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:whale: Docker/Kubernetes/Mesos/Marathon/Chronos/LXC/LXD/Swarm container monitoring - Docker image, Zabbix template and C module
Host: GitHub
URL: https://github.com/monitoringartist/zabbix-docker-monitoring
Owner: monitoringartist
License: gpl-2.0
Created: 2014-08-03T22:00:01.000Z (about 10 years ago)
Default Branch: master
Last Pushed: 2022-02-22T17:01:39.000Z (over 2 years ago)
Last Synced: 2024-07-30T21:40:07.156Z (about 1 month ago)
Topics: devops, docker, monitoring, monitoring-artist, zabbix, zabbix-agentd, zabbix-docker, zabbix-templates
Language: C
Homepage: https://hub.docker.com/r/monitoringartist/zabbix-agent-xxl-limited/
Size: 6.69 MB
Stars: 1,185
Watchers: 86
Forks: 266
Open Issues: 13
Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- Changelog: CHANGELOG.md
- Contributing: CONTRIBUTING.md
- License: LICENSE
- Code of conduct: CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md
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# Zabbix Docker Monitoring ![Build binaries](https://github.com/monitoringartist/zabbix-docker-monitoring/workflows/Test%20and%20Build/badge.svg) [![Gitpod ready-to-code](https://img.shields.io/badge/Gitpod-ready--to--code-blue?logo=gitpod)](https://gitpod.io/#https://github.com/monitoringartist/zabbix-docker-monitoring)

**Overview of Monitoring Artist (dockerized) monitoring ecosystem:**

- **[Dockbix XXL](https://hub.docker.com/r/monitoringartist/dockbix-xxl/)** - Zabbix server/proxy/UI/snmpd/java gateway with additional extensions

- **[Dockbix agent XXL](https://hub.docker.com/r/monitoringartist/dockbix-agent-xxl-limited/)** - Zabbix agent with [Docker (Kubernetes/Mesos/Chronos/Marathon) monitoring](https://github.com/monitoringartist/zabbix-docker-monitoring) module

- **[Zabbix templates](https://hub.docker.com/r/monitoringartist/zabbix-templates/)** - tiny Docker image for simple template deployment of selected Zabbix monitoring templates

- **[Zabbix extension - all templates](https://hub.docker.com/r/monitoringartist/zabbix-ext-all-templates/)** - storage image for Dockbix XXL with 200+ [community templates](https://github.com/monitoringartist/zabbix-community-repos)

- **[Kubernetized Zabbix](https://github.com/monitoringartist/kubernetes-zabbix)** - containerized Zabbix cluster based on Kubernetes

- **[Grafana XXL](https://hub.docker.com/r/monitoringartist/grafana-xxl/)** - dockerized Grafana with all community plugins

- **[Grafana dashboards](https://grafana.net/monitoringartist)** - Grafana dashboard collection for [AWS](https://github.com/monitoringartist/grafana-aws-cloudwatch-dashboards) and [Zabbix](https://github.com/monitoringartist/grafana-zabbix-dashboards)

- **[Monitoring Analytics](https://hub.docker.com/r/monitoringartist/monitoring-analytics/)** - graphic analytic tool for Zabbix data from data scientists

- **[Docker killer](https://hub.docker.com/r/monitoringartist/docker-killer/)** - Docker image for Docker stress and Docker orchestration testing

----

Monitoring of Docker container by using Zabbix. Available CPU, mem,

blkio, net container metrics and some containers config details, e.g. IP, name, ...

Zabbix Docker module has native support for Docker containers (Systemd included)

and should also support a few other container types (e.g. LXC) out of the box.

Please feel free to test and provide feedback/open issue.

The module is focused on performance, see section

[Module vs. UserParameter script](#module-vs-userparameter-script).

Module is available also as a part of different GitHub project - Docker image

[dockbix-agent-xxl-limited](https://hub.docker.com/r/monitoringartist/dockbix-agent-xxl-limited/)

(OS Linux host metrics and other selected metrics are supported as well). Quickstart:

[![Dockbix Agent XXL Docker container](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/monitoringartist/dockbix-agent-xxl/master/doc/dockbix-agent-xxl.gif)](https://github.com/monitoringartist/dockbix-agent-xxl)

```bash

docker run \

  --name=dockbix-agent-xxl \

  --net=host \

  --privileged \

  -v /:/rootfs \

  -v /var/run:/var/run \

  --restart unless-stopped \

  -e "ZA_Server=" \

  -e "ZA_ServerActive=" \

  -d monitoringartist/dockbix-agent-xxl-limited:latest

```

For more information, visit [Dockbix agent XXL with Docker monitoring support](https://github.com/monitoringartist/dockbix-agent-xxl).

Please donate to the author, so he can continue to publish other awesome projects

for free:

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# Installation

* Import provided template [Zabbix-Template-App-Docker.xml](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/monitoringartist/zabbix-docker-monitoring/master/template/Zabbix-Template-App-Docker.xml).

* Configure your Zabbix agent(s) - load downloaded (see table below) or your

[compiled](#compilation) `zabbix_module_docker.so`


https://www.zabbix.com/documentation/3.0/manual/config/items/loadablemodules

Available templates:

- [Zabbix-Template-App-Docker.xml](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/monitoringartist/zabbix-docker-monitoring/master/template/Zabbix-Template-App-Docker.xml) - standard (recommended) template

- [Zabbix-Template-App-Docker-active.xml](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/monitoringartist/zabbix-docker-monitoring/master/template/Zabbix-Template-App-Docker-active.xml) - standard template with active checks

- [Zabbix-Template-App-Docker-Mesos-Marathon-Chronos.xml](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/monitoringartist/zabbix-docker-monitoring/master/template/Zabbix-Template-App-Docker-Mesos-Marathon-Chronos.xml) - template for monitoring of Docker containers in Mesos cluster (Marathon/Chronos)

