---
description: "Telegraf plugin for collecting metrics from OpenStack"
menu:
  telegraf_v1_ref:
    parent: input_plugins_reference
    name: OpenStack
    identifier: input-openstack
tags: [OpenStack, "input-plugins", "configuration", "cloud", "server"]
introduced: "v1.21.0"
os_support: "freebsd, linux, macos, solaris, windows"
related:
  - /telegraf/v1/configure_plugins/
  - https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/tree/v1.38.0/plugins/inputs/openstack/README.md, OpenStack Plugin Source
---

# OpenStack Input Plugin

This plugin collects metrics about services from [OpenStack](https://www.openstack.org/)
endpoints.

> [!CAUTION]
> Due to the large number of unique tags generated by the plugin it is
> **highly recommended** to use [metric filtering](/telegraf/v1/configuration/#modifiers) like
> `taginclude` and `tagexclude` to reduce cardinality.

**Introduced in:** Telegraf v1.21.0
**Tags:** server, cloud
**OS support:** all

[openstack]: https://www.openstack.org/
[metric_filtering]: /docs/CONFIGURATION.md#modifiers

## Global configuration options <!-- @/docs/includes/plugin_config.md -->

Plugins support additional global and plugin configuration settings for tasks
such as modifying metrics, tags, and fields, creating aliases, and configuring
plugin ordering. See [CONFIGURATION.md](/telegraf/v1/configuration/#plugins) for more details.

[CONFIGURATION.md]: ../../../docs/CONFIGURATION.md#plugins

## Configuration

```toml @sample.conf
# Collects performance metrics from OpenStack services
[[inputs.openstack]]
  ## The recommended interval to poll is '30m'

  ## The identity endpoint to authenticate against and get the service catalog from.
  authentication_endpoint = "https://my.openstack.cloud:5000"

  ## The domain to authenticate against when using a V3 identity endpoint.
  # domain = "default"

  ## The project to authenticate as.
  # project = "admin"

  ## User authentication credentials. Must have admin rights.
  username = "admin"
  password = "password"

  ## Available services are:
  ## "agents", "aggregates", "cinder_services", "flavors", "hypervisors",
  ## "networks", "nova_services", "ports", "projects", "servers",
  ## "serverdiagnostics", "services", "stacks", "storage_pools", "subnets",
  ## "volumes"
  # enabled_services = ["services", "projects", "hypervisors", "flavors", "networks", "volumes"]

  ## Query all instances of all tenants for the volumes and server services
  ## NOTE: Usually this is only permitted for administrators!
  # query_all_tenants = true

  ## output secrets (such as adminPass(for server) and UserID(for volume)).
  # output_secrets = false

  ## Amount of time allowed to complete the HTTP(s) request.
  # timeout = "5s"

  ## HTTP Proxy support
  # http_proxy_url = ""

  ## Optional TLS Config
  # tls_ca = /path/to/cafile
  # tls_cert = /path/to/certfile
  # tls_key = /path/to/keyfile
  ## Use TLS but skip chain & host verification
  # insecure_skip_verify = false

  ## Options for tags received from Openstack
  # tag_prefix = "openstack_tag_"
  # tag_value = "true"

  ## Timestamp format for timestamp data received from Openstack.
  ## If false format is unix nanoseconds.
  # human_readable_timestamps = false

  ## Measure Openstack call duration
  # measure_openstack_requests = false
```

### Available services to collect

This plugin allows to collects metrics from following services:

- CINDER(Block Storage)
- GLANCE(Image service)
- HEAT(Orchestration)
- KEYSTONE(Identity service)
- NEUTRON(Networking)
- NOVA(Compute Service)

### API requirements

At present this plugin requires the following APIs:

- blockstorage  v3
- compute  v2
- identity  v3
- networking  v2
- orchestration  v1

### Recommendations

Due to the large number of unique tags generated by the plugin it is
**highly recommended** to use [metric filtering](/telegraf/v1/configuration/#modifiers) like
`taginclude` and `tagexclude` to reduce cardinality.

For deployments with only a small number of VMs and hosts, a small polling
interval (e.g. seconds-minutes) is acceptable. For larger deployments, polling a
large number of systems will impact performance. Use the `interval` option to
change how often the plugin is run.

