# Libvirt Input Plugin

This plugin collects statistics about virtualized guests on a system by using
the [libvirt][libvirt] virtualization API. Metrics are gathered directly from
the hypervisor on a host system, so Telegraf doesn't have to be installed and
configured on a guest system.

⭐ Telegraf v1.25.0
🏷️ server
💻 all

[libvirt]: https://libvirt.org/

## Requirements

For proper operation of the plugin, it is required that the host system has:

- enabled virtualization options for host CPU
- libvirtd and its dependencies installed and running
- [qemu hypervisor][qemu] installed and running
- at least one virtual machine for statistics monitoring

[qemu]: https://www.qemu.org/

## Global configuration options <!-- @/docs/includes/plugin_config.md -->

Plugins support additional global and plugin configuration settings for tasks
such as modifying metrics, tags, and fields, creating aliases, and configuring
plugin ordering. See [CONFIGURATION.md][CONFIGURATION.md] for more details.

[CONFIGURATION.md]: ../../../docs/CONFIGURATION.md#plugins

## Configuration

```toml @sample.conf
# The libvirt plugin collects statistics from virtualized guests using virtualization libvirt API.
[[inputs.libvirt]]
     ## Domain names from which libvirt gather statistics.
     ## By default (empty or missing array) the plugin gather statistics from each domain registered in the host system.
     # domains = []

     ## Libvirt connection URI with hypervisor.
     ## The plugin supports multiple transport protocols and approaches which are configurable via the URI.
     ## The general URI form: driver[+transport]://[username@][hostname][:port]/[path][?extraparameters]
     ## Supported transport protocols: ssh, tcp, tls, unix
     ## URI examples for each type of transport protocol:
     ## 1. SSH:  qemu+ssh://<USER@IP_OR_HOSTNAME>/system?keyfile=/<PATH_TO_PRIVATE_KEY>&known_hosts=/<PATH_TO_known_hosts>
     ## 2. TCP:  qemu+tcp://<IP_OR_HOSTNAME>/system
     ## 3. TLS:  qemu+tls://<HOSTNAME>/system?pkipath=/certs_dir/<COMMON_LOCATION_OF_CACERT_AND_SERVER_CLIENT_CERTS>
     ## 4. UNIX: qemu+unix:///system?socket=/<PATH_TO_libvirt-sock>
     ## Default URI is qemu:///system
     # libvirt_uri = "qemu:///system"

     ## Statistics groups for which libvirt plugin will gather statistics.
     ## Supported statistics groups: state, cpu_total, balloon, vcpu, interface, block, perf, iothread, memory, dirtyrate
     ## Empty array means no metrics for statistics groups will be exposed by the plugin.
     ## By default the plugin will gather all available statistics.
     # statistics_groups = ["state", "cpu_total", "balloon", "vcpu", "interface", "block", "perf", "iothread", "memory", "dirtyrate"]

     ## A list containing additional statistics to be exposed by libvirt plugin.
     ## Supported additional statistics: vcpu_mapping
     ## By default (empty or missing array) the plugin will not collect additional statistics.
     # additional_statistics = []

```

Useful links:

- [Libvirt URI docs](https://libvirt.org/uri.html)
- [TLS setup for libvirt](https://wiki.libvirt.org/page/TLSSetup)

In cases when one or more of the following occur:

- the global Telegraf variable `interval` is set to a low value (e.g. 1s),
- a significant number of VMs are monitored,
- the medium connecting the plugin to the hypervisor is inefficient,

It is possible that following warning in the logs appears:
`Collection took longer than expected`.

For that case, `interval` should be set inside plugin configuration.
Its value should be adjusted to plugin's runtime environment.

Example:

```toml
[[inputs.libvirt]]
  interval = "30s"
```

### Example configuration

```toml
[[inputs.libvirt]]
  domain_names = ["ubuntu_20"]
  libvirt_uri = "qemu:///system"
  libvirt_metrics = ["state", "interface"]
  additional_statistics = ["vcpu_mapping"]
```

## Metrics

See the table below for a list of metrics produced by the plugin.

The exact metric format depends on the statistics libvirt reports,
which may vary depending on the version of libvirt on your system.

