This article describes how to collect performance traces and memory profiles from Telegraf. If you are submitting this for an issue, please include the version.txt generated below.
Use the --pprof-addr
option to enable the profiler, the easiest way to do
this may be to add this line to /etc/default/telegraf
:
TELEGRAF_OPTS="--pprof-addr localhost:6060"
Restart Telegraf to activate the profile address.
Collect a trace during the time where the performance issue is occurring. This example collects a 10 second trace and runs for 10 seconds:
curl 'http://localhost:6060/debug/pprof/trace?seconds=10' > trace.bin
telegraf --version > version.txt
go env GOOS GOARCH >> version.txt
The trace.bin
and version.txt
files can be sent in for analysis or, if desired, you can
analyze the trace with:
go tool trace trace.bin
Collect a heap memory profile:
curl 'http://localhost:6060/debug/pprof/heap' > mem.prof
telegraf --version > version.txt
go env GOOS GOARCH >> version.txt
Analyze:
$ go tool pprof mem.prof
(pprof) top5
Collect a 30s CPU profile:
curl 'http://localhost:6060/debug/pprof/profile' > cpu.prof
telegraf --version > version.txt
go env GOOS GOARCH >> version.txt
Analyze:
go tool pprof cpu.prof
(pprof) top5