You can use Docker image [monitoringartist/zabbix-templates](https://hub.docker.com/r/monitoringartist/zabbix-templates/) for import of Zabbix-Template-App-Docker.xml template. For example:

```bash

docker run --rm \

  -e XXL_apiurl=http://zabbix.org/zabbix \

  -e XXL_apiuser=Admin \

  -e XXL_apipass=zabbix \

  monitoringartist/zabbix-templates

```

Download latest build of `zabbix_module_docker.so` for Zabbix 6.0/5.4/5.0/4.0 agents:

| OS           | Zabbix 6.0 | Zabbix 5.4 | Zabbix 5.0 | Zabbix 4.0 |

| ------------ | :--------: | :--------: | :--------: | :--------: |

| Amazon Linux 2 | [Download](https://github.com/monitoringartist/zabbix-docker-monitoring/raw/gh-pages/amazonlinux2/6.0/zabbix_module_docker.so) | [Download](https://github.com/monitoringartist/zabbix-docker-monitoring/raw/gh-pages/amazonlinux2/5.4/zabbix_module_docker.so) | [Download](https://github.com/monitoringartist/zabbix-docker-monitoring/raw/gh-pages/amazonlinux2/5.0/zabbix_module_docker.so) | [Download](https://github.com/monitoringartist/zabbix-docker-monitoring/raw/gh-pages/amazonlinux2/4.0/zabbix_module_docker.so) |

| Amazon Linux 1 | [Download](https://github.com/monitoringartist/zabbix-docker-monitoring/raw/gh-pages/amazonlinux1/6.0/zabbix_module_docker.so) | [Download](https://github.com/monitoringartist/zabbix-docker-monitoring/raw/gh-pages/amazonlinux1/5.4/zabbix_module_docker.so) | [Download](https://github.com/monitoringartist/zabbix-docker-monitoring/raw/gh-pages/amazonlinux1/5.0/zabbix_module_docker.so) | [Download](https://github.com/monitoringartist/zabbix-docker-monitoring/raw/gh-pages/amazonlinux1/4.0/zabbix_module_docker.so) |

| CentOS 7     | [Download](https://github.com/monitoringartist/zabbix-docker-monitoring/raw/gh-pages/centos7/6.0/zabbix_module_docker.so) | [Download](https://github.com/monitoringartist/zabbix-docker-monitoring/raw/gh-pages/centos7/5.4/zabbix_module_docker.so) | [Download](https://github.com/monitoringartist/zabbix-docker-monitoring/raw/gh-pages/centos7/5.0/zabbix_module_docker.so) | [Download](https://github.com/monitoringartist/zabbix-docker-monitoring/raw/gh-pages/centos7/4.0/zabbix_module_docker.so) |

| Debian 11     |  [Download](https://github.com/monitoringartist/zabbix-docker-monitoring/raw/gh-pages/debian11/6.0/zabbix_module_docker.so) | [Download](https://github.com/monitoringartist/zabbix-docker-monitoring/raw/gh-pages/debian11/5.4/zabbix_module_docker.so) | [Download](https://github.com/monitoringartist/zabbix-docker-monitoring/raw/gh-pages/debian11/5.0/zabbix_module_docker.so) | [Download](https://github.com/monitoringartist/zabbix-docker-monitoring/raw/gh-pages/debian11/4.0/zabbix_module_docker.so) |

| Debian 10     |  [Download](https://github.com/monitoringartist/zabbix-docker-monitoring/raw/gh-pages/debian10/6.0/zabbix_module_docker.so) | [Download](https://github.com/monitoringartist/zabbix-docker-monitoring/raw/gh-pages/debian10/5.4/zabbix_module_docker.so) | [Download](https://github.com/monitoringartist/zabbix-docker-monitoring/raw/gh-pages/debian10/5.0/zabbix_module_docker.so) | [Download](https://github.com/monitoringartist/zabbix-docker-monitoring/raw/gh-pages/debian10/4.0/zabbix_module_docker.so) |

| Debian 9     |  [Download](https://github.com/monitoringartist/zabbix-docker-monitoring/raw/gh-pages/debian9/6.0/zabbix_module_docker.so) | [Download](https://github.com/monitoringartist/zabbix-docker-monitoring/raw/gh-pages/debian9/5.4/zabbix_module_docker.so) | [Download](https://github.com/monitoringartist/zabbix-docker-monitoring/raw/gh-pages/debian9/5.0/zabbix_module_docker.so) | [Download](https://github.com/monitoringartist/zabbix-docker-monitoring/raw/gh-pages/debian9/4.0/zabbix_module_docker.so) |

| Fedora 35    | [Download](https://github.com/monitoringartist/zabbix-docker-monitoring/raw/gh-pages/fedora35/6.0/zabbix_module_docker.so) | [Download](https://github.com/monitoringartist/zabbix-docker-monitoring/raw/gh-pages/fedora35/5.4/zabbix_module_docker.so) | [Download](https://github.com/monitoringartist/zabbix-docker-monitoring/raw/gh-pages/fedora35/5.0/zabbix_module_docker.so) | [Download](https://github.com/monitoringartist/zabbix-docker-monitoring/raw/gh-pages/fedora35/4.0/zabbix_module_docker.so) |

| Fedora 34    | [Download](https://github.com/monitoringartist/zabbix-docker-monitoring/raw/gh-pages/fedora34/6.0/zabbix_module_docker.so) | [Download](https://github.com/monitoringartist/zabbix-docker-monitoring/raw/gh-pages/fedora34/5.4/zabbix_module_docker.so) | [Download](https://github.com/monitoringartist/zabbix-docker-monitoring/raw/gh-pages/fedora34/5.0/zabbix_module_docker.so) | [Download](https://github.com/monitoringartist/zabbix-docker-monitoring/raw/gh-pages/fedora34/4.0/zabbix_module_docker.so) |