The metrics are divided into the following groups of statistics:

- state
- cpu_total
- balloon
- vcpu
- net
- perf
- block
- iothread
- memory
- dirtyrate
- vcpu_mapping - additional statistics

Statistics groups from the plugin corresponds to the grouping of
metrics directly read from libvirtd using the `virsh domstats` command.
More details about metrics can be found at the links below:

- [Domain statistics](https://libvirt.org/manpages/virsh.html#domstats)
- [Performance monitoring events](https://libvirt.org/formatdomain.html#performance-monitoring-events)

| **Statistics group** | **Metric name** | **Exposed Telegraf field** | **Description** |
|:---|:---|:---|:---|
| **state** | state.state | state | state of the VM, returned as number from virDomainState enum |
||state.reason | reason | reason for entering given state, returned as int from virDomain*Reason enum corresponding to given state |
| **cpu_total** | cpu.time | time | total cpu time spent for this domain in nanoseconds |
|| cpu.user | user | user cpu time spent in nanoseconds |
|| cpu.system | system | system cpu time spent in nanoseconds |
|| cpu.haltpoll.success.time | haltpoll_success_time | cpu halt polling success time spent in nanoseconds |
|| cpu.haltpoll.fail.time | haltpoll_fail_time | cpu halt polling fail time spent in nanoseconds |
|| cpu.cache.monitor.count |count | the number of cache monitors for this domain |
|| cpu.cache.monitor.\<num\>.name | name | the name of cache monitor \<num\>, not available for kernels from 4.14 upwards |
|| cpu.cache.monitor.\<num\>.vcpus| vcpus |vcpu list of cache monitor \<num\>, not available for kernels from 4.14 upwards |
|| cpu.cache.monitor.\<num\>.bank.count | bank_count | the number of cache banks in cache monitor \<num\>, not available for kernels from 4.14 upwards |
|| cpu.cache.monitor.\<num\>.bank.\<index\>.id | id|host allocated cache id for bank \<index\> in cache monitor \<num\>, not available for kernels from 4.14 upwards |
|| cpu.cache.monitor.\<num\>.bank.\<index\>.bytes | bytes | the number of bytes of last level cache that the domain is using on cache bank \<index\>, not available for kernels from 4.14 upwards|
| **balloon** | balloon.current | current | the memory in KiB currently used |
|| balloon.maximum | maximum | the maximum memory in KiB allowed |
|| balloon.swap_in | swap_in | the amount of data read from swap space (in KiB) |
|| balloon.swap_out | swap_out | the amount of memory written out to swap space (in KiB) |
|| balloon.major_fault | major_fault | the number of page faults when disk IO was required |
|| balloon.minor_fault | minor_fault | the number of other page faults |
|| balloon.unused | unused | the amount of memory left unused by the system (in KiB) |
|| balloon.available | available | the amount of usable memory as seen by the domain (in KiB) |
|| balloon.rss | rss | Resident Set Size of running domain's process (in KiB) |
|| balloon.usable | usable | the amount of memory which can be reclaimed by balloon without causing host swapping (in KiB) |
|| balloon.last-update | last_update | timestamp of the last update of statistics (in seconds) |
|| balloon.disk_caches | disk_caches | the amount of memory that can be reclaimed without additional I/O, typically disk (in KiB) |
|| balloon.hugetlb_pgalloc | hugetlb_pgalloc | the number of successful huge page allocations from inside the domain via virtio balloon |
|| balloon.hugetlb_pgfail | hugetlb_pgfail | the number of failed huge page allocations from inside the domain via virtio balloon |
| **vcpu** | vcpu.current | current | yes current number of online virtual CPUs |
|| vcpu.maximum | maximum | maximum number of online virtual CPUs |
|| vcpu.\<num\>.state | state | state of the virtual CPU \<num\>, as number from virVcpuState enum |
