GitLab exporter
- Tier: Free, Premium, Ultimate
- Offering: Self-managed
The GitLab exporter enables you to measure various GitLab metrics pulled from Redis and the database in Linux package instances.
For self-compiled installations, you must install and configure it yourself.
To enable the GitLab exporter in a Linux package instance:
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Edit
/etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb
. -
Add, or find and uncomment, the following line, making sure it’s set to
true
:gitlab_exporter['enable'] = true
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Save the file and reconfigure GitLab for the changes to take effect.
Prometheus automatically begins collecting performance data from
the GitLab exporter exposed at localhost:9168
.
Use a different Rack server
By default, the GitLab exporter runs on WEBrick, a single-threaded Ruby web server. You can choose a different Rack server that better matches your performance needs. For instance, in multi-node setups that contain a large number of Prometheus scrapers but only a few monitoring nodes, you may decide to run a multi-threaded server such as Puma instead.
To change the Rack server to Puma:
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Edit
/etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb
. -
Add, or find and uncomment, the following line, and set it to
puma
:gitlab_exporter['server_name'] = 'puma'
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Save the file and reconfigure GitLab for the changes to take effect.
The supported Rack servers are webrick
and puma
.
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