| Fedora 33    | [Download](https://github.com/monitoringartist/zabbix-docker-monitoring/raw/gh-pages/fedora33/6.0/zabbix_module_docker.so) | [Download](https://github.com/monitoringartist/zabbix-docker-monitoring/raw/gh-pages/fedora33/5.4/zabbix_module_docker.so) | [Download](https://github.com/monitoringartist/zabbix-docker-monitoring/raw/gh-pages/fedora33/5.0/zabbix_module_docker.so) | [Download](https://github.com/monitoringartist/zabbix-docker-monitoring/raw/gh-pages/fedora33/4.0/zabbix_module_docker.so) |

| openSUSE 15  | [Download](https://github.com/monitoringartist/zabbix-docker-monitoring/raw/gh-pages/opensuse15/6.0/zabbix_module_docker.so) | [Download](https://github.com/monitoringartist/zabbix-docker-monitoring/raw/gh-pages/opensuse15/5.4/zabbix_module_docker.so) | [Download](https://github.com/monitoringartist/zabbix-docker-monitoring/raw/gh-pages/opensuse15/5.0/zabbix_module_docker.so) | [Download](https://github.com/monitoringartist/zabbix-docker-monitoring/raw/gh-pages/opensuse15/4.0/zabbix_module_docker.so) |

| openSUSE 42  | [Download](https://github.com/monitoringartist/zabbix-docker-monitoring/raw/gh-pages/opensuse42/6.0/zabbix_module_docker.so) | [Download](https://github.com/monitoringartist/zabbix-docker-monitoring/raw/gh-pages/opensuse42/5.4/zabbix_module_docker.so) | [Download](https://github.com/monitoringartist/zabbix-docker-monitoring/raw/gh-pages/opensuse42/5.0/zabbix_module_docker.so) | [Download](https://github.com/monitoringartist/zabbix-docker-monitoring/raw/gh-pages/opensuse42/4.0/zabbix_module_docker.so) |

| RHEL 7       | [Download](https://github.com/monitoringartist/zabbix-docker-monitoring/raw/gh-pages/centos7/6.0/zabbix_module_docker.so) | [Download](https://github.com/monitoringartist/zabbix-docker-monitoring/raw/gh-pages/centos7/5.4/zabbix_module_docker.so) | [Download](https://github.com/monitoringartist/zabbix-docker-monitoring/raw/gh-pages/centos7/5.0/zabbix_module_docker.so) | [Download](https://github.com/monitoringartist/zabbix-docker-monitoring/raw/gh-pages/centos7/4.0/zabbix_module_docker.so) |

| Ubuntu 20    | [Download](https://github.com/monitoringartist/zabbix-docker-monitoring/raw/gh-pages/ubuntu20/6.0/zabbix_module_docker.so) | [Download](https://github.com/monitoringartist/zabbix-docker-monitoring/raw/gh-pages/ubuntu20/5.4/zabbix_module_docker.so) | [Download](https://github.com/monitoringartist/zabbix-docker-monitoring/raw/gh-pages/ubuntu20/5.0/zabbix_module_docker.so) | [Download](https://github.com/monitoringartist/zabbix-docker-monitoring/raw/gh-pages/ubuntu20/4.0/zabbix_module_docker.so) |

| Ubuntu 18    | [Download](https://github.com/monitoringartist/zabbix-docker-monitoring/raw/gh-pages/ubuntu18/6.0/zabbix_module_docker.so) | [Download](https://github.com/monitoringartist/zabbix-docker-monitoring/raw/gh-pages/ubuntu18/5.4/zabbix_module_docker.so) | [Download](https://github.com/monitoringartist/zabbix-docker-monitoring/raw/gh-pages/ubuntu18/5.0/zabbix_module_docker.so) | [Download](https://github.com/monitoringartist/zabbix-docker-monitoring/raw/gh-pages/ubuntu18/4.0/zabbix_module_docker.so) |

| Ubuntu 16    | [Download](https://github.com/monitoringartist/zabbix-docker-monitoring/raw/gh-pages/ubuntu16/6.0/zabbix_module_docker.so) | [Download](https://github.com/monitoringartist/zabbix-docker-monitoring/raw/gh-pages/ubuntu16/5.4/zabbix_module_docker.so) | [Download](https://github.com/monitoringartist/zabbix-docker-monitoring/raw/gh-pages/ubuntu16/5.0/zabbix_module_docker.so) | [Download](https://github.com/monitoringartist/zabbix-docker-monitoring/raw/gh-pages/ubuntu16/4.0/zabbix_module_docker.so) |

| Ubuntu 14    | [Download](https://github.com/monitoringartist/zabbix-docker-monitoring/raw/gh-pages/ubuntu14/6.0/zabbix_module_docker.so) | [Download](https://github.com/monitoringartist/zabbix-docker-monitoring/raw/gh-pages/ubuntu14/5.4/zabbix_module_docker.so) | [Download](https://github.com/monitoringartist/zabbix-docker-monitoring/raw/gh-pages/ubuntu14/5.0/zabbix_module_docker.so) | [Download](https://github.com/monitoringartist/zabbix-docker-monitoring/raw/gh-pages/ubuntu14/4.0/zabbix_module_docker.so) |

If the provided build doesn't work on your system, please see section [Compilation](#compilation).

You can check [folder dockerfiles](https://github.com/monitoringartist/zabbix-docker-monitoring/tree/master/dockerfiles),

where Dockerfiles for different OS/Zabbix versions can be customised.

# Grafana dashboard

Custom Grafana dashboard for Docker monitoring with used Zabbix Docker (Mesos, Marathon/Chronos) templates are available in [Grafana Zabbix dashboards repo](https://github.com/monitoringartist/grafana-zabbix-dashboards).

