Collect Metrics from Remote File Systems

The Sysdig Agent can discover and collect metrics from external file systems, such as NFS. To enable this feature, configure the agent.

To enable collecting these metrics, add the following entry to the dragent.yaml file:

remotefs: true

In addition to the remote file systems, the following mount types are also excluded because they cause high load.

mounts_filter:
  - exclude: "*|autofs|*"
  - exclude: "*|proc|*"
  - exclude: "*|cgroup|*"
  - exclude: "*|subfs|*"
  - exclude: "*|debugfs|*"
  - exclude: "*|devpts|*"
  - exclude: "*|fusectl|*"
  - exclude: "*|mqueue|*"
  - exclude: "*|rpc_pipefs|*"
  - exclude: "*|sysfs|*"
  - exclude: "*|devfs|*"
  - exclude: "*|devtmpfs|*"
  - exclude: "*|kernfs|*"
  - exclude: "*|ignore|*"
  - exclude: "*|rootfs|*"
  - exclude: "*|none|*"
  - exclude: "*|tmpfs|*"
  - exclude: "*|pstore|*"
  - exclude: "*|hugetlbfs|*"
  - exclude: "*|*|/etc/resolv.conf"
  - exclude: "*|*|/etc/hostname"
  - exclude: "*|*|/etc/hosts"
  - exclude: "*|*|/var/lib/rkt/pods/*"
  - exclude: "overlay|*|/opt/stage2/*"
  - exclude: "/dev/mapper/cl-root*|*|/opt/stage2/*"
  - exclude: "*|*|/dev/termination-log*"
  - include: "*|*|/var/lib/docker"
  - exclude: "*|*|/var/lib/docker/*"
  - exclude: "*|*|/var/lib/kubelet/pods/*"
  - exclude: "*|*|/run/secrets"
  - exclude: "*|*|/run/containerd/*"
  - include: "*|*|*"

To include a mount type:

  1. Open the dragent.yaml file.

  2. Remove the corresponding line from the exclude list in the mount_filter.

  3. Add the file mount to the include list under mount_filter .

    The format is:

    # format of a mount filter is:
# ```
# mounts_filter:
#   - exclude: "device|filesystem|mount_directory"
#   - include: "pattern1|pattern2|pattern3"

    For example:

    mounts_filter:
  - include: "*|autofs|*"mounts_filter:
  - include: "overlay|*|/opt/stage2/*"
  - include: "/dev/mapper/cl-root*|*|/opt/stage2/*"

  4. Save the configuration changes and restart the agent.