iperf Prometheus Collector
A simple Prometheus collector to provide measurements about network connection throughput for multiple hosts using the iperf3 utility.
:rocket: Jump to quick-start example.
:whale: See releases on ghcr.io.
Note that iperf tests take 10+ seconds per target and are executed sequentially. Results from each test will be returned on the next call to /metrics.
Measurements
See cmd/metric.go.
Configuration
Configuration is via the following environment variables:
| Variable | Required? | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
TARGET_LIST |
yes | Comma separated list of host names or IP addresses to run tests against. | n/a |
TEST_INTERVAL_MS |
no | How often to run iperf tests. | 600000ms (= 10 minutes) |
TEST_PROTOCOL |
no | Test protocol, tcp or udp. |
tcp |
TEST_OPTIONS |
no | Options passed directly to iperf3, e.g. -p 5202 -t 20. |
none |
Important Note: TEST_OPTIONS
- Do not use these options to set the
--udpflag for tests - use theTEST_PROTOCOL=udpenvironment variable instead. - Do not use these optoins to change the output format - this tool already sets
--jsonand expects a JSON output. - These options are passed directly to the command line used to run the test. If anyone else can control this argument they can easily run arbitrary commands, so make sure untrusted users are not able to make changes.
iperf Server
This collector requires that an iperf server is running on each of the targets to be tested and is available on the default port.
You can start the tool in server mode with $ iperf3 -s, but for long-term use you'll want the server to be available all the time. The easiest way to do this is enable an iperf background daemon so that it is started at system boot - information on how to do this can be found in the iperf man pages, or here for Debian-based/systemd systems.
Quick-Start Docker-Compose Example
version: "3.8"
services:
iperf-prometheus-collector:
image: ghcr.io/markormesher/iperf-prometheus-collector:VERSION
restart: unless-stopped
environment:
- TARGET_LIST=my-host-01,my-host-02,12.34.56.78
ports:
- 9030:9030