![Grafana dashboard Overview Docker](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/monitoringartist/grafana-zabbix-dashboards/master/overview-docker/overview-docker.png) 

# Available metrics

Note: cid - container ID, two options are available:

- full container ID (macro *{#FCONTAINERID}*), e.g.

*2599a1d88f75ea2de7283cbf469ea00f0e5d42aaace95f90ffff615c16e8fade*

- human name or short container ID (macros *{#HCONTAINERID}* or *{#SCONTAINERID}*) - prefix "/" must be used, e.g.

*/zabbix-server* or */2599a1d88f75*

| Key | Description |

| --- | ----------- |

| **docker.discovery[\,\,\]** | **LLD container discovering:**
Only running containers are discovered.
[Additional Docker permissions](#additional-docker-permissions) are needed when you want to see container name (human name) in metrics/graphs instead of short container ID. Optional parameters are used for definition of HCONTAINERID - docker.inspect function will be used in this case.
For example:
*docker.discovery[Config,Env,MESOS_TASK_ID=]* is recommended for Mesos/Chronos/Marathon container monitoring
Note 1: *docker.discovery* is faster version of *docker.discovery[Name]*
Note 2: Available macros:
*{#FCONTAINERID}* - full container ID (64 character string)
*{#SCONTAINERID}* - short container ID (12 character string)
*{#HCONTAINERID}* - human name of container
*{#SYSTEM.HOSTNAME}* - system hostname |

| **docker.port.discovery[cid,\]** | **LLD published container port dicovering:**
**protocol** - port protocol, which should be discovered, default value *all*, available protocols: *tcp,udp* |

| **docker.mem[cid,mmetric]** | **Memory metrics:**
**mmetric** - any available memory metric in the pseudo-file memory.stat, e.g.: *cache, rss, mapped_file, pgpgin, pgpgout, swap, pgfault, pgmajfault, inactive_anon, active_anon, inactive_file, active_file, unevictable, hierarchical_memory_limit, hierarchical_memsw_limit, total_cache, total_rss, total_mapped_file, total_pgpgin, total_pgpgout, total_swap, total_pgfault, total_pgmajfault, total_inactive_anon, total_active_anon, total_inactive_file, total_active_file, total_unevictable*, Note: if you have a problem with memory metrics, be sure that memory cgroup subsystem is enabled - kernel parameter: *cgroup_enable=memory* |

| **docker.cpu[cid,cmetric]** | **CPU metrics:**
**cmetric** - any available CPU metric in the pseudo-file cpuacct.stat/cpu.stat, e.g.: *system, user, total (current sum of system/user* or container [throttling metrics](https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html/Resource_Management_Guide/sec-cpu.html): *nr_throttled, throttled_time*
Note: CPU user/system/total metrics must be recalculated to % utilization value by Zabbix - *Delta (speed per second)*. |

| **docker.dev[cid,bfile,bmetric]** | **Blk IO metrics:**
**bfile** - container blkio pseudo-file, e.g.: *blkio.io_merged, blkio.io_queued, blkio.io_service_bytes, blkio.io_serviced, blkio.io_service_time, blkio.io_wait_time, blkio.sectors, blkio.time, blkio.avg_queue_size, blkio.idle_time, blkio.dequeue, ...*
**bmetric** - any available blkio metric in selected pseudo-file, e.g.: *Total*. Option for selected block device only is also available e.g. *'8:0 Sync'* (quotes must be used in key parameter in this case)
Note: Some pseudo blkio files are available only if kernel config *CONFIG_DEBUG_BLK_CGROUP=y*, see recommended docs. |

| **docker.inspect[cid,par1,\,\]** | **Docker inspection:**
Requested value from Docker inspect JSON object (e.g. [API v1.21](http://docs.docker.com/engine/reference/api/docker_remote_api_v1.21/#inspect-a-container)) is returned.
**par1** - name of 1st level JSON property
**par2** - optional name of 2nd level JSON property
**par3** - optional name of 3rd level JSON property or selector of item in the JSON array
For example:
*docker.inspect[cid,Config,Image], docker.inspect[cid,NetworkSettings,IPAddress], docker.inspect[cid,Config,Env,MESOS_TASK_ID=], docker.inspect[cid,State,StartedAt], docker.inspect[cid,Name]*
Note 1: Requested value must be plain text/numeric value. JSON objects and booleans are not supported.
Note 2: [Additional Docker permissions](#additional-docker-permissions) are needed.
Note 3: If you use selector for selecting value in array, then selector string is removed from returned value. |

| **docker.info[info]** | **Docker information:**
Requested value from Docker info JSON object (e.g. [API v1.21](http://docs.docker.com/engine/reference/api/docker_remote_api_v1.21/#display-system-wide-information)) is returned.
**info** - name of requested information, e.g. *Containers, Images, NCPU, ...*
Note: [Additional Docker permissions](#additional-docker-permissions) are needed. |

| **docker.stats[cid,par1,\,\]** | **Docker container resource usage statistics:**
Docker version 1.5+ is required
Requested value from Docker stats JSON object (e.g. [API v1.21](http://docs.docker.com/engine/reference/api/docker_remote_api_v1.21/#get-container-stats-based-on-resource-usage)) is returned.
**par1** - name of 1st level JSON property
**par2** - optional name of 2nd level JSON property
**par3** - optional name of 3rd level JSON property
For example:
*docker.stats[cid,memory_stats,usage], docker.stats[cid,network,rx_bytes], docker.stats[cid,cpu_stats,cpu_usage,total_usage]*
Note 1: Requested value must be plain text/numeric value. JSON objects/arrays are not supported.
Note 2: [Additional Docker permissions](#additional-docker-permissions) are needed.
Note 3: The most accurate way to get Docker container stats, but it's also the slowest (0.3-0.7s), because data are readed from on demand container stats stream. |

