Agent StatsD Metrics

IMPORTANT

This guide only applies to Next-Gen WAF customers with access to the Next-Gen WAF control panel. If you have access to the Next-Gen WAF product in the Fastly control panel, you can only deploy the Next-Gen WAF with the Edge WAF deployment method.

StatsD Metrics

Metrics can be reported through StatsD to the service of your choice using the statsd-address agent configuration flag.

Metrics can be filtered using the statsd-metrics agent configuration flag.

The following metrics are reported through StatsD:

  • Counters are counts since last update
  • Gauges are point in time or lifetime metrics
MetricTypeDescription
sigsci.agent.waf.totalcounterThe number of requests inspected
sigsci.agent.waf.errorcounterThe number of errors while attempting to process a request
sigsci.agent.waf.allowcounterThe number of allow decisions
sigsci.agent.waf.blockcounterThe number of block decisions
sigsci.agent.waf.perf.decision_time.50pctgaugeThe 50th percentile of the decision time (in milliseconds)
sigsci.agent.waf.perf.decision_time.95pctgaugeThe 95th percentile of the decision time (in milliseconds)
sigsci.agent.waf.perf.decision_time.99pctgaugeThe 99th percentile of the decision time (in milliseconds)
sigsci.agent.waf.perf.queue_time.50pctgaugeThe 50th percentile of the queue time (in milliseconds)
sigsci.agent.waf.perf.queue_time.95pctgaugeThe 95th percentile of the queue time (in milliseconds)
sigsci.agent.waf.perf.queue_time.99pctgaugeThe 99th percentile of the queue time (in milliseconds)
sigsci.agent.rpc.connections.opengaugeThe number of open RPC connections
sigsci.agent.runtime.cpu_pctgaugeCPU percent used by the agent
sigsci.agent.runtime.mem.sys_bytesgaugeMemory used by the agent
sigsci.agent.runtime.uptimegaugeAgent uptime
sigsci.agent.signal.NAMEcounterNumber of NAME signals
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