Keep an eye on yourPostgreSQL clusters

Open PostgreSQL Monitoring & PostgreSQLWorkload Analyzer

Julien Rouhaud

Dalibo - www.dalibo.org

pgconf.ru 2015 - February, 6th

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Monitoring?

I Service availabilityI Service, host, network...I Alerting

I Service performanceI GraphingI TrendingI Analysis

I At what cost ?I Open source projects

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What already exists

I Different kind of toolsI Command line tools / datasourcesI Generic solutions with probesI Dedicated solutions

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Command lineAnd data sources

I Nice featuresI But more useful for emergency situationsI Or need some external tool for best usage

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Command lineSome examples

I command lineI pg_viewI pg_activityI pgstats

I Data sourceI all pg_stat* catalogI pg_stat_statements, pg_stat_plansI pg_proctab

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Probe

I Gather informations for another toolI Can sometimes be used in standaloneI Some examples

I check_postgresI pg_monz

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Dedicated solution

I Complete for its purposeI More pertinentI But not numerous

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OPM and PoWA?

I OPMI aim to be a dedicated solutionI relies on existing or new probes and components

I PoWAI Dedicated performance solution

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EcosystemGeneric solution based on probes

Name Native graphing AlertingNagios No YesZabbix Yes YesMunin Yes YesCacti Yes No

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General Overview

I ProsI Robust and matureI AdaptableI Extendable

I ConsI UI not flexibleI Data not available for queryingI Except check_postgres, lack of really completedatasource

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NagiosSpecific

I Graphing (with third part tool like OPM V2)I PostgreSQL compatibility with

I check_postgres (Bucardo)I check_pg_activity (OPM)

I Hard to configure

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ZabbixOverview

I PostgreSQL compatibility withI pg_monz (only PG 9.2+)I postbix (no news since 2013)

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MuninOverview

I Native PostgreSQL compatibility, and withI pyMunin

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CactiOverview

I PostgreSQL compatibility withI Some workaround with check_postgres (MRTGformat)

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What about OPM

I And for Open PostgreSQL Monitoring ?

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OPMArchitecture

I NagiosI SchedulerI Alerting

I ProbesI PG specific : check_pgactivityI And monitoring-plugin

I StorageI PostgreSQL :)I 9.3 or more

I GUII Dedicated GUI

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OPMOverview

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check_pgactivityDesign

I Written from scratch, simpler codeI Provide lots of servicesI Handle a small cacheI Better perfdata

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check_pgactivityNew features

I Handle multi-database connections transparentlyI Can compute delta instead of raw valuesI Handle units

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check_pgactivityNew service examples

I bgwriter statisticsI better bloat estimationI Most important settings check

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check_pgactivityEnhanced service

I better bloat estimationI replication : pg_stat_replication or hot standbyI "Instant" hit ratio

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User interface

I Specific ACLI More modern graphsI Custom graph display, tags. . .

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EcosystemSpecific solution

Name Maintained Aim Alertingpg_statsinfo Yes Generalist Possiblepg_watch Dead? Generalist NopgObserver Yes Performance NopgCluu Yes Generalist NoPoWA Yes Performance No

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pg_statsinfoPros & cons

I ProsI Useful metrics

I ConsI Reports on demandI Needs specific C extension (reboot required) oneach monitored server

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pgObserverPros & cons

I ProsI Useful metricsI And novel metrics (like stored proc)I Dynamic reports

I ButI Focused on performance

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pgCluuPros & cons

I ProsI Useful metricsI General overviewI Easy to use

I ConsI Can be storage greedyI Need to generate reports

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PoWA 2.0

I A complete solutionI Focused on performance

I Handle a lot of datasourceI Requires PG 9.4 or more

I requires queryid exposure, sincepg_stat_statements 1.2

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What is PoWA

I PostgreSQL extension : powa-archivistI A background workerI Dedicated snapshot, aggregation and purgefunctions

I Dedicated UI : powa-web

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PoWAExtensions handled

I Existing extensionsI pg_stat_statementsI pg_proctab (WIP)

I New oneI pg_qualstatsI pg_stat_kcacheI pg_track_settings (WIP)

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pg_qualstatsPresentation

I Gather real-time statistics on where clauses perquery

I SeqScan / indexScanI OperatorI Number of executionI Filter ratioI . . .

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pg_qualstatsWhat it allows

I Find missing indexesI Which could be partialI Or on several columns if some other queries couldbenefit from it

I . . .

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pg_qualstatsWhat it allows

I EXPLAIN normalized queries with real valuesI Most frequentsI Most/Least filteringI . . .

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pg_stat_kcachePresentation

I Gather real-time per query system statistics

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pg_stat_kcacheWhat it allows

I Compute a real hit ratio (shared_buffers, systemcache and disk)

I Show CPU consumptionI global, per database and/or per query and/or peruser

I over time

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Demo

I demo-powa.dalibo.com powa // demoI demo.opm.io opm // demo

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For the future

I Nagios optional from OPMI Add ability to handle PoWA in OPMI Better use of metrics

I Trending / statistic analysisI Correlate informations

I Better index suggestion, global database analysisI And much more. . .

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Questions?

I julien.rouhaud@dalibo.comI opm-users@googlegroups.com -powa-users@googlegroups.com

I github.com/OPMDG - github.com/dalibo/powaI Thank you !

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