Also, consider polling OpenStack services at different intervals depending on
your requirements. This will help with load and cardinality as well.

```toml
[[inputs.openstack]]
  interval = "5m"
  ....
  authentication_endpoint = "https://my.openstack.cloud:5000"
  ...
  enabled_services = ["nova_services"]
  ....

[[inputs.openstack]]
  interval = "30m"
  ....
  authentication_endpoint = "https://my.openstack.cloud:5000"
  ...
  enabled_services = ["services", "projects", "hypervisors", "flavors", "networks", "volumes"]
  ....
```

## Metrics

- openstack_aggregate
  - name
  - aggregate_host  [string]
  - aggregate_hosts  [integer]
  - created_at  [string]
  - deleted  [boolean]
  - deleted_at  [string]
  - id  [integer]
  - updated_at  [string]
- openstack_flavor
  - is_public
  - name
  - disk  [integer]
  - ephemeral  [integer]
  - id  [string]
  - ram  [integer]
  - rxtx_factor  [float]
  - swap  [integer]
  - vcpus  [integer]
- openstack_hypervisor
  - cpu_arch
  - cpu_feature_tsc
  - cpu_feature_tsc-deadline
  - cpu_feature_tsc_adjust
  - cpu_feature_tsx-ctrl
  - cpu_feature_vme
  - cpu_feature_vmx
  - cpu_feature_x2apic
  - cpu_feature_xgetbv1
  - cpu_feature_xsave
  - cpu_model
  - cpu_vendor
  - hypervisor_hostname
  - hypervisor_type
  - hypervisor_version
  - service_host
  - service_id
  - state
  - status
  - cpu_topology_cores  [integer]
  - cpu_topology_sockets  [integer]
  - cpu_topology_threads  [integer]
  - current_workload  [integer]
  - disk_available_least  [integer]
  - free_disk_gb  [integer]
  - free_ram_mb  [integer]
  - host_ip  [string]
  - id  [string]
  - local_gb  [integer]
  - local_gb_used  [integer]
  - memory_mb  [integer]
  - memory_mb_used  [integer]
  - running_vms  [integer]
  - vcpus  [integer]
  - vcpus_used  [integer]
- openstack_identity
  - description
  - domain_id
  - name
  - parent_id
  - enabled   boolean
  - id        string
  - is_domain boolean
  - projects  integer
- openstack_network
  - name
  - openstack_tags_xyz
  - project_id
  - status
  - tenant_id
  - admin_state_up  [boolean]
  - availability_zone_hints  [string]
  - created_at  [string]
  - id  [string]
  - shared  [boolean]
  - subnet_id  [string]
  - subnets  [integer]
  - updated_at  [string]
- openstack_neutron_agent
  - agent_host
  - agent_type
  - availability_zone
  - binary
  - topic
  - admin_state_up  [boolean]
  - alive  [boolean]
  - created_at  [string]
  - heartbeat_timestamp  [string]
  - id  [string]
  - resources_synced  [boolean]
  - started_at  [string]
- openstack_nova_service
  - host_machine
  - name
  - state
  - status
  - zone
  - disabled_reason  [string]
  - forced_down  [boolean]
  - id  [string]
  - updated_at  [string]
- openstack_port
  - device_id
  - device_owner
  - name
  - network_id
  - project_id
  - status
  - tenant_id
  - admin_state_up  [boolean]
  - allowed_address_pairs  [integer]
  - fixed_ips  [integer]
  - id  [string]
  - ip_address  [string]
  - mac_address  [string]
  - security_groups  [string]
  - subnet_id  [string]
- openstack_request_duration
  - agents  [integer]
  - aggregates  [integer]
  - flavors  [integer]
  - hypervisors  [integer]
  - networks  [integer]
  - nova_services  [integer]
  - ports  [integer]
  - projects  [integer]
  - servers  [integer]
  - stacks  [integer]
  - storage_pools  [integer]
  - subnets  [integer]
  - volumes  [integer]
- openstack_server
  - flavor
  - host_id
  - host_name
  - image
  - key_name
  - name
  - project
  - status
  - tenant_id
  - user_id
  - accessIPv4  [string]
  - accessIPv6  [string]
  - addresses  [integer]
  - adminPass  [string]
  - created  [string]
  - disk_gb  [integer]
  - fault_code  [integer]
  - fault_created  [string]
  - fault_details  [string]
  - fault_message  [string]
  - id  [string]
  - progress  [integer]
  - ram_mb  [integer]
  - security_groups  [integer]
  - updated  [string]
  - vcpus  [integer]
  - volume_id  [string]
  - volumes_attached  [integer]
- openstack_server_diagnostics
  - disk_name
  - no_of_disks
  - no_of_ports
  - port_name
  - server_id
  - cpu0_time  [float]
  - cpu1_time  [float]
  - cpu2_time  [float]
  - cpu3_time  [float]
  - cpu4_time  [float]
  - cpu5_time  [float]
  - cpu6_time  [float]
  - cpu7_time  [float]
  - disk_errors  [float]
  - disk_read  [float]
  - disk_read_req  [float]
  - disk_write  [float]
  - disk_write_req  [float]
  - memory  [float]
  - memory-actual  [float]
  - memory-rss  [float]
  - memory-swap_in  [float]
  - port_rx  [float]
  - port_rx_drop  [float]
  - port_rx_errors  [float]
  - port_rx_packets  [float]
  - port_tx  [float]
  - port_tx_drop  [float]
  - port_tx_errors  [float]
  - port_tx_packets  [float]
- openstack_service
  - name
  - service_enabled  [boolean]
  - service_id  [string]
- openstack_storage_pool
  - driver_version
  - name
  - storage_protocol
  - vendor_name
  - volume_backend_name
  - free_capacity_gb  [float]
  - total_capacity_gb  [float]
- openstack_subnet
  - cidr
  - gateway_ip
  - ip_version
  - name
  - network_id
  - openstack_tags_subnet_type_PRV
  - project_id
  - tenant_id
  - allocation_pools  [string]
  - dhcp_enabled  [boolean]
  - dns_nameservers  [string]
  - id  [string]
- openstack_volume
  - attachment_attachment_id
  - attachment_device
  - attachment_host_name
  - availability_zone
  - bootable
  - description
  - name
  - status
  - user_id
  - volume_type
  - attachment_attached_at  [string]
  - attachment_server_id  [string]
  - created_at  [string]
  - encrypted  [boolean]
  - id  [string]
  - multiattach  [boolean]
  - size  [integer]
  - total_attachments  [integer]
  - updated_at  [string]