| **docker.cstatus[status]** | **Count of Docker containers in defined status:**
**status** - container status, available statuses:
*All* - count of all containers
*Up* - count of running containers (Paused included)
*Exited* - count of exited containers
*Crashed* - count of crashed containers (exit code != 0)
*Paused* - count of paused containers
Note: [Additional Docker permissions](#additional-docker-permissions) are needed.|

| **docker.istatus[status]** | **Count of Docker images in defined status:**
**status** - image status, available statuses:
*All* - all images
*Dangling* - count of dangling images
Note: [Additional Docker permissions](#additional-docker-permissions) are needed.|

| **docker.vstatus[status]** | **Count of Docker volumes in defined status:**
**status** - volume status, available statuses:
*All* - all volumes
*Dangling* - count of dangling volumes
Note 1: [Additional Docker permissions](#additional-docker-permissions) are needed.
Note2: Docker API v1.21+ is required|

| **docker.up[cid]** | **Running state check:**
1 if container is running, otherwise 0 |

| **docker.modver** | Version of the loaded docker module |

| | |

| **docker.xnet[cid,interface,nmetric]** | **Network metrics (experimental):**
**interface** - name of interface, e.g. eth0, if name is *all*, then sum of selected metric across all interfaces is returned (`lo` included)
**nmetric** - any available network metric name from output of command netstat -i:
*MTU, Met, RX-OK, RX-ERR, RX-DRP, RX-OVR, TX-OK, TX-ERR, TX-DRP, TX-OVR*
For example:
*docker.xnet[cid,eth0,TX-OK]
docker.xnet[cid,all,RX-ERR]*
Note 1: [Root permissions (AllowRoot=1)](#additional-docker-permissions) are required, because net namespaces (`/var/run/netns/`) are created/used 
Note 2: **netstat** is needed to be installed and available in PATH|

Container log monitoring

========================

[Standard Zabbix log monitoring](https://www.zabbix.com/documentation/3.0/manual/config/items/itemtypes/log_items)

can be used. Keep in mind, that Zabbix agent must support active mode for log

monitoring. Stdout/stderr Docker container console output is logged by Docker

into file */var/lib/docker/containers/\/\-json.log* (fid - full container

ID = macro *{#FCONTAINERID}*). If the application in container is not able to

log to stdout/stderr, link log file to stdout/stderr. For example:

```bash

ln -sf /dev/stdout /var/log/nginx/access.log

ln -sf /dev/stderr /var/log/nginx/error.log

```

Example of *-json* log file:

```

{"log":"2015-07-03 00:15:05,870 DEBG fd 13 closed, stopped monitoring \u003cPOutputDispatcher at 37974528 for \u003cSubprocess at 37493936 with name php-fpm in state STARTING\u003e (stdout)\u003e\n","stream":"stdout","time":"2015-07-03T00:15:05.871956756Z"}

{"log":"2015-07-03 00:15:05,873 DEBG fd 17 closed, stopped monitoring \u003cPOutputDispatcher at 37974240 for \u003cSubprocess at 37493936 with name php-fpm in state STARTING\u003e (stderr)\u003e\n","stream":"stdout","time":"2015-07-03T00:15:05.875886957Z"}

{"log":"2015-07-03 00:15:06,878 INFO success: nginx entered RUNNING state, process has stayed up for \u003e than 1 seconds (startsecs)\n","stream":"stdout","time":"2015-07-03T00:15:06.882435459Z"}

{"log":"2015-07-03 00:15:06,879 INFO success: nginx-reload entered RUNNING state, process has stayed up for \u003e than 1 seconds (startsecs)\n","stream":"stdout","time":"2015-07-03T00:15:06.882548486Z"}

```

Recommended Zabbix log key for this case:

```

log[/var/lib/docker/containers//-json.log,"\"log\":\"(.*)\",\"stream",,,skip,\1]

```

You can utilize Zabbix LLD for automatic Docker container log monitoring. In this case it'll be:

```

log[/var/lib/docker/containers/{#FCONTAINERID}/{#FCONTAINERID}-json.log,"\"log\":\"(.*)\",\"stream",,,skip,\1]

```

Images

======

Docker container CPU graph in Zabbix:

![Docker container CPU graph in Zabbix](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/monitoringartist/zabbix-docker-monitoring/master/doc/zabbix-docker-container-cpu-graph.png)

Docker container memory graph in Zabbix:

![Docker container memory graph in Zabbix](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/monitoringartist/zabbix-docker-monitoring/master/doc/zabbix-docker-container-memory-graph.png)

Docker container state graph in Zabbix:

![Docker container state graph in Zabbix](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/monitoringartist/zabbix-docker-monitoring/master/doc/zabbix-docker-container-state-graph.png)

Additional Docker permissions

=============================

You have two options, how to get additional Docker permissions:

- Add zabbix user to docker group (recommended option):

```bash

usermod -aG docker zabbix

```

**Or**

- Edit zabbix_agentd.conf and set AllowRoot (Zabbix agent with root

permissions):

```bash

AllowRoot=1

```

Note: If you use Docker from RHEL/Centos repositories, then you have to

use *AllowRoot=1* option.

SELinux

-------

If you are on a system that has `SELinux` in enforcing-mode (check with `getenforce`), you can make it work with this SELinux module. This module will persist reboots. Save it, then run:

```bash

wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/monitoringartist/zabbix-docker-monitoring/master/selinux/zabbix-docker.te

checkmodule -M -m -o zabbix-docker.mod zabbix-docker.te

semodule_package -o zabbix-docker.pp -m zabbix-docker.mod

semodule -i zabbix-docker.pp

```

Compilation

===========

You have to compile the module if provided binary doesn't work on your system.

