Evolve Metrics Guide

How to configure metrics

Evolve can report and serve Prometheus metrics, which can be consumed by Prometheus collector(s).

This functionality is disabled by default.

To enable Prometheus metrics, set instrumentation.prometheus=true in your Evolve node's configuration file.

Metrics will be served under /metrics on port 26660 by default. The listening address can be changed using the instrumentation.prometheus_listen_addr configuration option.

List of available metrics

You can find the full list of available metrics in the Technical Specifications.

Viewing Metrics

Once your Evolve node is running with metrics enabled, you can view the metrics by:

1. Accessing the metrics endpoint directly:

   curl http://localhost:26660/metrics

2. Configuring Prometheus to scrape these metrics by adding the following to your prometheus.yml:

   scrape_configs:
     - job_name: evolve
       static_configs:
         - targets: ['localhost:26660']

3. Using Grafana with Prometheus as a data source to visualize the metrics.

Example Prometheus Configuration

Here's a basic Prometheus configuration to scrape metrics from a Evolve node:

global:
  scrape_interval: 15s
  evaluation_interval: 15s

scrape_configs:
  - job_name: evolve
    static_configs:
      - targets: ['localhost:26660']

Troubleshooting

If you're not seeing metrics:

1. Ensure metrics are enabled in your configuration with instrumentation.prometheus=true
2. Verify the metrics endpoint is accessible: curl http://localhost:26660/metrics
3. Check your Prometheus configuration is correctly pointing to your Evolve node
4. Examine the Evolve node logs for any errors related to the metrics server

Advanced Configuration

For more advanced metrics configuration, you can adjust the following settings in your configuration file:

instrumentation:
  prometheus: true
  prometheus_listen_addr: ":26660"
  max_open_connections: 3
  namespace: "evolve"

These settings allow you to:

• Enable/disable Prometheus metrics
• Change the listening address for the metrics server
• Limit the maximum number of open connections to the metrics server
• Set a custom namespace for all metrics