## Example Output

```text
openstack_neutron_agent,agent_host=vim2,agent_type=DHCP\ agent,availability_zone=nova,binary=neutron-dhcp-agent,host=telegraf_host,topic=dhcp_agent admin_state_up=true,alive=true,created_at="2021-01-07T03:40:53Z",heartbeat_timestamp="2021-10-14T07:46:40Z",id="17e1e446-d7da-4656-9e32-67d3690a306f",resources_synced=false,started_at="2021-07-02T21:47:42Z" 1634197616000000000
openstack_aggregate,host=telegraf_host,name=non-dpdk aggregate_host="vim3",aggregate_hosts=2i,created_at="2021-02-01T18:28:00Z",deleted=false,deleted_at="0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",id=3i,updated_at="0001-01-01T00:00:00Z" 1634197617000000000
openstack_flavor,host=telegraf_host,is_public=true,name=hwflavor disk=20i,ephemeral=0i,id="f89785c0-6b9f-47f5-a02e-f0fcbb223163",ram=8192i,rxtx_factor=1,swap=0i,vcpus=8i 1634197617000000000
openstack_hypervisor,cpu_arch=x86_64,cpu_feature_3dnowprefetch=true,cpu_feature_abm=true,cpu_feature_acpi=true,cpu_feature_adx=true,cpu_feature_aes=true,cpu_feature_apic=true,cpu_feature_xtpr=true,cpu_model=C-Server,cpu_vendor=xyz,host=telegraf_host,hypervisor_hostname=vim3,hypervisor_type=QEMU,hypervisor_version=4002000,service_host=vim3,service_id=192,state=up,status=enabled cpu_topology_cores=28i,cpu_topology_sockets=1i,cpu_topology_threads=2i,current_workload=0i,disk_available_least=2596i,free_disk_gb=2744i,free_ram_mb=374092i,host_ip="xx:xx:xx:x::xxx",id="12",local_gb=3366i,local_gb_used=622i,memory_mb=515404i,memory_mb_used=141312i,running_vms=15i,vcpus=0i,vcpus_used=72i 1634197618000000000
openstack_network,host=telegraf_host,name=Network\ 2,project_id=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,status=active,tenant_id=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx admin_state_up=true,availability_zone_hints="",created_at="2021-07-29T15:58:25Z",id="f5af5e71-e890-4245-a377-d4d86273c319",shared=false,subnet_id="2f7341c6-074d-42aa-9abc-71c662d9b336",subnets=1i,updated_at="2021-09-02T16:46:48Z" 1634197618000000000
openstack_nova_service,host=telegraf_host,host_machine=vim3,name=nova-compute,state=up,status=enabled,zone=nova disabled_reason="",forced_down=false,id="192",updated_at="2021-10-14T07:46:52Z" 1634197619000000000
openstack_port,device_id=a043b8b3-2831-462a-bba8-19088f3db45a,device_owner=compute:nova,host=telegraf_host,name=offload-port1,network_id=6b40d744-9a48-43f2-a4c8-2e0ccb45ac96,project_id=71f9bc44621234f8af99a3949258fc7b,status=ACTIVE,tenant_id=71f9bc44621234f8af99a3949258fc7b admin_state_up=true,allowed_address_pairs=0i,fixed_ips=1i,id="fb64626a-07e1-4d78-a70d-900e989537cc",ip_address="1.1.1.5",mac_address="xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx",security_groups="",subnet_id="eafa1eca-b318-4746-a55a-682478466689" 1634197620000000000
openstack_identity,domain_id=default,host=telegraf_host,name=service,parent_id=default enabled=true,id="a0877dd2ed1d4b5f952f5689bc04b0cb",is_domain=false,projects=7i 1634197621000000000
