README.md

Open vSwitch Prometheus Exporter

A Prometheus exporter for Open vSwitch.

Getting Started

Prerequisites

• Golang
• Open vSwitch 2.5.0
• OVSDB Schema 7.12.1
• socketplane/libovsdb

Installing

• Clone the repository.
• Run the exporter: go run ovs_exporter.go.
• To Do: Vagrantfile with Open vSwitch & exporter.

Running the tests

• Unit tests can be run with go test ./....
• To Do: Integration tests

Deployment

• To deploy, build the binary: go build ovs_exporter.go.
• To run, you can specify many options, including:

  -listen-port string
        Address to listen on for web interface and telemetry. (default ":9107")
  -metrics-path string
        Path under which to expose metrics. (default "/metrics")
  -uri string
        URI to connect to Open vSwitch (default "/var/run/openvswitch/db.sock")

Authors

• Rosemary Wang - Initial work - joatmon08

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE.md file for details