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HAProxy metrics

The following table lists the metrics that are gathered as output from HAProxy checks. Entries indicated as Featured metrics are high-visibility metrics that are displayed in the Operator Workspace Metric tab after an alert is generated. These metrics provide the operator with additional information to help them further explore the specified issue.

Metric typeResource (name of specific database, where relevant)UnitsMetric type description
haproxy.frontend.session_current (featured metric) countThe current number of sessions being used to issue requests.
haproxy.frontend.session_total (featured metric) countTotal number of sessions
haproxy.frontend.bytes_in (featured metric) countThe total number of bytes recieved by the server in the last second from the client.
haproxy.frontend.bytes_out (featured metric) countThe total number of bytes sent by the server in the last second.
haproxy.frontend.connection_errors (featured metric) countThe number of requests that encountered an error trying to connect to a server.
haproxy.frontend.warning_retries countThe number of times a connection to a server was retried.
haproxy.frontend.warning_redispatched countThe number of times a request was redispatched to another server.
haproxy.frontend.response_1xx countHAProxy exposes the number of responses by HTTP status code - 1xx
haproxy.frontend.response_2xx countHAProxy exposes the number of responses by HTTP status code - 2xx
haproxy.frontend.response_3xx countHAProxy exposes the number of responses by HTTP status code - 3xx
haproxy.frontend.response_4xx countHAProxy exposes the number of responses by HTTP status code - 4xx
haproxy.frontend.response_5xx countHAProxy exposes the number of responses by HTTP status code - 5xx
haproxy.frontend.response_other countHAProxy exposes the number of responses by non-HTTP application
haproxy.frontend.queue_time countThe average queue time over the last 1024 requests.
haproxy.frontend.connect_time countThe average connect time over the last 1024 requests.
haproxy.frontend.response_time (featured metric) countThe response time to the client
haproxy.frontend.average_time (featured metric) countThe average time taken for the sessions.
Metric typeResource (name of specific database, where relevant)UnitsMetric type description
haproxy.backend.session_current (featured metric) countThe current number of sessions being used to issue requests.
haproxy.backend.session_total (featured metric) countTotal number of sessions
haproxy.backend.bytes_in (featured metric) countThe total number of bytes recieved by the server in the last second from the client.
haproxy.backend.bytes_out (featured metric) countThe total number of bytes sent by the server in the last second.
haproxy.backend.connection_errors (featured metric) countThe number of requests that encountered an error trying to connect to a server.
haproxy.backend.warning_retries countThe number of times a connection to a server was retried.
haproxy.backend.warning_redispatched countThe number of times a request was redispatched to another server.
haproxy.backend.response_1xx countHAProxy exposes the number of responses by HTTP status code - 1xx
haproxy.backend.response_2xx countHAProxy exposes the number of responses by HTTP status code - 2xx
haproxy.backend.response_3xx countHAProxy exposes the number of responses by HTTP status code - 3xx
haproxy.backend.response_4xx countHAProxy exposes the number of responses by HTTP status code - 4xx
haproxy.backend.response_5xx countHAProxy exposes the number of responses by HTTP status code - 5xx
haproxy.backend.response_other countHAProxy exposes the number of responses by non-HTTP application
haproxy.backend.queue_time countThe average queue time over the last 1024 requests.
haproxy.backend.connect_time countThe average connect time over the last 1024 requests.
haproxy.backend.response_time (featured metric) countThe response time to the client
haproxy.backend.average_time (featured metric) countThe average time taken for the sessions.
haproxy.backend.num_up count 

Parent Topic:Agent Client Collector Monitoring default checks and policies