Gearman

Supported OS Linux Mac OS

Integration version5.0.0

Overview

Collect Gearman metrics to:

  • Visualize Gearman performance.
  • Know how many tasks are queued or running.
  • Correlate Gearman performance with the rest of your applications.

Setup

Installation

The Gearman check is included in the Datadog Agent package, so you don’t need to install anything else on your Gearman job servers.

Configuration

Host

To configure this check for an Agent running on a host:

  1. Edit the gearmand.d/conf.yaml file, in the conf.d/ folder at the root of your Agent’s configuration directory to start collecting your Gearman performance data. See the sample gearmand.d/conf.yaml for all available configuration options.

    init_config:
    
    instances:
      - server: localhost
        port: 4730
    
  2. Restart the Agent

Containerized

For containerized environments, see the Autodiscovery Integration Templates for guidance on applying the parameters below.

ParameterValue
<INTEGRATION_NAME>gearmand
<INIT_CONFIG>blank or {}
<INSTANCE_CONFIG>{"server":"%%host%%", "port":"4730"}

Log collection

  1. Collecting logs is disabled by default in the Datadog Agent, enable it in your datadog.yaml file:

    logs_enabled: true
    
  2. Add this configuration block to your gearmand.d/conf.yaml file to start collecting your Gearman logs:

    logs:
      - type: file
        path: /var/log/gearmand.log
        source: gearman
    

    Change the path parameter value based on your environment. See the sample gearmand.d/conf.yaml for all available configuration options.

  3. Restart the Agent.

See Kubernetes Log Collection for information on configuring the Agent for log collection in Kubernetes environments.

Validation

Run the Agent’s status subcommand and look for gearmand under the Checks section.

Data Collected

Metrics

gearman.queued
(gauge)
The total number of jobs in the queue.
Shown as task
gearman.queued_by_task
(gauge)
The number of jobs in the queue by task.
Shown as task
gearman.running
(gauge)
The total number of running Gearman jobs.
Shown as task
gearman.running_by_task
(gauge)
The number of running Gearman jobs by task.
Shown as task
gearman.unique_tasks
(gauge)
The number of all functions registered with Gearman.
Shown as task
gearman.workers
(gauge)
The total number of capable Gearman workers.
Shown as process
gearman.workers_by_task
(gauge)
The number of capable Gearman workers by task.
Shown as process

Events

The Gearman check does not include any events.

Service Checks

gearman.can_connect
Returns CRITICAL if the Agent check is unable to connect to the monitored Gearman instance. Returns OK otherwise.
Statuses: ok, critical

Troubleshooting

Need help? Contact Datadog support.

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