Prometheus Metrics

MetalLB exposes different Prometheus metrics that are listed below.

MetalLB K8S client metrics

Name	Description
metallb_k8s_client_updates_total	Number of k8s object updates that have been processed
metallb_k8s_client_update_errors_total	Number of k8s object updates that failed for some reason
metallb_k8s_client_config_loaded_bool	1 if the MetalLB configuration was successfully loaded at least once
metallb_k8s_client_config_stale_bool	1 if running on a stale configuration, because the latest config failed to load

MetalLB BGP metrics

Note: all the metrics related to a BGP session contain a label that refers to the bgppeer the session is opened against. For example, with 4 BGP peers, the metallb_bgp_updates_total metric could appear as the following:

# HELP metallb_bgp_updates_total Number of BGP UPDATE messages sent
# TYPE metallb_bgp_updates_total counter
metallb_bgp_updates_total{peer="172.23.0.5:0"} 1
metallb_bgp_updates_total{peer="172.23.0.6:0"} 1
metallb_bgp_updates_total{peer="172.30.0.2:0"} 1
metallb_bgp_updates_total{peer="172.30.0.3:0"} 1

Name	Description
metallb_bgp_session_up	BGP session state (1 is up, 0 is down)
metallb_bgp_updates_total	Number of BGP UPDATE messages sent
metallb_bgp_announced_prefixes_total	Number of prefixes currently being advertised on the BGP session

MetalLB BGP metrics (on FRR mode only)

Name	Description
metallb_bgp_opens_sent	Number of BGP open messages sent
metallb_bgp_opens_received	Number of BGP open messages received
metallb_bgp_notifications_sent	Number of BGP notification messages sent
metallb_bgp_updates_total_received	Number of BGP UPDATE messages received
metallb_bgp_keepalives_sent	Number of BGP keepalive messages sent
metallb_bgp_keepalives_received	Number of BGP keepalive messages received
metallb_bgp_route_refresh_sent	Number of BGP route refresh messages sent
metallb_bgp_total_sent	Number of total BGP messages sent
metallb_bgp_total_received	Number of total BGP messages received

MetalLB BFD Metrics (on FRR mode only)

Name	Description
metallb_bfd_session_up	BFD session state (1 is up, 0 is down)
metallb_bfd_control_packet_input	Number of received BFD control packets
metallb_bfd_control_packet_output	Number of sent BFD control packet
metallb_bfd_echo_packet_input	Number of received BFD echo packets
metallb_bfd_echo_packet_output	Number of sent BFD echo packets
metallb_bfd_session_up_events	Number of BFD session up events
metallb_bfd_session_down_events	Number of BFD session down events
metallb_bfd_session_zebra_notifications	Number of BFD zebra notifications

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