Host

Note: Sysdig follows the Prometheus-compabtible naming convention for both metrics and labels as opposed to the previous statsd-compatible, legacy Sysdig naming convention. However, this page still shows metrics in the legacy Sysdig naming convention. Until this page is updated, see Metrics and Label Mapping for the mapping between Sysdig legacy and Prometheus naming conventions.

agent.id

MetadataDescription
Metric TypeGauge
Value TypeString
Segment ByHost
Default Time AggregationN/A
Available Time Aggregation FormatsN/A
Default Group AggregationN/A
Available Group Aggregation FormatsN/A

agent.mode

For more information on agent modes, see Configure Agent Modes.

MetadataDescription
Metric TypeString
Value TypeString
Segment ByHost
Default Time Aggregationconcat
Available Time Aggregation Formatsconcat, distinct, count
Default Group Aggregationconcat
Available Group Aggregation Formatsconcat, distinct, count

agent.version

MetadataDescription
Metric TypeGauge
Value TypeString
Segment ByHost
Default Time AggregationN/A
Available Time Aggregation FormatsN/A
Default Group AggregationN/A
Available Group Aggregation FormatsN/A

cpu.core

MetadataDescription
Metric TypeGauge
Value TypeString
Segment ByHost
Default Time AggregationN/A
Available Time Aggregation FormatsN/A
Default Group AggregationN/A
Available Group Aggregation FormatsN/A

host.container.mappings

MetadataDescription
Metric TypeGauge
Value TypeString
Segment ByHost
Default Time AggregationN/A
Available Time Aggregation FormatsN/A
Default Group AggregationN/A
Available Group Aggregation FormatsN/A

host.count

MetadataDescription
Metric TypeGauge
Value TypeInteger
Segment ByHost, CloudProvider
Default Time AggregationRate
Available Time Aggregation FormatsAvg, Rate, Sum, Min, Max
Default Group AggregationSum
Available Group Aggregation FormatsAvg, Sum, Min, Max

host.domain

MetadataDescription
Metric TypeGauge
Value TypeString
Segment ByHost
Default Time AggregationN/A
Available Time Aggregation FormatsN/A
Default Group AggregationN/A
Available Group Aggregation FormatsN/A

host.hostName

MetadataDescription
Metric TypeGauge
Value TypeString
Segment ByHost
Default Time AggregationN/A
Available Time Aggregation FormatsN/A
Default Group AggregationN/A
Available Group Aggregation FormatsN/A

host.ip.all

MetadataDescription
Metric TypeGauge
Value TypeString
Segment ByHost
Default Time AggregationN/A
Available Time Aggregation FormatsN/A
Default Group AggregationN/A
Available Group Aggregation FormatsN/A

host.ip.private

MetadataDescription
Metric TypeGauge
Value TypeString
Segment ByHost
Default Time AggregationN/A
Available Time Aggregation FormatsN/A
Default Group AggregationN/A
Available Group Aggregation FormatsN/A

host.ip.public

MetadataDescription
Metric TypeGauge
Value TypeString
Segment ByHost
Default Time AggregationN/A
Available Time Aggregation FormatsN/A
Default Group AggregationN/A
Available Group Aggregation FormatsN/A

host.isClientServer

MetadataDescription
Metric TypeGauge
Value TypeString
Segment ByHost
Default Time AggregationN/A
Available Time Aggregation FormatsN/A
Default Group AggregationN/A
Available Group Aggregation FormatsN/A

host.isInstrumented

MetadataDescription
Metric TypeGauge
Value TypeString
Segment ByHost
Default Time AggregationN/A
Available Time Aggregation FormatsN/A
Default Group AggregationN/A
Available Group Aggregation FormatsN/A

host.isInternal

MetadataDescription
Metric TypeGauge
Value TypeString
Segment ByHost
Default Time AggregationN/A
Available Time Aggregation FormatsN/A
Default Group AggregationN/A
Available Group Aggregation FormatsN/A

host.mac

MetadataDescription
Metric TypeGauge
Value TypeString
Segment ByHost
Default Time AggregationN/A
Available Time Aggregation FormatsN/A
Default Group AggregationN/A
Available Group Aggregation FormatsN/A

host.procList.main

MetadataDescription
Metric TypeGauge
Value TypeString
Segment ByHost
Default Time AggregationN/A
Available Time Aggregation FormatsN/A
Default Group AggregationN/A
Available Group Aggregation FormatsN/A

host.uname

host.uname provides the following system information:

  • kernel name

  • kernel release number

  • kernel version

  • machine hardware name

Agents send this metric along with a number of labels that map with the uname information. host.uname is supported on agent versions 10.1 and above.

Metrics Details

MetadataDescription
Metric TypeGauge
Value TypeInteger
Segment BySee Segmentation Details.
Default Time AggregationAverage
Available Time AggregationAverage, Rate, Sum, Min, Max, Rate of Change
Default Group AggregationAverage
Available Group RollupAverage, Sum, Min, Max

Segmentation Details

The labels are given below:

LabelDescriptionMapping to the uname toolingExample
host.uname.kernel.nameThe kernel nameuname -sLinux
host.uname.kernel.releaseThe kernel releaseuname -r5.4.0-31-generic
host.uname.kernel.versionThe kernel versionuname -v#35-Ubuntu SMP Thu May 7 20:20:34 UTC 2020
host.machineThe hardware name of the machineuname -mx86_64

Example: Kernel Versions in the Infrastructure

The image depicts host.uname being segmented by host.uname.kernel.version. The resulting dashboard gives the distribution of kernel versions in the infrastructure.

Count Limits StasD Metrics

The count limits metrics report the upper limit of the number of metrics of the same type. The values the metrics report can be changed by modifying the dragent.yaml file.

Metric NameConfiguration Parameter in the dragent.yaml fileDefault Value
metricCount.limit.appCheckapp_checks_limit500
metricCount.limit.statsdstatsd.limit100
metricCount.limit.jmxjmx.limit500
metricCount.limit.prometheusprometheus.max+metrics3000

metricCount.appCheck

MetadataDescription
Metric TypeGauge
Value TypeString
Segment ByHost
Default Time AggregationN/A
Available Time Aggregation FormatsN/A
Default Group AggregationN/A
Available Group Aggregation FormatsN/A

metricCount.jmx

MetadataDescription
Metric TypeGauge
Value TypeString
Segment ByHost
Default Time AggregationN/A
Available Time Aggregation FormatsN/A
Default Group AggregationN/A
Available Group Aggregation FormatsN/A

metricCount.statsd

MetadataDescription
Metric TypeGauge
Value TypeString
Segment ByHost
Default Time AggregationN/A
Available Time Aggregation FormatsN/A
Default Group AggregationN/A
Available Group Aggregation FormatsN/A

metricCount.prometheus

MetadataDescription
Metric TypeGauge
Value TypeString
Segment ByHost
Default Time AggregationN/A
Available Time Aggregation FormatsN/A
Default Group AggregationN/A
Available Group Aggregation FormatsN/A