Directus Extension: Prometheus

Expose directus metrics to your prometheus instance.

No configuration required.

Install into your project

npm install directus-extension-prometheus

Now, when you launch your directus instance, you will receive metrics on the /metrics endpoint.

Optional Configuration

Option	Description	Default
PROMETHEUS_METRICS_ENDPOINT	The endpoint on which the prometheus metrics are exposed.	"/metrics"

Default Metrics

Here is an example of the types of metrics exposed by this extension:

# HELP directus_request_count The total number of http requests
# TYPE directus_request_count counter
directus_request_count{status="200",method="GET"} 160
directus_request_count{status="200",method="POST"} 2
directus_request_count{status="304",method="GET"} 12
directus_request_count{status="204",method="PATCH"} 5

# HELP directus_request_duration_seconds The total duration of http requests
# TYPE directus_request_duration_seconds histogram
directus_request_duration_seconds_bucket{le="0.005",method="GET",status="200"} 10
directus_request_duration_seconds_bucket{le="0.01",method="GET",status="200"} 57
directus_request_duration_seconds_bucket{le="0.025",method="GET",status="200"} 141
directus_request_duration_seconds_bucket{le="0.05",method="GET",status="200"} 158
directus_request_duration_seconds_bucket{le="0.1",method="GET",status="200"} 160
directus_request_duration_seconds_bucket{le="0.25",method="GET",status="200"} 160
directus_request_duration_seconds_bucket{le="0.5",method="GET",status="200"} 160
directus_request_duration_seconds_bucket{le="1",method="GET",status="200"} 160
directus_request_duration_seconds_bucket{le="2.5",method="GET",status="200"} 160
directus_request_duration_seconds_bucket{le="5",method="GET",status="200"} 160
directus_request_duration_seconds_bucket{le="10",method="GET",status="200"} 160
directus_request_duration_seconds_bucket{le="+Inf",method="GET",status="200"} 160
directus_request_duration_seconds_sum{method="GET",status="200"} 2.239873104999999
directus_request_duration_seconds_count{method="GET",status="200"} 160
directus_request_duration_seconds_bucket{le="0.005",method="POST",status="200"} 0
directus_request_duration_seconds_bucket{le="0.01",method="POST",status="200"} 0
directus_request_duration_seconds_bucket{le="0.025",method="POST",status="200"} 1
directus_request_duration_seconds_bucket{le="0.05",method="POST",status="200"} 1
directus_request_duration_seconds_bucket{le="0.1",method="POST",status="200"} 2
directus_request_duration_seconds_bucket{le="0.25",method="POST",status="200"} 2
directus_request_duration_seconds_bucket{le="0.5",method="POST",status="200"} 2
directus_request_duration_seconds_bucket{le="1",method="POST",status="200"} 2
directus_request_duration_seconds_bucket{le="2.5",method="POST",status="200"} 2
directus_request_duration_seconds_bucket{le="5",method="POST",status="200"} 2
directus_request_duration_seconds_bucket{le="10",method="POST",status="200"} 2
directus_request_duration_seconds_bucket{le="+Inf",method="POST",status="200"} 2
directus_request_duration_seconds_sum{method="POST",status="200"} 0.08861785999999999
directus_request_duration_seconds_count{method="POST",status="200"} 2
directus_request_duration_seconds_bucket{le="0.005",method="GET",status="304"} 0
directus_request_duration_seconds_bucket{le="0.01",method="GET",status="304"} 6
directus_request_duration_seconds_bucket{le="0.025",method="GET",status="304"} 11
directus_request_duration_seconds_bucket{le="0.05",method="GET",status="304"} 12
directus_request_duration_seconds_bucket{le="0.1",method="GET",status="304"} 12
directus_request_duration_seconds_bucket{le="0.25",method="GET",status="304"} 12
directus_request_duration_seconds_bucket{le="0.5",method="GET",status="304"} 12
directus_request_duration_seconds_bucket{le="1",method="GET",status="304"} 12
directus_request_duration_seconds_bucket{le="2.5",method="GET",status="304"} 12
directus_request_duration_seconds_bucket{le="5",method="GET",status="304"} 12
directus_request_duration_seconds_bucket{le="10",method="GET",status="304"} 12
directus_request_duration_seconds_bucket{le="+Inf",method="GET",status="304"} 12
directus_request_duration_seconds_sum{method="GET",status="304"} 0.16695966899999998
directus_request_duration_seconds_count{method="GET",status="304"} 12
directus_request_duration_seconds_bucket{le="0.005",method="PATCH",status="204"} 0
directus_request_duration_seconds_bucket{le="0.01",method="PATCH",status="204"} 4
directus_request_duration_seconds_bucket{le="0.025",method="PATCH",status="204"} 5
directus_request_duration_seconds_bucket{le="0.05",method="PATCH",status="204"} 5
directus_request_duration_seconds_bucket{le="0.1",method="PATCH",status="204"} 5
directus_request_duration_seconds_bucket{le="0.25",method="PATCH",status="204"} 5
directus_request_duration_seconds_bucket{le="0.5",method="PATCH",status="204"} 5
directus_request_duration_seconds_bucket{le="1",method="PATCH",status="204"} 5
directus_request_duration_seconds_bucket{le="2.5",method="PATCH",status="204"} 5
directus_request_duration_seconds_bucket{le="5",method="PATCH",status="204"} 5
directus_request_duration_seconds_bucket{le="10",method="PATCH",status="204"} 5
directus_request_duration_seconds_bucket{le="+Inf",method="PATCH",status="204"} 5
directus_request_duration_seconds_sum{method="PATCH",status="204"} 0.059318456000000006
directus_request_duration_seconds_count{method="PATCH",status="204"} 5