openstack_server,flavor=0d438971-56cf-4f86-801f-7b04b29384cb,host=telegraf_host,host_id=c0fe05b14261d35cf8748a3f5aae1234b88c2fd62b69fe24ca4a27e9,host_name=vim1,image=b295f1f3-1w23-470c-8734-197676eedd16,name=test-VM7,project=admin,status=active,tenant_id=80ac889731f540498fb1dc78e4bcd5ed,user_id=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx accessIPv4="",accessIPv6="",addresses=1i,adminPass="",created="2021-09-07T14:40:11Z",disk_gb=8i,fault_code=0i,fault_created="0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",fault_details="",fault_message="",id="db92ee0d-459b-458e-9fe3-2be5ec7c87e1",progress=0i,ram_mb=16384i,security_groups=1i,updated="2021-09-07T14:40:19Z",vcpus=4i,volumes_attached=0i 1634197656000000000
openstack_service,host=telegraf_host,name=identity service_enabled=true,service_id="ad605eff92444a158d0f78768f2c4668" 1634197656000000000
openstack_storage_pool,driver_version=1.0.0,host=telegraf_host,name=storage_bloack_1,storage_protocol=nfs,vendor_name=xyz,volume_backend_name=abc free_capacity_gb=4847.54,total_capacity_gb=4864 1634197658000000000
openstack_subnet,cidr=10.10.20.10/28,gateway_ip=10.10.20.17,host=telegraf_host,ip_version=4,name=IPv4_Subnet_2,network_id=73c6e1d3-f522-4a3f-8e3c-762a0c06d68b,openstack_tags_lab=True,project_id=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,tenant_id=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx allocation_pools="10.10.20.11-10.10.20.30",dhcp_enabled=true,dns_nameservers="",id="db69fbb2-9ca1-4370-8c78-82a27951c94b" 1634197660000000000
openstack_volume,attachment_attachment_id=c83ca0d6-c467-44a0-ac1f-f87d769c0c65,attachment_device=/dev/vda,attachment_host_name=vim1,availability_zone=nova,bootable=true,host=telegraf_host,status=in-use,user_id=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,volume_type=storage_bloack_1 attachment_attached_at="2021-01-12T21:02:04Z",attachment_server_id="c0c6b4af-0d26-4a0b-a6b4-4ea41fa3bb4a",created_at="2021-01-12T21:01:47Z",encrypted=false,id="d4204f1b-b1ae-1233-b25c-a57d91d2846e",multiattach=false,size=80i,total_attachments=1i,updated_at="2021-01-12T21:02:04Z" 1634197660000000000
openstack_request_duration,host=telegraf_host networks=703214354i 1634197660000000000
openstack_server_diagnostics,disk_name=vda,host=telegraf_host,no_of_disks=1,no_of_ports=2,port_name=vhu1234566c-9c,server_id=fdddb58c-bbb9-1234-894b-7ae140178909 cpu0_time=4924220000000,cpu1_time=218809610000000,cpu2_time=218624300000000,cpu3_time=220505700000000,disk_errors=-1,disk_read=619156992,disk_read_req=35423,disk_write=8432728064,disk_write_req=882445,memory=8388608,memory-actual=8388608,memory-rss=37276,memory-swap_in=0,port_rx=410516469288,port_rx_drop=13373626,port_rx_errors=-1,port_rx_packets=52140392,port_tx=417312195654,port_tx_drop=0,port_tx_errors=0,port_tx_packets=321385978 1634197660000000000
```