|| vcpu.\<num\>.time | time | virtual cpu time spent by virtual CPU \<num\> (in microseconds) |
|| vcpu.\<num\>.wait | wait | virtual cpu time spent by virtual CPU \<num\> waiting on I/O (in microseconds) |
|| vcpu.\<num\>.halted | halted | virtual CPU \<num\> is halted: yes or no (may indicate the processor is idle or even disabled, depending on the architecture) |
|| vcpu.\<num\>.halted | halted_i | virtual CPU \<num\> is halted: 1 (for "yes") or 0 (for other values) (may indicate the processor is idle or even disabled, depending on the architecture) |
|| vcpu.\<num\>.delay | delay | time the vCPU \<num\> thread was enqueued by the host scheduler, but was waiting in the queue instead of running. Exposed to the VM as a steal time. |
|| --- | cpu_id | Information about mapping vcpu_id to cpu_id (id of physical cpu). Should only be exposed when statistics_group contains vcpu and additional_statistics contains vcpu_mapping (in config) |
| **interface** | net.count | count | number of network interfaces on this domain |
|| net.\<num\>.name | name | name of the interface  \<num\> |
|| net.\<num\>.rx.bytes | rx_bytes | number of bytes received |
|| net.\<num\>.rx.pkts | rx_pkts | number of packets received |
|| net.\<num\>.rx.errs | rx_errs | number of receive errors |
|| net.\<num\>.rx.drop | rx_drop | number of receive packets dropped |
|| net.\<num\>.tx.bytes | tx_bytes | number of bytes transmitted |
|| net.\<num\>.tx.pkts | tx_pkts | number of packets transmitted |
|| net.\<num\>.tx.errs | tx_errs | number of transmission errors |
|| net.\<num\>.tx.drop | tx_drop | number of transmit packets dropped |
| **perf** | perf.cmt | cmt | the cache usage in Byte currently used, not available for kernels from 4.14 upwards |
|| perf.mbmt | mbmt | total system bandwidth from one level of cache, not available for kernels from 4.14 upwards |
|| perf.mbml | mbml | bandwidth of memory traffic for a memory controller, not available for kernels from 4.14 upwards |
|| perf.cpu_cycles | cpu_cycles | the count of cpu cycles (total/elapsed) |
|| perf.instructions | instructions |  the count of instructions |
|| perf.cache_references | cache_references | the count of cache hits |
|| perf.cache_misses | cache_misses | the count of caches misses |
|| perf.branch_instructions | branch_instructions | the count of branch instructions |
|| perf.branch_misses | branch_misses | the count of branch misses |
|| perf.bus_cycles | bus_cycles | the count of bus cycles |
|| perf.stalled_cycles_frontend | stalled_cycles_frontend | the count of stalled frontend cpu cycles |
|| perf.stalled_cycles_backend | stalled_cycles_backend | the count of stalled backend cpu cycles |
|| perf.ref_cpu_cycles | ref_cpu_cycles | the count of ref cpu cycles |
|| perf.cpu_clock | cpu_clock | the count of cpu clock time |
|| perf.task_clock | task_clock | the count of task clock time |
|| perf.page_faults | page_faults | the count of page faults |
|| perf.context_switches | context_switches | the count of context switches |
|| perf.cpu_migrations | cpu_migrations | the count of cpu migrations |
|| perf.page_faults_min | page_faults_min | the count of minor page faults |
|| perf.page_faults_maj | page_faults_maj | the count of major page faults |
|| perf.alignment_faults | alignment_faults | the count of alignment faults |
|| perf.emulation_faults | emulation_faults | the count of emulation faults |
| **block** | block.count | count | number of block devices being listed |
|| block.\<num\>.name | name | name of the target of the block device  \<num\> (the same name for multiple entries if --backing is present) |
|| block.\<num\>.backingIndex | backingIndex | when --backing is present, matches up with the \<backingStore\> index listed in domain XML for backing files |
