Metrics

Consul provides service discovery, configuration, and orchestration across distributed systems. Monitoring its key metrics is essential to ensure performance, stability, and reliability. The following is a list of crucial Consul metrics in PDS. Understanding these metrics will help administrators optimize performance, troubleshoot issues, and ensure the Consul cluster runs smoothly.

Metric name	Type
consul_acl_ResolveToken	summary
consul_acl_authmethod_delete	summary
consul_acl_authmethod_upsert	summary
consul_acl_bindingrule_delete	summary
consul_acl_bindingrule_upsert	summary
consul_acl_blocked_check_deregistration	counter
consul_acl_blocked_check_registration	counter
consul_acl_blocked_node_registration	counter
consul_acl_blocked_service_deregistration	counter
consul_acl_blocked_service_registration	counter
consul_acl_login	summary
consul_acl_logout	summary
consul_acl_policy_delete	summary
consul_acl_policy_upsert	summary
consul_acl_role_delete	summary
consul_acl_role_upsert	summary
consul_acl_token_cache_hit	counter
consul_acl_token_cache_miss	counter
consul_acl_token_clone	summary
consul_acl_token_delete	summary
consul_acl_token_upsert	summary
consul_agent_tls_cert_expiry	gauge
consul_api_http	summary
consul_autopilot_failure_tolerance	gauge
consul_autopilot_healthy	gauge
consul_cache_bypass	counter
consul_cache_connect_ca_root_fetch_success	counter
consul_cache_entries_count	gauge
consul_cache_evict_expired	counter
consul_cache_fetch_error	counter
consul_cache_fetch_success	counter
consul_catalog_connect_not_found	counter
consul_catalog_connect_query	counter
consul_catalog_connect_query_tag	counter
consul_catalog_connect_query_tags	counter
consul_catalog_deregister	summary
consul_catalog_register	summary
consul_catalog_service_not_found	counter
consul_catalog_service_query	counter
consul_catalog_service_query_tag	counter
consul_catalog_service_query_tags	counter
consul_client_api_catalog_datacenters	counter
consul_client_api_catalog_deregister	counter
consul_client_api_catalog_gateway_services	counter
consul_client_api_catalog_node_service_list	counter
consul_client_api_catalog_node_services	counter
consul_client_api_catalog_nodes	counter
consul_client_api_catalog_register	counter
consul_client_api_catalog_service_nodes	counter
consul_client_api_catalog_services	counter
consul_client_api_error_catalog_service_nodes	counter
consul_client_api_success_catalog_datacenters	counter
consul_client_api_success_catalog_deregister	counter
consul_client_api_success_catalog_gateway_services	counter
consul_client_api_success_catalog_node_service_list	counter
consul_client_api_success_catalog_node_services	counter
consul_client_api_success_catalog_nodes	counter
consul_client_api_success_catalog_register	counter
consul_client_api_success_catalog_service_nodes	counter
consul_client_api_success_catalog_services	counter
consul_client_rpc	counter
consul_client_rpc_error_catalog_datacenters	counter
consul_client_rpc_error_catalog_deregister	counter
consul_client_rpc_error_catalog_gateway_services	counter
consul_client_rpc_error_catalog_node_service_list	counter
consul_client_rpc_error_catalog_node_services	counter
consul_client_rpc_error_catalog_nodes	counter
consul_client_rpc_error_catalog_register	counter
consul_client_rpc_error_catalog_service_nodes	counter
consul_client_rpc_error_catalog_services	counter
consul_client_rpc_exceeded	counter
consul_client_rpc_failed	counter
consul_consul_cache_bypass	counter
consul_consul_cache_connect_ca_root_fetch_success	counter
consul_consul_cache_entries_count	gauge