Basic compilation steps (please use right Zabbix branch version):

```bash

# Required CentOS/RHEL apps:   yum install -y wget autoconf automake gcc git pcre-devel jansson-devel

# Required Debian/Ubuntu apps: apt-get install -y wget autoconf automake gcc git make pkg-config libpcre3-dev libjansson-dev

# Required Fedora apps:        dnf install -y wget autoconf automake gcc git make pcre-devel jansson-devel

# Required openSUSE apps:      zypper install -y wget autoconf automake gcc git make pkg-config pcre-devel libjansson-devel

# Required Gentoo apps 1:      emerge net-misc/wget sys-devel/autoconf sys-devel/automake sys-devel/gcc

# Required Gentoo apps 2:      emerge dev-vcs/git sys-devel/make dev-util/pkgconfig dev-libs/libpcre dev-libs/jansson

# Source, use your version:    git clone -b 4.2.2 --depth 1 https://github.com/zabbix/zabbix.git /usr/src/zabbix

cd /usr/src/zabbix

./bootstrap.sh

./configure --enable-agent

mkdir src/modules/zabbix_module_docker

cd src/modules/zabbix_module_docker

wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/monitoringartist/zabbix-docker-monitoring/master/src/modules/zabbix_module_docker/zabbix_module_docker.c

wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/monitoringartist/zabbix-docker-monitoring/master/src/modules/zabbix_module_docker/Makefile

make

```

The output will be the binary file (dynamically linked shared object library) `zabbix_module_docker.so`, which can be loaded by Zabbix agent.

You can also use Docker for compilation. Example of Dockerfiles, which have been prepared for module compilation - https://github.com/monitoringartist/zabbix-docker-monitoring/tree/master/dockerfiles

Troubleshooting

===============

Edit your zabbix_agentd.conf and set DebugLevel:

    DebugLevel=4

Module debugs messages will be available in standard zabbix_agentd.log.

Issues and feature requests

===========================

Please use Github issue tracker.

Module vs. UserParameter script

===============================

The module is ~10x quicker because it's compiled the binary code.

I've used my project [Zabbix agent stress test](https://github.com/monitoringartist/zabbix-agent-stress-test)

for performance tests.

Part of config in zabbix_agentd.conf:

    UserParameter=xdocker.cpu[*],grep $2 /cgroup/cpuacct/docker/$1/cpuacct.stat | awk '{print $$2}'

    LoadModule=zabbix_module_docker.so

Tests:

[root@dev zabbix-agent-stress-test]# 
    Warning: you are 
    Starting 20 threads, 
    Success: 291    Errors: 0 
    Success: 548    Errors: 0 
    Success: 803    Errors: 0 
    Success: 1060   Errors: 0 
    Success: 1310   Errors: 0 
    Success: 1570   Errors: 0 
    Success: 1838   Errors: 0 
    Success: 2106   Errors: 0 
    Success: 2382   Errors: 0 
    Success: 2638   Errors: 0 
    Success: 2905   Errors: 0 
    Success: 3181   Errors: 0 
    Success: 3450   Errors: 0 
    Success: 3678   Errors: 0 
    Success: 3923   Errors: 0 
    Success: 4178   Errors: 0 
    Success: 4434   Errors: 0 
    Success: 4696   Errors: 0 
    Success: 4968   Errors: 0 
    Success: 5237   Errors: 0 
    ^C 
    Success: 5358   Errors: 0 
    Avg rate based on

./zabbix-agent-stress-test.py -s 127.0.0.1 -k "xdocker.cpu[d5bf68ec1fb570d8ac3047226397edd8618eed14278ce035c98fbceef02d7730,system]" -t 20 starting more threads, than your system has available CPU cores (4)! host: 127.0.0.1:10050, key: xdocker.cpu[d5bf68ec1fb570d8ac3047226397edd8618eed14278ce035c98fbceef02d7730,system] Avg speed: 279.68 qps   Execution time: 1.00 sec Avg speed: 349.04 qps   Execution time: 2.00 sec Avg speed: 282.72 qps   Execution time: 3.00 sec Avg speed: 209.31 qps   Execution time: 4.00 sec Avg speed: 187.14 qps   Execution time: 5.00 sec Avg speed: 178.80 qps   Execution time: 6.01 sec Avg speed: 189.36 qps   Execution time: 7.01 sec Avg speed: 225.68 qps   Execution time: 8.01 sec Avg speed: 344.51 qps   Execution time: 9.01 sec Avg speed: 327.88 qps   Execution time: 10.01 sec Avg speed: 349.93 qps   Execution time: 11.01 sec Avg speed: 352.23 qps   Execution time: 12.01 sec Avg speed: 239.38 qps   Execution time: 13.01 sec Avg speed: 209.88 qps   Execution time: 14.02 sec Avg speed: 180.30 qps   Execution time: 15.02 sec Avg speed: 201.58 qps   Execution time: 16.02 sec Avg speed: 191.92 qps   Execution time: 17.02 sec Avg speed: 332.06 qps   Execution time: 18.02 sec Avg speed: 325.55 qps   Execution time: 19.02 sec Avg speed: 325.61 qps   Execution time: 20.02 sec Avg rate: 192.56 qps    Execution time: 20.53 sec total execution time and success connections: 261.02 qps

    [root@dev zabbix-agent-stress-test]# ./zabbix-agent-stress-test.py -s 127.0.0.1 -k "docker.cpu[d5bf68ec1fb570d8ac3047226397edd8618eed14278ce035c98fbceef02d7730,system]" -t 20

    Warning: you are starting more threads, than your system has available CPU cores (4)!

