Google Cloud API Metrics via Telegraf

Google Cloud API, a cornerstone of Google Cloud services, facilitates secure and efficient interaction between various cloud-based software components.

• Begin by heading over to the 'Project Selector' and select the specific project from which you wish to send metrics.
• Progress to the 'Service Account Details' screen. Here, assign a distinct name to your service account and opt for 'Create and Continue'.
• In the 'Grant This Service Account Access to Project' screen, ensure the following roles: 'Compute Viewer', 'Monitoring Viewer', and 'Cloud Asset Viewer'.
• Upon completion of the above, click 'Done'.
• Now find and select your project in the 'Service Accounts for Project' list.
• Move to the 'KEYS' section.
• Navigate through Keys > Add Key > Create New Key, and specify 'JSON' as the key type.
• Lastly, click on 'Create', and make sure to save your new key.

Now add the environment variable for the key

On the machine run:

export GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS=<your-gcp-key>

This integration allows you to configure a Telegraf agent to send your metrics, in multiple formats, to Logit.io.

Telegraf is a flexible server agent equipped with plug-in support, useful for sending metrics and events from data sources like web servers, APIs, application logs, and cloud services.

To ship your metrics to Logit.io, we will integrate the relevant input and outputs.http plug-in into your Telegraf configuration file.

Choose the install for your operating system below to get started:

Windows

wget https://dl.influxdata.com/telegraf/releases/telegraf-1.19.2_windows_amd64.zip

Download and extract to: C:\Program Files\Logitio\telegraf\

Configuration file: C:\Program Files\Logitio\telegraf\

MacOS

brew install telegraf

Configuration file x86_64 Intel: /usr/local/etc/telegraf.conf Configuration file ARM (Apple Silicon): /opt/homebrew/etc/telegraf.conf

Ubuntu/Debian

wget -q https://repos.influxdata.com/influxdata-archive_compat.key
echo '393e8779c89ac8d958f81f942f9ad7fb82a25e133faddaf92e15b16e6ac9ce4c influxdata-archive_compat.key' | sha256sum -c && cat influxdata-archive_compat.key | gpg --dearmor | sudo tee /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/influxdata-archive_compat.gpg > /dev/null
echo 'deb [signed-by=/etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/influxdata-archive_compat.gpg] https://repos.influxdata.com/debian stable main' | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/influxdata.list

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install telegraf

Configuration file: /etc/telegraf/telegraf.conf

RedHat and CentOS

cat <<EOF | sudo tee /etc/yum.repos.d/influxdata.repo
[influxdata]
name = InfluxData Repository - Stable
baseurl = https://repos.influxdata.com/stable/\$basearch/main
enabled = 1
gpgcheck = 1
gpgkey = https://repos.influxdata.com/influxdata-archive_compat.key
EOF

sudo yum install telegraf

Configuration file: /etc/telegraf/telegraf.conf

SLES & openSUSE

zypper ar -f obs://devel:languages:go/ go
zypper in telegraf

Configuration file: /etc/telegraf/telegraf.conf

FreeBSD/PC-BSD

sudo pkg install telegraf

Configuration file: /etc/telegraf/telegraf.conf

Read more about how to configure data scraping and configuration options for Telegraf

First you need to set up the input plug-in to enable Telegraf to scrape the GCP data from your hosts. This can be accomplished by incorporating the following code into your configuration file:

# Gather timeseries from Google Cloud Platform v3 monitoring API
[[inputs.stackdriver]]
  ## GCP Project
  project = "<your-project-name>"

  ## Include timeseries that start with the given metric type.
  metric_type_prefix_include = [
    "serviceruntime.googleapis.com",
  ]

  ## Most metrics are updated no more than once per minute; it is recommended
  ## to override the agent level interval with a value of 1m or greater.
  interval = "1m"

Read more about how to configure data scraping and configuration options for Stackdriver

Once you have generated the configuration file, you need to set up the output plug-in to allow Telegraf to transmit your data to Logit.io in Prometheus format. This can be accomplished by incorporating the following code into your configuration file:

[[outputs.http]]
  
  url = "https://<your-metrics-username>:<your-metrics-password>@<your-metrics-stack-id>-vm.logit.io:0/api/v1/write"
  data_format = "prometheusremotewrite"

  [outputs.http.headers]
    Content-Type = "application/x-protobuf"
    Content-Encoding = "snappy"

Windows

telegraf.exe --service start

MacOS

telegraf --config telegraf.conf

Linux

sudo service telegraf start

for systemd installations

systemctl start telegraf

Data should now have been sent to your Stack.

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If you don't see metrics take a look at How to diagnose no data in Stack below for how to diagnose common issues.

If you don't see data appearing in your Stack after following the steps, visit the Help Centre guide for steps to diagnose no data appearing in your Stack or Chat to support now.

Telegraf, developed by InfluxData, is an open-source server agent designed for collecting metrics and data from a vast array of services and systems. Google APIs allow developers to interact with Google services, including Compute Engine, Cloud Storage, BigQuery, and many others, enabling applications to leverage Google's powerful cloud capabilities.

Integrating Telegraf with Google APIs enables organizations to monitor their usage and performance of Google services in real time. This monitoring is essential for developers and cloud architects to ensure that their applications are performing optimally, to manage resource utilization efficiently, and to quickly identify and resolve any issues with the services they are using. Key metrics that can be monitored include API request counts, latency, error rates, and quota usage, providing insights necessary for maintaining high availability and performance of cloud-based applications.

However, the diversity and volume of data generated by Google APIs can pose significant challenges in terms of analysis and management. Logit.io offers a comprehensive solution to these challenges by providing an advanced analytics platform that simplifies the ingestion, visualization, and analysis of metrics from Telegraf and Google APIs.

With Logit.io, organizations can enhance their monitoring and analytics capabilities for applications that rely on Google APIs, enabling them to optimize resource consumption, improve application performance, and ensure a seamless user experience. The platform's advanced features support proactive management of cloud resources, helping users to navigate the complexities of cloud services and maintain robust, scalable applications.

For those leveraging Telegraf in conjunction with Google APIs and seeking to advance their cloud service monitoring and analytics, Logit.io provides the essential tools and support. For a deeper dive into Google Cloud's capabilities, discover how to optimize your virtual machine management with Google VM Manager Metrics, harnessing key data points and insights for enhanced infrastructure performance. Additionally, our integration on Google Pub Sub Metrics will equip you with the knowledge needed to fine-tune your Pub Sub setup, ensuring your message queuing and event-driven computing are operating at peak efficiency. These integrations complement Logit.io's GCP logging cohesively. Efficient monitoring is paramount for optimizing the performance and reliability of your applications and services on Google Cloud Platform (GCP). If you're looking to centralize and gain insights from the metrics data generated by various Google Cloud APIs, integrating with Logit.io can be a game-changer. Logit.io provides a powerful platform for log and metric management and analysis.

However, before diving into the integration, it's essential to have a solid grasp of how to effectively monitor your GCP environment. Our Google Cloud Monitoring offers a comprehensive solution for collecting and visualizing metrics data from various GCP services and resources. Additionally, for comprehensive visibility into both your metrics and logs, consider the capabilities of Logit.io's GCP logging.