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# Docker Engine
<img src="https://netdata.cloud/img/docker.svg" width="150"/>
Plugin: go.d.plugin
Module: docker_engine
<img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/maintained%20by-Netdata-%2300ab44" />
## Overview
This collector monitors the activity and health of Docker Engine and Docker Swarm.
The [built-in](https://docs.docker.com/config/daemon/prometheus/) Prometheus exporter is used to get the metrics.
This collector is supported on all platforms.
This collector supports collecting metrics from multiple instances of this integration, including remote instances.
### Default Behavior
#### Auto-Detection
It discovers instances running on localhost by attempting to connect to a known Docker TCP socket: `http://127.0.0.1:9323/metrics`.
#### Limits
The default configuration for this integration does not impose any limits on data collection.
#### Performance Impact
The default configuration for this integration is not expected to impose a significant performance impact on the system.
## Metrics
Metrics grouped by *scope*.
The scope defines the instance that the metric belongs to. An instance is uniquely identified by a set of labels.
### Per Docker Engine instance
These metrics refer to the entire monitored application.
This scope has no labels.
Metrics:
| Metric | Dimensions | Unit |
|:------|:----------|:----|
| docker_engine.engine_daemon_container_actions | changes, commit, create, delete, start | actions/s |
| docker_engine.engine_daemon_container_states_containers | running, paused, stopped | containers |
| docker_engine.builder_builds_failed_total | build_canceled, build_target_not_reachable_error, command_not_supported_error, dockerfile_empty_error, dockerfile_syntax_error, error_processing_commands_error, missing_onbuild_arguments_error, unknown_instruction_error | fails/s |
| docker_engine.engine_daemon_health_checks_failed_total | fails | events/s |
| docker_engine.swarm_manager_leader | is_leader | bool |
| docker_engine.swarm_manager_object_store | nodes, services, tasks, networks, secrets, configs | objects |
| docker_engine.swarm_manager_nodes_per_state | ready, down, unknown, disconnected | nodes |
| docker_engine.swarm_manager_tasks_per_state | running, failed, ready, rejected, starting, shutdown, new, orphaned, preparing, pending, complete, remove, accepted, assigned | tasks |
## Alerts
There are no alerts configured by default for this integration.
## Setup
### Prerequisites
#### Enable built-in Prometheus exporter
To enable built-in Prometheus exporter, follow the [official documentation](https://docs.docker.com/config/daemon/prometheus/#configure-docker).
### Configuration
#### File
The configuration file name for this integration is `go.d/docker_engine.conf`.
You can edit the configuration file using the `edit-config` script from the
Netdata [config directory](/docs/netdata-agent/configuration/README.md#the-netdata-config-directory).
```bash
cd /etc/netdata 2>/dev/null || cd /opt/netdata/etc/netdata
sudo ./edit-config go.d/docker_engine.conf
```
#### Options
The following options can be defined globally: update_every, autodetection_retry.
<details open><summary>Config options</summary>
| Name | Description | Default | Required |
|:----|:-----------|:-------|:--------:|
| update_every | Data collection frequency. | 1 | no |
| autodetection_retry | Recheck interval in seconds. Zero means no recheck will be scheduled. | 0 | no |
| url | Server URL. | http://127.0.0.1:9323/metrics | yes |
| username | Username for basic HTTP authentication. | | no |
| password | Password for basic HTTP authentication. | | no |
| proxy_url | Proxy URL. | | no |
| proxy_username | Username for proxy basic HTTP authentication. | | no |
| proxy_password | Password for proxy basic HTTP authentication. | | no |
| timeout | HTTP request timeout. | 1 | no |
| method | HTTP request method. | GET | no |
| body | HTTP request body. | | no |
| headers | HTTP request headers. | | no |
| not_follow_redirects | Redirect handling policy. Controls whether the client follows redirects. | no | no |
| tls_skip_verify | Server certificate chain and hostname validation policy. Controls whether the client performs this check. | no | no |
| tls_ca | Certification authority that the client uses when verifying the server's certificates. | | no |
| tls_cert | Client TLS certificate. | | no |
| tls_key | Client TLS key. | | no |
</details>
#### Examples
##### Basic
A basic example configuration.
```yaml
jobs:
- name: local
url: http://127.0.0.1:9323/metrics
```
##### HTTP authentication
Basic HTTP authentication.
<details open><summary>Config</summary>
```yaml
jobs:
- name: local
url: http://127.0.0.1:9323/metrics
username: username
password: password
```
</details>
##### HTTPS with self-signed certificate
Configuration with enabled HTTPS and self-signed certificate.
<details open><summary>Config</summary>
```yaml
jobs:
- name: local
url: http://127.0.0.1:9323/metrics
tls_skip_verify: yes
```
</details>
##### Multi-instance
> **Note**: When you define multiple jobs, their names must be unique.
Collecting metrics from local and remote instances.
<details open><summary>Config</summary>
```yaml
jobs:
- name: local
url: http://127.0.0.1:9323/metrics
- name: remote
url: http://192.0.2.1:9323/metrics
```
</details>
## Troubleshooting
### Debug Mode
To troubleshoot issues with the `docker_engine` collector, run the `go.d.plugin` with the debug option enabled. The output
should give you clues as to why the collector isn't working.
- Navigate to the `plugins.d` directory, usually at `/usr/libexec/netdata/plugins.d/`. If that's not the case on
your system, open `netdata.conf` and look for the `plugins` setting under `[directories]`.
```bash
cd /usr/libexec/netdata/plugins.d/
```
- Switch to the `netdata` user.
```bash
sudo -u netdata -s
```
- Run the `go.d.plugin` to debug the collector:
```bash
./go.d.plugin -d -m docker_engine
```
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