consul_consul_cache_evict_expired	counter
consul_consul_cache_fetch_error	counter
consul_consul_cache_fetch_success	counter
consul_consul_fsm_ca	summary
consul_consul_fsm_intention	summary
consul_consul_intention_apply	summary
consul_consul_members_clients	gauge
consul_consul_members_servers	gauge
consul_consul_peering_exported_services	gauge
consul_consul_peering_healthy	gauge
consul_consul_state_config_entries	gauge
consul_consul_state_connect_instances	gauge
consul_consul_state_kv_entries	gauge
consul_consul_state_nodes	gauge
consul_consul_state_peerings	gauge
consul_consul_state_service_instances	gauge
consul_consul_state_services	gauge
consul_federation_state_apply	summary
consul_federation_state_get	summary
consul_federation_state_list	summary
consul_federation_state_list_mesh_gateways	summary
consul_fsm_acl	summary
consul_fsm_acl_authmethod	summary
consul_fsm_acl_bindingrule	summary
consul_fsm_acl_policy	summary
consul_fsm_acl_token	summary
consul_fsm_autopilot	summary
consul_fsm_ca	summary
consul_fsm_ca_leaf	summary
consul_fsm_coordinate_batch_update	summary
consul_fsm_deregister	summary
consul_fsm_intention	summary
consul_fsm_kvs	summary
consul_fsm_peering	summary
consul_fsm_persist	summary
consul_fsm_prepared_query	summary
consul_fsm_register	summary
consul_fsm_session	summary
consul_fsm_system_metadata	summary
consul_fsm_tombstone	summary
consul_fsm_txn	summary
consul_grpc_client_connection_count	counter
consul_grpc_client_connections	gauge
consul_grpc_client_request_count	counter
consul_grpc_server_connection_count	counter
consul_grpc_server_connections	gauge
consul_grpc_server_request_count	counter
consul_grpc_server_stream_count	counter
consul_grpc_server_streams	gauge
consul_intention_apply	summary
consul_kvs_apply	summary
consul_leader_barrier	summary
consul_leader_reapTombstones	summary
consul_leader_reconcile	summary
consul_leader_reconcileMember	summary
consul_leader_replication_acl_policies_index	gauge
consul_leader_replication_acl_policies_status	gauge
consul_leader_replication_acl_roles_index	gauge
consul_leader_replication_acl_roles_status	gauge
consul_leader_replication_acl_tokens_index	gauge
consul_leader_replication_acl_tokens_status	gauge
consul_leader_replication_config_entries_index	gauge
consul_leader_replication_config_entries_status	gauge
consul_leader_replication_federation_state_index	gauge
consul_leader_replication_federation_state_status	gauge
consul_leader_replication_namespaces_index	gauge
consul_leader_replication_namespaces_status	gauge
consul_memberlist_gossip	summary
consul_memberlist_queue_broadcasts	summary
consul_members_clients	gauge
consul_members_servers	gauge
consul_mesh_active_root_ca_expiry	gauge
consul_mesh_active_signing_ca_expiry	gauge
consul_peering_exported_services	gauge
consul_peering_healthy	gauge
consul_prepared_query_apply	summary
consul_prepared_query_execute	summary
consul_prepared_query_execute_remote	summary
consul_prepared_query_explain	summary
consul_raft_applied_index	gauge
consul_raft_apply	counter
consul_raft_barrier	counter
consul_raft_boltdb_freePageBytes	gauge
consul_raft_boltdb_freelistBytes	gauge
consul_raft_boltdb_getLog	summary
consul_raft_boltdb_logBatchSize	summary
consul_raft_boltdb_logSize	summary
consul_raft_boltdb_logsPerBatch	summary
consul_raft_boltdb_numFreePages	gauge
consul_raft_boltdb_numPendingPages	gauge
consul_raft_boltdb_openReadTxn	gauge
consul_raft_boltdb_storeLogs	summary
consul_raft_boltdb_totalReadTxn	counter
consul_raft_boltdb_txstats_cursorCount	counter
consul_raft_boltdb_txstats_nodeCount	counter
consul_raft_boltdb_txstats_nodeDeref	counter
