NAME

Plack::Middleware::Statsd - send statistics to statsd

VERSION

version v0.7.1

SYNOPSIS

use Plack::Builder;
use Net::Statsd::Tiny;

builder {

  enable "Statsd",
    client      => Net::Statsd::Tiny->new( ... ),
    sample_rate => 1.0;

  ...

  sub {
    my ($env) = @_;

    # Send statistics via other middleware

    if (my $stats = $env->{'psgix.monitor.statsd'}) {

      $stats->increment('myapp.wibble');

    }

  };

};

DESCRIPTION

This middleware gathers metrics from the application send sends them to a statsd server.

ATTRIBUTES

client

This is a statsd client, such as an instance of Net::Statsd::Tiny.

It is required.

psgix.monitor.statsd will be set to the current client if it is not set.

The only restriction on the client is that it has the same API as Net::Statsd::Tiny or similar modules, by supporting the following methods:

• increment
• timing_ms or timing
• set_add

This has been tested with Net::Statsd::Lite and Net::Statsd::Client.

Other statsd client modules may be used via a wrapper class.

sample_rate

The default sampling rate to be used, which should be a value between 0 and 1. This will override the default rate of the "client", if there is one.

The default is 1.

histogram

This is a code reference to a wrapper around the "client" timing method. You do not need to set this unless you want to override it.

It takes as arguments the Plack environment and the arguments to pass to the client method, and calls that method. If there are errors then it attempts to log them.

increment

This is a code reference to a wrapper around the "client" increment method. You do not need to set this unless you want to override it.

It takes as arguments the Plack environment and the arguments to pass to the client method, and calls that method. If there are errors then it attempts to log them.

set_add

This is a code reference to a wrapper around the "client" set_add method. You do not need to set this unless you want to override it.

It takes as arguments the Plack environment and the arguments to pass to the client method, and calls that method. If there are errors then it attempts to log them.

catch_errors

If this is set to "1", then any fatal errors in the PSGI application will be caught and logged, and metrics will continue to be logged.

Alternatively, you may specify a subroutine that handles the errors and returns a valid response, for example.

sub handle_errors {
  my ( $env, $error ) = @_;

  if ( my $logger = $env->{'psgix.logger'} ) {
      $logger->( { level => 'error', message => $error } );
  }
  else {
      $env->{'psgi.errors'}->print($error);
  }

  return [
    503,
    [
       'Content-Type'   => 'text/plain',
       'Content-Length' => 11,
    ],
    [ 'Unavailable' ]
  ];
}

...

enable "Statsd",
   catch_errors => \&handle_errors;

This is disabled by default, which means that no metrics will be logged if there is a fatal error.

Added in v0.5.0.

METRICS

The following metrics are logged:

• psgi.request.method.$METHOD

  This increments a counter for the request method.

• psgi.request.remote_addr

  The remote address is added to the set.

• psgi.request.content-length

  The content-length of the request, if it is specified in the header.

  This is treated as a timing rather than a counter, so that statistics can be saved.

• psgi.request.content-type.$TYPE.$SUBTYPE

  A counter for the content type of request bodies is incremented, e.g. psgi.request.content-type.application.x-www-form-urlencoded.

  Any modifiers in the type, e.g. charset, will be ignored.

• psgi.response.content-length

  The content-length of the response, if it is specified in the header.

  This is treated as a timing rather than a counter, so that statistics can be saved.

• psgi.response.content-type.$TYPE.$SUBTYPE

  A counter for the content type is incremented, e.g. for a JPEG image, the counter psgi.response.content-type.image.jpeg is incremented.

  Any modifiers in the type, e.g. charset, will be ignored.

• psgi.response.status.$CODE

  A counter for the HTTP status code is incremented.

• psgi.response.time

  The response time, in ms.

  As of v0.3.1, this is no longer rounded up to an integer. If this causes problems with your statsd daemon, then you may need to use a subclassed version of your statsd client to work around this.

• psgi.response.x-sendfile

  This counter is incremented when the X-Sendfile header is added.

  The header is configured using the plack.xsendfile.type environment key, otherwise the HTTP_X_SENDFILE_TYPE environment variable.

  See Plack::Middleware::XSendfile for more information.

• psgi.worker.pid

  The worker PID is added to the set.

  Note that this is set after the request is processed. This means that while the set size can be used to indicate the number of active workers, if the workers are busy (i.e. longer request processing times), then this will show a lower number.

  This was added in v0.3.10.

• psgix.harakiri

  This counter is incremented when the harakiri flag is set.

If you want to rename these, or modify sampling rates, then you will need to use a wrapper class for the "client".

EXAMPLES

Using from Catalyst

You can access the configured statsd client from Catalyst:

sub finalize {
  my $c = shift;

  if (my $statsd = $c->req->env->{'psgix.monitor.statsd'}) {
    ...
  }

  $c->next::method(@_);
}

Alternatively, you can use Catalyst::Plugin::Statsd.

Using with Plack::Middleware::SizeLimit

Plack::Middleware::SizeLimit version 0.11 supports callbacks that allow you to monitor process size information. In your app.psgi:

use Net::Statsd::Tiny;
use Try::Tiny;

my $statsd = Net::Statsd::Tiny->new( ... );

builder {

  enable "Statsd",
    client      => $statsd,
    sample_rate => 1.0;

  ...

  enable "SizeLimit",
    ...
    callback => sub {
        my ($size, $shared, $unshared) = @_;
        try {
            $statsd->timing_ms('psgi.proc.size', $size);
            $statsd->timing_ms('psgi.proc.shared', $shared);
            $statsd->timing_ms('psgi.proc.unshared', $unshared);
        }
        catch {
            warn $_;
        };
    };

KNOWN ISSUES

Non-standard HTTP status codes

Unknown Status Codes

If your application is returning a status code that is not handled by HTTP::Status, then the metrics may not be logged for that reponse.

psgix.informational

This does not add a wrapper around the psgix.informational callback. If you are making use of it in your code, then you will need to add metrics logging yourself.

SUPPORT FOR OLDER PERL VERSIONS

Since v0.7.0, the this module requires Perl v5.20 or later.

Future releases may only support Perl versions released in the last ten years.

SEE ALSO

Net::Statsd::Client

Net::Statsd::Tiny

PSGI

SOURCE

The development version is on github at https://github.com/robrwo/Plack-Middleware-Statsd and may be cloned from git://github.com/robrwo/Plack-Middleware-Statsd.git

BUGS

Please report any bugs or feature requests on the bugtracker website https://github.com/robrwo/Plack-Middleware-Statsd/issues

When submitting a bug or request, please include a test-file or a patch to an existing test-file that illustrates the bug or desired feature.

AUTHOR

Robert Rothenberg [email protected]

The initial development of this module was sponsored by Science Photo Library https://www.sciencephoto.com.

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This software is Copyright (c) 2018-2024 by Robert Rothenberg.

This is free software, licensed under:

The Artistic License 2.0 (GPL Compatible)