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Configure Loopback to generate Prometheus metrics

To configure Loopback to generate Prometheus metrics, complete the following steps:

1. Run the following commands:

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   Install
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   npm install --save @loopback/metrics
   
   Import
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   import {MetricsComponent} from '@loopback/metrics';

2. In the constructor, add the following component to your application:

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   this.component(MetricsComponent);

   For more information about additional configuration changes, refer to loopback-metrics.

3. Verify the presence of the following metrics in Prometheus:

   • loopback_invocation_total
   • loopback_invocation_duration_seconds

Metrics

Alerts

Service KPI dashboard

This dashboard has the following KPIs from resources and requests:

• Request Rate
• Latency Average
• Latency P99
• Error Rate
• CPU %
• CPU Cores Used
• CPU Throttle
• Memory %
• Memory Bytes
• Disk Usage
• Network Usage