Opsview 6.8.x End of Support
With the release of Opsview 6.11.0 on February 2025, versions 6.8.x have reached their End of Support (EOS) status, according to our Support policy. This means that versions 6.8.x will no longer receive code fixes or security updates.
The documentation for version 6.8.9 and earlier versions will remain accessible for the time being, but it will no longer be updated or receive backports. We strongly recommend upgrading to the latest version of Opsview to ensure continued support and access to the latest features and security enhancements.
Database - Etcd Opspack
etcd is a distributed key/value store that provides a reliable way to store data across a cluster of machines. It’s open-source and available on GitHub. etcd gracefully handles leader elections during network partitions and will tolerate machine failure, including the leader.
What You Can Monitor Copied
Monitors the performance and system status for an etcd database v2 and v3.
Note: etcd version 3 is only supported when running etcd with API Version 2
Service Checks Copied
| Service Check | Description |
|---|---|
| Etcd - Client Sent and Received Bytes | Sent and Received bytes for client (calculated using TimeSeries counter feature to work out the rate of change) |
| Etcd - Durations | The latency durations of commits called by backend and fsync called by wal |
| Etcd - File Descriptors | Max number and current number of file descriptors |
| Etcd - HTTP Requests Made | Total number of HTTP requests made (calculated using TimeSeries counter feature to work out the rate of change) |
| Etcd - Leader Changes Seen | The number of changes to the leader (calculated using TimeSeries counter feature to work out the rate of change) |
| Etcd - Proposals | Number of proposals applied, committed, pending and failed to the system |
| Etcd - Watchers | Number of current watchers |
Setup and Configuration Copied
Add the Host Template Copied
Add the Database - Etcd Host Template to your Opsview Monitor host.
Note
For more information, refer to the documentation on Adding Host Templates to Hosts.
Add and configure variables required for this host Copied
| Variable | Description |
|---|---|
| ETCD | Used to override the API version and port number. |
| ETCD_TLS | Used to enable and configure TLS connections to Etcd. To enable set TLS Enabled Flag to --tls. Setting CA Path enables a custom CA to be included in the server certificate checking, and Certificate Path and Key Path are the client certificate and associated private key.
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Note
For more information, refer to the documentation on Adding Variables to Hosts.
Apply Changes Copied
Apply Changes and the system will then be monitored:
