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Blackbox Probes

Show state of probes of any external or internal URLs via Blackbox exporter. It check connectivity, response code and time, and latency. Also it check certificates on URLs and expiration date of certificates.

Tags

  • probe
  • k8s
  • blackbox

Panels

Name Description Thresholds Repeat
Global Probe Duration Shows the probe duration by each target Default:
Mode: absolute
Level 1: 80

All targets SSL expiry

Name Description Thresholds Repeat
SSL Expiry Shows earliest SSL cert expiry date for all targets. Please pay attention that SSL expiry shows only for targets with SSL encryption. Default:
Mode: absolute
Level 1: 1209600

Blackbox self metrics

Name Description Thresholds Repeat
Last successful config reload Show last successful config reload
Version Show Blackbox exporter version
Go Version Show Golang version which use to compile Blackbox exporter
Unknown modules Show count of unknown modules. This metric increase in case when Probe or Job try to execute probe with using unknown module name.
0 is a good value.
Config loaded state Show state of config reload. 1 means that config was successfully reloaded. 0 means that config contains errors and wasn't reload.

$target status

Row $target status is multiplied by parameter target

Name Description Thresholds Repeat
Status Shows the status of probe Default:
Mode: absolute
Level 1: 1

HTTP Duration Shows the duration of HTTP request by phase Default:
Mode: absolute
Level 1: 80

Probe Duration Shows how long the probe took to complete in seconds Default:
Mode: absolute
Level 1: 80

HTTP Status Code Shows response HTTP status code Default:
Mode: absolute
Level 1: 201
Level 2: 399

HTTP Version Shows the version of HTTP of the probe response Default:
Mode: absolute
Level 1: 80

SSL Expiry Shows earliest SSL cert expiry date Default:
Mode: absolute
Level 1: 1209600

Average Probe Duration Shows average duration of the probe Default:
Mode: absolute
Level 1: 80

Average DNS Lookup Shows average time taken for probe DNS lookup Default:
Mode: absolute
Level 1: 80

SSL Indicates if SSL was used for the final redirect Default:
Mode: absolute
Level 1: 1