Question 1

What is Ceph Exporter?

Accepted Answer

Ceph Exporter is a Prometheus exporter that scrapes meta-information about a running Ceph cluster, providing metrics for monitoring its health and performance.

Question 2

What are the dependencies for running Ceph Exporter?

Accepted Answer

Ceph Exporter requires access to the Ceph configuration file (`ceph.conf`) and the Ceph client keyring file (`ceph.client.<user>.keyring`) to authenticate to the Ceph cluster.

Question 3

How do I configure Ceph Exporter?

Accepted Answer

Ceph Exporter can be configured using environment variables such as `CEPH_CLUSTER`, `CEPH_CONFIG`, `CEPH_USER`, and `TELEMETRY_ADDR`.

Question 4

How do I install Ceph Exporter?

Accepted Answer

You can install Ceph Exporter using Go tools or by deploying the provided Docker image.

Question 5

Does Ceph Exporter support TLS?

Accepted Answer

Yes, Ceph Exporter supports TLS encryption for secure communication with Prometheus. You need to specify the paths to the certificate and key files using the `TLS_CERT_FILE_PATH` and `TLS_KEY_FILE_PATH` environment variables.

Question 6

What Ceph versions are compatible with Ceph Exporter?

Accepted Answer

Ceph Exporter is currently tested against Nautilus, Pacific, and Reef. It might not work as expected with older or non-LTS versions of Ceph.

Question 7

How do I contribute to Ceph Exporter?

Accepted Answer

Please refer to the CONTRIBUTING guide on the GitHub repository for information on how to submit your changes.

Question 8

How does Ceph Exporter integrate with UBOS?

Accepted Answer

By ingesting Ceph Exporter's data stream, UBOS uses AI Agents to automate tasks like capacity provisioning, performance tuning, and failure recovery, improving overall cluster management.

Question 9

Can I use Ceph exporter to monitor RGW?

Accepted Answer

Yes, the exporter supports collection of statistics from Ceph RGW (RADOS Gateway), providing insights into object storage performance and usage by setting the `RGW_MODE` environment variable.

Question 10

What is the default port used by Ceph Exporter?

Accepted Answer

The default port is 9128.

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