|| block.\<num\>.path | path | file source of block device  \<num\>, if it is a local file or block device |
|| block.\<num\>.rd.reqs | rd_reqs | number of read requests |
|| block.\<num\>.rd.bytes | rd_bytes | number of read bytes |
|| block.\<num\>.rd.times | rd_times | total time (ns) spent on reads |
|| block.\<num\>.wr.reqs | wr_reqs | number of write requests |
|| block.\<num\>.wr.bytes | wr_bytes | number of written bytes |
|| block.\<num\>.wr.times | wr_times | total time (ns) spent on writes |
|| block.\<num\>.fl.reqs | fl_reqs | total flush requests |
|| block.\<num\>.fl.times | fl_times | total time (ns) spent on cache flushing |
|| block.\<num\>.errors | errors | Xen only: the 'oo_req' value |
|| block.\<num\>.allocation | allocation | offset of highest written sector in bytes |
|| block.\<num\>.capacity | capacity | logical size of source file in bytes |
|| block.\<num\>.physical | physical | physical size of source file in bytes |
|| block.\<num\>.threshold | threshold | threshold (in bytes) for delivering the VIR_DOMAIN_EVENT_ID_BLOCK_THRESHOLD event. See domblkthreshold |
| **iothread** | iothread.count | count | maximum number of IOThreads in the subsequent list as unsigned int. Each IOThread in the list will will use it's iothread_id value as the \<id\>. There may be fewer \<id\> entries than the iothread.count value if the polling values are not supported |
|| iothread.\<id\>.poll-max-ns | poll_max_ns | maximum polling time in nanoseconds used by the \<id\> IOThread. A value of 0 (zero) indicates polling is disabled |
|| iothread.\<id\>.poll-grow | poll_grow | polling time grow value. A value of 0 (zero) growth is managed by the hypervisor |
|| iothread.\<id\>.poll-shrink | poll_shrink | polling time shrink value. A value of (zero) indicates shrink is managed by hypervisor |
| **memory** | memory.bandwidth.monitor.count | count | the number of memory bandwidth monitors for this domain, not available for kernels from 4.14 upwards |
|| memory.bandwidth.monitor.\<num\>.name | name | the name of monitor  \<num\>, not available for kernels from 4.14 upwards |
|| memory.bandwidth.monitor.\<num\>.vcpus | vcpus | the vcpu list of monitor  \<num\>, not available for kernels from 4.14 upwards |
|| memory.bandwidth.monitor.\<num\>.node.count | node_count | the number of memory controller in monitor \<num\>, not available for kernels from 4.14 upwards |
|| memory.bandwidth.monitor.\<num\>.node.\<index\>.id | id | host allocated memory controller id for controller \<index\> of monitor \<num\>, not available for kernels from 4.14 upwards |
|| memory.bandwidth.monitor.\<num\>.node.\<index\>.bytes.local | bytes_local | the accumulative bytes consumed by \@vcpus that passing through the memory controller in the same processor that the scheduled host CPU belongs to, not available for kernels from 4.14 upwards |
|| memory.bandwidth.monitor.\<num\>.node.\<index\>.bytes.total | bytes_total | the total bytes consumed by \@vcpus that passing through all memory controllers, either local or remote controller, not available for kernels from 4.14 upwards |
| **dirtyrate** | dirtyrate.calc_status | calc_status | the status of last memory dirty rate calculation, returned as number from virDomainDirtyRateStatus enum |
|| dirtyrate.calc_start_time | calc_start_time the | start time of last memory dirty rate calculation |
|| dirtyrate.calc_period | calc_period | the period of last memory dirty rate calculation |
|| dirtyrate.megabytes_per_second | megabytes_per_second | the calculated memory dirty rate in MiB/s |
|| dirtyrate.calc_mode | calc_mode | the calculation mode used last measurement (page-sampling/dirty-bitmap/dirty-ring) |
|| dirtyrate.vcpu.\<num\>.megabytes_per_second | megabytes_per_second | the calculated memory dirty rate for a virtual cpu in MiB/s |

