kilograms"`,
}},
},
{
name: "kelvin",
in: `
# HELP x_nanokelvin Test metric.
# TYPE x_nanokelvin counter
x_nanokelvin 10
`,
problems: []promlint.Problem{{
Metric: "x_nanokelvin",
Text: `use base unit "kelvin" instead of "nanokelvin"`,
}},
},
{
name: "kelvins",
in: `
# HELP x_nanokelvins Test metric.
# TYPE x_nanokelvins counter
x_nanokelvins 10
`,
problems: []promlint.Problem{{
Metric: "x_nanokelvins",
Text: `use base unit "kelvins" instead of "nanokelvins"`,
}},
},
{
name: "meters",
in: `
# HELP x_kilometers Test metric.
# TYPE x_kilometers counter
x_kilometers 10
`,
problems: []promlint.Problem{{
Metric: "x_kilometers",
Text: `use base unit "meters" instead of "kilometers"`,
}},
},
{
name: "metres",
in: `
# HELP x_kilometres Test metric.
# TYPE x_kilometres counter
x_kilometres 10
`,
problems: []promlint.Problem{{
Metric: "x_kilometres",
Text: `use base unit "metres" instead of "kilometres"`,
}},
},
{
name: "moles",
in: `
# HELP x_picomoles Test metric.
# TYPE x_picomoles counter
x_picomoles 10
`,
problems: []promlint.Problem{{
Metric: "x_picomoles",
Text: `use base unit "moles" instead of "picomoles"`,
}},
},
{
name: "seconds",
in: `
# HELP x_microseconds Test metric.
# TYPE x_microseconds counter
x_microseconds 10
`,
problems: []promlint.Problem{{
Metric: "x_microseconds",
Text: `use base unit "seconds" instead of "microseconds"`,
}},
},
{
name: "OK",
in: `
# HELP thermometers_degrees_kelvin Test metric with name that looks like "meters".
# TYPE thermometers_degrees_kelvin counter
thermometers_degrees_kelvin 0
`,
},
}
for _, tt := range tests {
t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
l := promlint.New(strings.NewReader(tt.in))
problems, err := l.Lint()
if err != nil {
t.Fatalf("unexpected error: %v", err)
}
if want, got := tt.problems, problems; !reflect.DeepEqual(want, got) {
t.Fatalf("unexpected problems:\n- want: %v\n- got: %v",
want, got)
}
})
}
}