    Starting 20 threads, host: 127.0.0.1:10050, key: docker.cpu[d5bf68ec1fb570d8ac3047226397edd8618eed14278ce035c98fbceef02d7730,system]

    Success: 2828   Errors: 0       Avg speed: 2943.98 qps  Execution time: 1.00 sec

    Success: 5095   Errors: 0       Avg speed: 1975.77 qps  Execution time: 2.01 sec

    Success: 7623   Errors: 0       Avg speed: 2574.55 qps  Execution time: 3.01 sec

    Success: 10098  Errors: 0       Avg speed: 4720.20 qps  Execution time: 4.02 sec

    Success: 12566  Errors: 0       Avg speed: 3423.56 qps  Execution time: 5.02 sec

    Success: 14706  Errors: 0       Avg speed: 2397.01 qps  Execution time: 6.03 sec

    Success: 17128  Errors: 0       Avg speed: 903.63 qps   Execution time: 7.05 sec

    Success: 19520  Errors: 0       Avg speed: 2663.53 qps  Execution time: 8.05 sec

    Success: 21899  Errors: 0       Avg speed: 1516.36 qps  Execution time: 9.07 sec

    Success: 24219  Errors: 0       Avg speed: 3570.47 qps  Execution time: 10.07 sec

    Success: 26676  Errors: 0       Avg speed: 1204.58 qps  Execution time: 11.08 sec

    Success: 29162  Errors: 0       Avg speed: 2719.87 qps  Execution time: 12.08 sec

    Success: 31671  Errors: 0       Avg speed: 2265.67 qps  Execution time: 13.08 sec

    Success: 34186  Errors: 0       Avg speed: 3490.64 qps  Execution time: 14.08 sec

    Success: 36749  Errors: 0       Avg speed: 2094.59 qps  Execution time: 15.09 sec

    Success: 39047  Errors: 0       Avg speed: 3213.35 qps  Execution time: 16.09 sec

    Success: 41361  Errors: 0       Avg speed: 3171.67 qps  Execution time: 17.09 sec

    Success: 43739  Errors: 0       Avg speed: 3946.53 qps  Execution time: 18.09 sec

    Success: 46100  Errors: 0       Avg speed: 1308.88 qps  Execution time: 19.09 sec

    Success: 48556  Errors: 0       Avg speed: 2663.52 qps  Execution time: 20.09 sec

    ^C

    Success: 49684  Errors: 0       Avg rate: 2673.85 qps   Execution time: 20.52 sec

    Avg rate based on total execution time and success connections: 2420.70 qps

Results of 20s stress test:

| StartAgent value | Module qps | UserParameter script qps |

| ---------------- | ---------- | ------------------------ |

| 3 | 2420.70 | 261.02 |

| 10 | 2612.20 | 332.62 |

| 20 | 2487.93 | 348.52 |

Discovery test:

Part of config in zabbix_agentd.conf:

    UserParameter=xdocker.discovery,/etc/zabbix/scripts/container_discover.sh

    LoadModule=zabbix_module_docker.so

Shell implementation container_discover.sh:

Test with 237 running containers:

    [root@dev ~]# docker info

    Containers: 237

    Images: 121

    Storage Driver: btrfs

    Execution Driver: native-0.2

    Kernel Version: 3.10.0-229.el7.x86_64

    Operating System: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 7.1 (Maipo)

    CPUs: 10

    Total Memory: 62.76 GiB

    Name: dev.local

    ID: AOAM:BO3G:5MCE:5FMM:IWKP:NPM4:PRKV:ZZ34:BYFL:XGAV:SRNJ:LKDH

    Username: username

    Registry: [https://index.docker.io/v1/]

    [root@dev ~]# time zabbix_get -s 127.0.0.1 -k docker.discovery > /dev/null

    real    0m0.112s

    user    0m0.000s

    sys     0m0.003s

    [root@dev ~]# time zabbix_get -s 127.0.0.1 -k xdocker.discovery > /dev/null

    real    0m5.856s

    user    0m0.000s

    sys     0m0.002s

    [root@dev ~]# ./zabbix-agent-stress-test.py -s 127.0.0.1 -k xdocker.discovery

    Starting 1 threads, host: 127.0.0.1:10050, key: xdocker.discovery

    Success: 0      Errors: 0       Avg rate: 0.00 qps      Execution time: 1.00 sec

    Success: 0      Errors: 0       Avg rate: 0.00 qps      Execution time: 2.00 sec

    Success: 0      Errors: 0       Avg rate: 0.00 qps      Execution time: 3.02 sec

    Success: 0      Errors: 0       Avg rate: 0.00 qps      Execution time: 4.02 sec

    Success: 0      Errors: 0       Avg rate: 0.00 qps      Execution time: 5.02 sec

    Success: 1      Errors: 0       Avg rate: 0.10 qps      Execution time: 6.02 sec

    Success: 1      Errors: 0       Avg rate: 0.10 qps      Execution time: 7.02 sec

    Success: 1      Errors: 0       Avg rate: 0.10 qps      Execution time: 8.02 sec

    Success: 1      Errors: 0       Avg rate: 0.10 qps      Execution time: 9.02 sec

    Success: 1      Errors: 0       Avg rate: 0.10 qps      Execution time: 10.02 sec

    Success: 2      Errors: 0       Avg rate: 0.14 qps      Execution time: 11.02 sec

    Success: 2      Errors: 0       Avg rate: 0.14 qps      Execution time: 12.03 sec

    Success: 2      Errors: 0       Avg rate: 0.14 qps      Execution time: 13.03 sec

    Success: 2      Errors: 0       Avg rate: 0.14 qps      Execution time: 14.03 sec

    Success: 2      Errors: 0       Avg rate: 0.14 qps      Execution time: 15.03 sec

    Success: 3      Errors: 0       Avg rate: 0.16 qps      Execution time: 16.03 sec

    Success: 3      Errors: 0       Avg rate: 0.16 qps      Execution time: 17.03 sec

    Success: 3      Errors: 0       Avg rate: 0.16 qps      Execution time: 18.03 sec

    Success: 3      Errors: 0       Avg rate: 0.16 qps      Execution time: 19.03 sec

    Success: 3      Errors: 0       Avg rate: 0.16 qps      Execution time: 20.03 sec

    Success: 3      Errors: 0       Avg rate: 0.16 qps      Execution time: 21.04 sec

