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Proxmox Backup Server Exporter

license OpenSSF Scorecard release go-version Go Report Card SLSA 3


Export Proxmox Backup Server statistics to Prometheus.

Metrics are retrieved using the Proxmox Backup Server API.

Exported Metrics

Metric Meaning Labels
pbs_up Was the last query of Proxmox Backup Server successful?
pbs_version Version of Proxmox Backup Server version, repoid, release
pbs_available The available bytes of the underlying storage. datastore
pbs_size The size of the underlying storage in bytes. datastore
pbs_used The used bytes of the underlying storage. datastore
pbs_snapshot_count The total number of backups. datastore, namespace
pbs_snapshot_vm_count The total number of backups per VM. datastore, namespace, vm_id, vm_name
pbs_snapshot_vm_last_timestamp The timestamp of the last backup of a VM. datastore, namespace, vm_id, vm_name
pbs_snapshot_vm_last_verify The verify status of the last backup of a VM. datastore, namespace, vm_id, vm_name
pbs_host_cpu_usage The CPU usage of the host.
pbs_host_memory_free The free memory of the host.
pbs_host_memory_total The total memory of the host.
pbs_host_memory_used The used memory of the host.
pbs_host_swap_free The free swap of the host.
pbs_host_swap_total The total swap of the host.
pbs_host_swap_used The used swap of the host.
pbs_host_disk_available The available disk of the local root disk in bytes.
pbs_host_disk_total The total disk of the local root disk in bytes.
pbs_host_disk_used The used disk of the local root disk in bytes.
pbs_host_uptime The uptime of the host.
pbs_host_io_wait The io wait of the host.
pbs_host_load1 The load for 1 minute of the host.
pbs_host_load5 The load for 5 minutes of the host.
pbs_host_load15 The load 15 minutes of the host.

Flags / Environment Variables

$ ./pbs-exporter -help

You can use the following flags to configure the exporter. All flags can also be set using environment variables. Environment variables take precedence over flags.

Flag Environment Variable Description Default
pbs.loglevl PBS_LOGLEVEL Log level (debug, info) info
pbs.api.token PBS_API_TOKEN API token to use for authentication
pbs.api.token.name PBS_API_TOKEN_NAME Name of the API token to use for authentication pbs-exporter
pbs.endpoint PBS_ENDPOINT Address of the Proxmox Backup Server http://localhost:8007 (if no parameter target set)
pbs.username PBS_USERNAME Username to use for authentication root@pam
pbs.timeout PBS_TIMEOUT Timeout for requests to Proxmox Backup Server 5s
pbs.insecure PBS_INSECURE Disable TLS certificate verification false
pbs.metrics-path PBS_METRICS_PATH Path under which to expose metrics /metrics
pbs.web.listen-address PBS_LISTEN_ADDRESS Address to listen on for web interface and telemetry :10019

Docker secrets

If you are using Docker secrets, you can use the following environment variables to set the path to the secrets:

Environment Variable Description
PBS_API_TOKEN_FILE Path to the API token file
PBS_API_TOKEN_NAME_FILE Path to the API token name file
PBS_USERNAME_FILE Path to the username file

See an example of how to use Docker secrets with Docker Compose in the docker-compose-secrets.yaml file.

The variables PBS_API_TOKEN, PBS_API_TOKEN_NAME, and PBS_USERNAME take precedence over the secret files.

Multiple Proxmox Backup Servers

If you want to monitor multiple Proxmox Backup Servers, you can use the targets parameter in the query string. Instead of setting the pbs.endpoint flag (or PBS_ENDPOINT env), you can use the target parameter in the query string to specify the Proxmox Backup Server to monitor. You would then use following URL to scrape metrics: http://localhost:10019/metrics?target=http://10.10.10.10:8007.

This is useful if you are using Prometheus and want to monitor multiple Proxmox Backup Servers with one "pbs-exporter" instance. You find examples for Prometheus static configuration in the prometheus/static-config directory.

⚠️ Important: if pbs.endpoint or PBS_ENDPOINT is set, the target parameter is ignored.

Node metrics

According to the api documentation, we have to provide a node name (won't work with the node ip), but it seems to work with any name, so we just use "localhost" for the request. This setup is tested with one proxmox backup server host.

Supported versions

We have only tested the exporter with Proxmox Backup Server version 2.X (see Proxmox Backup Server Roadmap). If you have already tested the exporter with a newer version, or have encountered problems, please let us know.

Release

Each release of the application includes Go-binary archives, checksums file, SBOMs and container images.

The release workflow creates provenance for its builds using the SLSA standard, which conforms to the Level 3 specification. Each artifact can be verified using the slsa-verifier or cosign tool (see Release verification).