beat-exporter for Prometheus

Exposes (file|metric)beat statistics from beats statistics endpoint to prometheus format, automaticly configuring collectors for apporiate beat type.

Current coverage

• filebeat
• metricbeat
• packetbeat - partial
• auditbeat - partial

Setup

Edit your *beat configuration and add following:

http:
  enabled: true
  host: localhost
  port: 5066

This will expose (file|metrics|*)beat http endpoint at given port.

Run beat-exporter:

$ ./beat-exporter

beat-exported default port for prometheus is: 9479

Point your Prometheus to 0.0.0.0:9479/metrics

Configuration reference

$ ./beat-exporter -help
Usage of ./beat-exporter:
  -beat.system
    	Expose system stats
  -beat.timeout duration
    	Timeout for trying to get stats from beat. (default 10s)
  -beat.uri string
    	HTTP API address of beat. (default "http://localhost:5066")
  -tls.certfile string
    	TLS certs file if you want to use tls instead of http
  -tls.keyfile string
    	TLS key file if you want to use tls instead of http
  -version
    	Show version and exit
  -web.listen-address string
    	Address to listen on for web interface and telemetry. (default ":9479")
  -web.telemetry-path string
    	Path under which to expose metrics. (default "/metrics")

Contribution

Please use pull requests, issues