PROMETHEUS-SQUID-EXPORTER

NAME

prometheus-squid-exporter - Prometheus exporter which exposes Squid proxy server metrics obtained via the cache manager API.

SYNOPSIS

prometheus-squid-exporter [options]

DESCRIPTION

This exporter parses Squid proxy server metrics from the cache manager API and exposes them as Prometheus metrics, including:

	•		Cache hit counters
	•		Client HTTP request / byte counters
	•		Server HTTP / FTP requests
	•		Request error counters

OPTIONS

-listen string

Address on which to expose exporter (default ":9301").

-metrics-path string

Path under which to expose metrics (default "/metrics").

-squid-hostname string

Squid server to connect to (default "localhost").

-squid-port int

Squid cache manager port (default: 3128).

-squid-login string

Optional username for Squid cache manager HTTP basic authentication.

-squid-password string

Optional password for Squid cache manager HTTP basic authentication.

-squid-pidfile string

Optional path to the squid PID file for additional metrics.

-label value

Custom metrics to attach to metrics, use -label multiple times for each additional label.

-version

Print version and exit.

ENVIRONMENT

The following environment variables can be used to override default parameters:

	•		SQUID_EXPORTER_LISTEN
	•		SQUID_EXPORTER_METRICS_PATH
	•		SQUID_HOSTNAME
	•		SQUID_PORT
	•		SQUID_LOGIN
	•		SQUID_PASSWORD

SEE ALSO

squid(8)

AUTHOR

Mohamad Arab <boynux@gmail.com>