### Additional statistics

| **Statistics group**           | **Exposed Telegraf tag**      | **Exposed Telegraf field**      |**Description**         |
|:-------------------------------|:-----------------------------:|:-------------------------------:|:-----------------------|
| **vcpu_mapping** | vcpu_id | --- | ID of Virtual CPU |
|| --- | cpu_id | Comma separated list (exposed as a string) of Physical CPU IDs |

## Example Output

```text
libvirt_cpu_affinity,domain_name=U22,host=localhost,vcpu_id=0 cpu_id="1,2,3" 1662383707000000000
libvirt_cpu_affinity,domain_name=U22,host=localhost,vcpu_id=1 cpu_id="1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10" 1662383707000000000
libvirt_balloon,domain_name=U22,host=localhost current=4194304i,maximum=4194304i,swap_in=0i,swap_out=0i,major_fault=0i,minor_fault=0i,unused=3928628i,available=4018480i,rss=1036012i,usable=3808724i,last_update=1654611373i,disk_caches=68820i,hugetlb_pgalloc=0i,hugetlb_pgfail=0i 1662383709000000000
libvirt_vcpu_total,domain_name=U22,host=localhost maximum=2i,current=2i 1662383709000000000
libvirt_vcpu,domain_name=U22,host=localhost,vcpu_id=0 state=1i,time=17943740000000i,wait=0i,halted="no",halted_i=0i,delay=14246609424i,cpu_id=1i 1662383709000000000
libvirt_vcpu,domain_name=U22,host=localhost,vcpu_id=1 state=1i,time=18288400000000i,wait=0i,halted="yes",halted_i=1i,delay=12902231142i,cpu_id=3i 1662383709000000000
libvirt_net_total,domain_name=U22,host=localhost count=1i 1662383709000000000
libvirt_net,domain_name=U22,host=localhost,interface_id=0 name="vnet0",rx_bytes=110i,rx_pkts=1i,rx_errs=0i,rx_drop=31007i,tx_bytes=0i,tx_pkts=0i,tx_errs=0i,tx_drop=0i 1662383709000000000
libvirt_block_total,domain_name=U22,host=localhost count=1i 1662383709000000000
libvirt_block,domain_name=U22,host=localhost,block_id=0 rd=17337818234i,path=name="vda",backingIndex=1i,path="/tmp/ubuntu_image.img",rd_reqs=11354i,rd_bytes=330314752i,rd_times=6240559566i,wr_reqs=52440i,wr_bytes=1183828480i,wr_times=21887150375i,fl_reqs=32250i,fl_times=23158998353i,errors=0i,allocation=770048000i,capacity=2361393152i,physical=770052096i,threshold=2147483648i
libvirt_perf,domain_name=U22,host=localhost cmt=19087360i,mbmt=77168640i,mbml=67788800i,cpu_cycles=29858995122i,instructions=0i,cache_references=3053301695i,cache_misses=609441024i,branch_instructions=2623890194i,branch_misses=103707961i,bus_cycles=188105628i,stalled_cycles_frontend=0i,stalled_cycles_backend=0i,ref_cpu_cycles=30766094039i,cpu_clock=25166642695i,task_clock=25263578917i,page_faults=2670i,context_switches=294284i,cpu_migrations=17949i,page_faults_min=2670i,page_faults_maj=0i,alignment_faults=0i,emulation_faults=0i 1662383709000000000
libvirt_dirtyrate,domain_name=U22,host=localhost calc_status=2i,calc_start_time=348414i,calc_period=1i,dirtyrate.megabytes_per_second=4i,calc_mode="dirty-ring" 1662383709000000000
libvirt_dirtyrate_vcpu,domain_name=U22,host=localhost,vcpu_id=0 megabytes_per_second=2i 1662383709000000000
libvirt_dirtyrate_vcpu,domain_name=U22,host=localhost,vcpu_id=1 megabytes_per_second=2i 1662383709000000000
libvirt_state,domain_name=U22,host=localhost state=1i,reason=5i 1662383709000000000
libvirt_cpu,domain_name=U22,host=localhost time=67419144867000i,user=63886161852000i,system=3532983015000i,haltpoll_success_time=516907915i,haltpoll_fail_time=2727253643i 1662383709000000000
libvirt_cpu_cache_monitor_total,domain_name=U22,host=localhost count=1i 1662383709000000000
libvirt_cpu_cache_monitor,domain_name=U22,host=localhost,cache_monitor_id=0 name="any_name_vcpus_0-3",vcpus="0-3",bank_count=1i 1662383709000000000
libvirt_cpu_cache_monitor_bank,domain_name=U22,host=localhost,cache_monitor_id=0,bank_index=0 id=0i,bytes=5406720i 1662383709000000000
libvirt_iothread_total,domain_name=U22,host=localhost count=1i 1662383709000000000
libvirt_iothread,domain_name=U22,host=localhost,iothread_id=0 poll_max_ns=32768i,poll_grow=0i,poll_shrink=0i 1662383709000000000
libvirt_memory_bandwidth_monitor_total,domain_name=U22,host=localhost count=2i 1662383709000000000
libvirt_memory_bandwidth_monitor,domain_name=U22,host=localhost,memory_bandwidth_monitor_id=0 name="any_name_vcpus_0-4",vcpus="0-4",node_count=2i 1662383709000000000
libvirt_memory_bandwidth_monitor,domain_name=U22,host=localhost,memory_bandwidth_monitor_id=1 name="vcpus_7",vcpus="7",node_count=2i 1662383709000000000
libvirt_memory_bandwidth_monitor_node,domain_name=U22,host=localhost,memory_bandwidth_monitor_id=0,controller_index=0 id=0i,bytes_total=10208067584i,bytes_local=4807114752i 1662383709000000000
libvirt_memory_bandwidth_monitor_node,domain_name=U22,host=localhost,memory_bandwidth_monitor_id=0,controller_index=1 id=1i,bytes_total=8693735424i,bytes_local=5850161152i 1662383709000000000
libvirt_memory_bandwidth_monitor_node,domain_name=U22,host=localhost,memory_bandwidth_monitor_id=1,controller_index=0 id=0i,bytes_total=853811200i,bytes_local=290701312i 1662383709000000000
libvirt_memory_bandwidth_monitor_node,domain_name=U22,host=localhost,memory_bandwidth_monitor_id=1,controller_index=1 id=1i,bytes_total=406044672i,bytes_local=229425152i 1662383709000000000
```
