Steadybit extension-prometheus

A Steadybit check implementation to gather Prometheus metrics within chaos engineering experiment executions. These can be used as checks within experiments, e.g., to implement pre- and post-conditions.

Learn about the capabilities of this extension in our Reliability Hub.

Configuration

Environment Variable	Helm value	Meaning	Required
STEADYBIT_EXTENSION_PROMETHEUS_INSTANCE_<n>_NAME	prometheus.name	Name of the Prometheus instance	yes
STEADYBIT_EXTENSION_PROMETHEUS_INSTANCE_<n>_ORIGIN	prometheus.origin	Url of the Prometheus	yes
STEADYBIT_EXTENSION_PROMETHEUS_INSTANCE_<n>_HEADER_KEY	prometheus.headerKey	Optional header key to send to the Prometheus API. Typically used for authentication purposes.	no
STEADYBIT_EXTENSION_PROMETHEUS_INSTANCE_<n>_HEADER_VALUE	prometheus.headerValue	Optional header value to send to the Prometheus API. Typically used for authentication purposes.	no
STEADYBIT_EXTENSION_DISCOVERY_ATTRIBUTES_EXCLUDES_INSTANCE	discovery.attributes.excludes.instance	List of Target Attributes which will be excluded during discovery. Checked by key equality and supporting trailing "*"	no

The extension supports all environment variables provided by steadybit/extension-kit.

Installation

We recommend deploying the extension with our official Helm chart.

Helm

helm repo add steadybit-extension-prometheus https://steadybit.github.io/extension-prometheus
helm repo update

helm upgrade steadybit-extension-prometheus \
  --install \
  --wait \
  --timeout 5m0s \
  --create-namespace \
  --namespace steadybit-agent \
  --set prometheus.name="dev" \
  --set prometheus.origin="http://prometheus-server.default.svc.cluster.local" \
  steadybit-extension-prometheus/steadybit-extension-prometheus

Docker

You may alternatively start the Docker container manually.

docker run \
  --env STEADYBIT_LOG_LEVEL=info \
  --expose 8087 \
  --env STEADYBIT_EXTENSION_PROMETHEUS_INSTANCE_0_NAME="{{SYMBOLIC_NAME}}" \
  --env STEADYBIT_EXTENSION_PROMETHEUS_INSTANCE_0_ORIGIN="{{PROMETHEUS_INSTANCE_SERVER_ORIGIN}}" \
  ghcr.io/steadybit/extension-prometheus:latest

Register the extension

Make sure to register the extension at the steadybit platform. Please refer to the documentation for more information.