consul_raft_boltdb_txstats_pageAlloc	gauge
consul_raft_boltdb_txstats_pageCount	gauge
consul_raft_boltdb_txstats_rebalance	counter
consul_raft_boltdb_txstats_rebalanceTime	summary
consul_raft_boltdb_txstats_spill	counter
consul_raft_boltdb_txstats_spillTime	summary
consul_raft_boltdb_txstats_split	counter
consul_raft_boltdb_txstats_write	counter
consul_raft_boltdb_txstats_writeTime	summary
consul_raft_boltdb_writeCapacity	summary
consul_raft_commitNumLogs	gauge
consul_raft_commitTime	summary
consul_raft_fsm_apply	summary
consul_raft_fsm_enqueue	summary
consul_raft_fsm_lastRestoreDuration	gauge
consul_raft_last_index	gauge
consul_raft_leader_dispatchLog	summary
consul_raft_leader_dispatchNumLogs	gauge
consul_raft_leader_lastContact	summary
consul_raft_leader_oldestLogAge	gauge
consul_raft_rpc_installSnapshot	summary
consul_raft_snapshot_persist	summary
consul_raft_state_candidate	counter
consul_raft_state_leader	counter
consul_raft_thread_fsm_saturation	summary
consul_raft_thread_main_saturation	summary
consul_raft_verify_leader	counter
consul_rpc_accept_conn	counter
consul_rpc_consistentRead	summary
consul_rpc_cross_dc	counter
consul_rpc_queries_blocking	gauge
consul_rpc_query	counter
consul_rpc_raft_handoff	counter
consul_rpc_rate_limit_exceeded	counter
consul_rpc_rate_limit_log_dropped	counter
consul_rpc_request	counter
consul_rpc_request_error	counter
consul_runtime_alloc_bytes	gauge
consul_runtime_free_count	gauge
consul_runtime_gc_pause_ns	summary
consul_runtime_heap_objects	gauge
consul_runtime_malloc_count	gauge
consul_runtime_num_goroutines	gauge
consul_runtime_sys_bytes	gauge
consul_runtime_total_gc_pause_ns	gauge
consul_runtime_total_gc_runs	gauge
consul_serf_queue_Event	summary
consul_serf_queue_Intent	summary
consul_serf_queue_Query	summary
consul_server_isLeader	gauge
consul_session_apply	summary
consul_session_renew	summary
consul_session_ttl_active	gauge
consul_session_ttl_invalidate	summary
consul_state_billable_service_instances	gauge
consul_state_config_entries	gauge
consul_state_connect_instances	gauge
consul_state_kv_entries	gauge
consul_state_nodes	gauge
consul_state_peerings	gauge
consul_state_service_instances	gauge
consul_state_services	gauge
consul_txn_apply	summary
consul_txn_read	summary
consul_version	gauge
consul_xds_server_idealStreamsMax	gauge
consul_xds_server_streamDrained	counter
consul_xds_server_streamStart	summary
consul_xds_server_streams	gauge
consul_xds_server_streamsUnauthenticated	gauge
go_gc_duration_seconds	summary
go_goroutines	gauge
go_info	gauge
go_memstats_alloc_bytes	gauge
go_memstats_alloc_bytes_total	counter
go_memstats_buck_hash_sys_bytes	gauge
go_memstats_frees_total	counter
go_memstats_gc_sys_bytes	gauge
go_memstats_heap_alloc_bytes	gauge
go_memstats_heap_idle_bytes	gauge
go_memstats_heap_inuse_bytes	gauge
go_memstats_heap_objects	gauge
go_memstats_heap_released_bytes	gauge
go_memstats_heap_sys_bytes	gauge
go_memstats_last_gc_time_seconds	gauge
go_memstats_lookups_total	counter
go_memstats_mallocs_total	counter
go_memstats_mcache_inuse_bytes	gauge
go_memstats_mcache_sys_bytes	gauge
go_memstats_mspan_inuse_bytes	gauge
go_memstats_mspan_sys_bytes	gauge
go_memstats_next_gc_bytes	gauge
go_memstats_other_sys_bytes	gauge
go_memstats_stack_inuse_bytes	gauge
go_memstats_stack_sys_bytes	gauge
go_memstats_sys_bytes	gauge
go_threads	gauge
process_cpu_seconds_total	counter
process_max_fds	gauge
process_open_fds	gauge
process_resident_memory_bytes	gauge
process_start_time_seconds	gauge
process_virtual_memory_bytes	gauge
process_virtual_memory_max_bytes	gauge