F5 Networks BIG-IP Metrics Processing

Purpose

Program collects metrics from BIG-IP targets. Right now, it only pulls virtual services metrics, with WaveFront-formatted output (tcollector).

Requirements

This uses my auzaar package. I do not have that package available via pip, yet.

Execution

Program requires a single command line argument, the target cluster name, matching an entry in ./bigip_metrics.yaml, in the clusters section.

Example Output

tcollector passes output to WaveFront.

WaveFront Message Fields

1. metricName: mind the order of significance
2. metricValue: actual metric
3. timestamp: seconds since the UNIX epoch
4. source: usually the source host or address
5. pointTags: metadata key/value pairs

"lb.vs.vs_sjetest_8443.clientside_tot-conns" 7629951 1492449271 10.22.245.25 lb="hangar18"
"lb.vs.vs_sjetest_8443.clientside_bits-out" 4407439639352 1492449271 10.22.245.25 lb="hangar18"
"lb.vs.vs_sjetest_8443.clientside_bits-in" 312275341032 1492449271 10.22.245.25 lb="hangar18"
"lb.vs.vs_sjetest_8443.clientside_cur-conns" 9709 1492449271 10.22.245.25 lb="hangar18"

To Do

• More metrics: pool, node, snat, etc
• Incorporate information from list commands
• Include Docker container deployment instructions