    Success: 4      Errors: 0       Avg rate: 0.17 qps      Execution time: 22.04 sec

    Success: 4      Errors: 0       Avg rate: 0.17 qps      Execution time: 23.04 sec

    Success: 4      Errors: 0       Avg rate: 0.17 qps      Execution time: 24.04 sec

    Success: 4      Errors: 0       Avg rate: 0.17 qps      Execution time: 25.05 sec

    Success: 5      Errors: 0       Avg rate: 0.20 qps      Execution time: 26.05 sec

    Success: 5      Errors: 0       Avg rate: 0.20 qps      Execution time: 27.05 sec

    Success: 5      Errors: 0       Avg rate: 0.20 qps      Execution time: 28.05 sec

    Success: 5      Errors: 0       Avg rate: 0.20 qps      Execution time: 29.05 sec

    Success: 5      Errors: 0       Avg rate: 0.20 qps      Execution time: 30.05 sec

    Success: 5      Errors: 0       Avg rate: 0.20 qps      Execution time: 31.05 sec

    ^C

    Success: 5      Errors: 0       Avg rate: 0.20 qps      Execution time: 31.35 sec

    Avg rate based on total execution time and success connections: 0.16 qps

    [root@dev ~]# ./zabbix-agent-stress-test.py -s 127.0.0.1 -k docker.discovery

    Starting 1 threads, host: 127.0.0.1:10050, key: docker.discovery

    Success: 5      Errors: 0       Avg rate: 6.26 qps      Execution time: 1.00 sec

    Success: 5      Errors: 0       Avg rate: 6.26 qps      Execution time: 2.00 sec

    Success: 12     Errors: 0       Avg rate: 7.45 qps      Execution time: 3.00 sec

    Success: 20     Errors: 0       Avg rate: 6.77 qps      Execution time: 4.00 sec

    Success: 28     Errors: 0       Avg rate: 7.82 qps      Execution time: 5.00 sec

    Success: 36     Errors: 0       Avg rate: 7.21 qps      Execution time: 6.01 sec

    Success: 43     Errors: 0       Avg rate: 10.22 qps     Execution time: 7.01 sec

    Success: 43     Errors: 0       Avg rate: 10.22 qps     Execution time: 8.01 sec

    Success: 50     Errors: 0       Avg rate: 6.79 qps      Execution time: 9.01 sec

    Success: 57     Errors: 0       Avg rate: 6.11 qps      Execution time: 10.01 sec

    Success: 66     Errors: 0       Avg rate: 8.50 qps      Execution time: 11.01 sec

    Success: 73     Errors: 0       Avg rate: 6.51 qps      Execution time: 12.01 sec

    Success: 81     Errors: 0       Avg rate: 7.18 qps      Execution time: 13.01 sec

    Success: 82     Errors: 0       Avg rate: 7.85 qps      Execution time: 14.01 sec

    Success: 87     Errors: 0       Avg rate: 6.54 qps      Execution time: 15.02 sec

    Success: 95     Errors: 0       Avg rate: 7.84 qps      Execution time: 16.02 sec

    Success: 103    Errors: 0       Avg rate: 9.24 qps      Execution time: 17.02 sec

    Success: 111    Errors: 0       Avg rate: 9.94 qps      Execution time: 18.02 sec

    Success: 119    Errors: 0       Avg rate: 7.63 qps      Execution time: 19.02 sec

    Success: 120    Errors: 0       Avg rate: 6.70 qps      Execution time: 20.12 sec

    Success: 121    Errors: 0       Avg rate: 3.61 qps      Execution time: 21.12 sec

    Success: 128    Errors: 0       Avg rate: 8.46 qps      Execution time: 22.12 sec

    Success: 136    Errors: 0       Avg rate: 7.63 qps      Execution time: 23.12 sec

    Success: 144    Errors: 0       Avg rate: 6.21 qps      Execution time: 24.12 sec

    Success: 150    Errors: 0       Avg rate: 6.89 qps      Execution time: 25.12 sec

    Success: 157    Errors: 0       Avg rate: 10.87 qps     Execution time: 26.18 sec

    Success: 160    Errors: 0       Avg rate: 7.52 qps      Execution time: 27.18 sec

    Success: 168    Errors: 0       Avg rate: 9.81 qps      Execution time: 28.18 sec

    Success: 174    Errors: 0       Avg rate: 6.69 qps      Execution time: 29.18 sec

    Success: 181    Errors: 0       Avg rate: 6.35 qps      Execution time: 30.18 sec

    Success: 188    Errors: 0       Avg rate: 7.64 qps      Execution time: 31.19 sec

    ^C

    Success: 193    Errors: 0       Avg rate: 8.83 qps      Execution time: 31.79 sec

    Avg rate based on total execution time and success connections: 6.07 qps

How it works

============

See https://blog.docker.com/2013/10/gathering-lxc-docker-containers-metrics/

Metrics for containers are read from cgroup file system.

[Docker API](https://docs.docker.com/reference/api/docker_remote_api) is used

for discovering and some keys. However root or docker permissions are required

for communication with Docker via unix socket. You can test API also in your

command line:

```bash

echo -e "GET /containers/json?all=0 HTTP/1.0\r\n" | nc -U /var/run/docker.sock

# or if you have curl 7.40+

curl --unix-socket /var/run/docker.sock --no-buffer -XGET v1.24/containers/json?all=0

```

# Recommended docs

- https://docs.docker.com/engine/admin/runmetrics/

- https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/cgroup-v1/blkio-controller.txt

- https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/cgroup-v1/memory.txt

- https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/cgroup-v1/cpuacct.txt

- https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html/Resource_Management_Guide/index.html

# Built-in Zabbix Docker monitoring

Keep in mind that Zabbix itself supports Docker monitoring. It is available only for agent2 - see [Zabbix agent2 doc](https://www.zabbix.com/integrations/docker).

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