# HELP directus_collection_size The total number of items in each collection
# TYPE directus_collection_size gauge
directus_collection_size{collection="directus_activity"} 4
directus_collection_size{collection="directus_collections"} 1
directus_collection_size{collection="directus_fields"} 1
directus_collection_size{collection="directus_files"} 0
directus_collection_size{collection="directus_folders"} 0
directus_collection_size{collection="directus_migrations"} 62
directus_collection_size{collection="directus_permissions"} 0
directus_collection_size{collection="directus_presets"} 0
directus_collection_size{collection="directus_relations"} 0
directus_collection_size{collection="directus_revisions"} 2
directus_collection_size{collection="directus_roles"} 1
directus_collection_size{collection="directus_sessions"} 2
directus_collection_size{collection="directus_settings"} 0
directus_collection_size{collection="directus_users"} 1
directus_collection_size{collection="directus_webhooks"} 0
directus_collection_size{collection="directus_dashboards"} 0
directus_collection_size{collection="directus_panels"} 0
directus_collection_size{collection="directus_notifications"} 0
directus_collection_size{collection="directus_shares"} 0
directus_collection_size{collection="directus_flows"} 0
directus_collection_size{collection="directus_operations"} 0
directus_collection_size{collection="thing"} 0

Adding Your Own Metrics

To add your own metrics, you have to create an extension. Most likely you'd want to create a hook extension but directus-extension-prometheus should be available from any api extension.

Usage:

const {globalRegister} = require('directus-extension-prometheus');
const {Counter} = require("prom-client");

module.exports = {
    default: ({init}) => {
        // here I use the app.before hook to register this metric as soon as the app starts
        init('app.before', () => {
            const count = new Counter({
                registers: [globalRegister],
                name: 'timey_wimey',
                help: 'People assume that time is a strict progression from cause to effect, but actually from a non-linear, non-subjective viewpoint, it’s more like a big ball of wibbly-wobbly, timey-wimey stuff.'
            });

            // increment the counter every second
            setInterval(() => {
                count.inc();
            }, 1000);
        });
    }
}