Metrics

Prometheus

BlockScout is setup to export Prometheus metrics at /metrics.

1. Install prometheus: brew install prometheus

2. Start the web server iex -S mix phx.server

3. Start prometheus: prometheus --config.file=prometheus.yml

Grafana

The Grafana dashboard may also be used for metrics display.

1. Install grafana: brew install grafana

2. Install Pie Chart panel plugin: grafana-cli plugins install grafana-piechart-panel

3. Start grafana: brew services start grafana

4. Add Prometheus as a Data Source

   1. open http://localhost:3000/datasources

   2. Click "+ Add data source"

   3. Put "Prometheus" for "Name"

   4. Change "Type" to "Prometheus"

   5. Set "URL" to "http://localhost:9090"

   6. Set "Scrape Interval" to "10s"

5. Add the dashboards from https://github.com/deadtrickster/beam-dashboards: For each *.json file in the repo.

   1. open http://localhost:3000/dashboard/import

   2. Copy the contents of the JSON file in the "Or paste JSON" entry

   3. Click "Load"

6. View the dashboards. (You will need to click-around and use BlockScout for the web-related metrics to show up.)

Examples of dashboards: