No metrics gathered, [from Gatherer #1] bad connection
dtoxin7 opened this issue · comments
There is a problem when there are no calls to the exporter for a long time, he seems to "fall asleep" and, when asked again, swears like this:
> No metrics gathered, [from Gatherer #1] bad connection
Restarting the exporter solves the problem and it continues to work and returns the metrics normally, as long as requests to it go.
How to reproduce the problem
- Raise an exporter anywhere
- Collect a couple of queries to the database and contact the exporter for them
- Wait 5-15 minutes without making any requests
- Contact the exporter again, there will be a problem.
Hi @dtoxin7 ! I'm interested in your problem, as I've experienced something similar in the past. If you have time, please take a look at the fork here: https://github.com/burningalchemist/sql_exporter.
I've made several changes/options and it resolved my problem.
I am fairly new at this @burningalchemist, when you say changes/options do you mean as part of the sql_exporter.yml file? Or is code related?
@jesus-velez It's mainly code related, but it's also reflected in the settings. :) It really depends on how a driver interacts with your database instance (and what are the quirks), but you can try an alternative driver pgx, if you work with Postgres, and/or add max_connection_lifetime: parameter to sql_exporter.yml and try it out.
As I said, I had a similar case and was able to find a solution for it. Also, in the fork I currently maintain, the drivers and their dependencies have been updated, it might be the case too.
But yeah, it's a path of trial and errors. I'm happy to support, if you can try things out and provide some intermediate results. :)
Awesome. Thanks for getting back to me I'll try it out and five any feedback.
@burningalchemist I've I've used this since you recommended it and everything works perfect. Thanks so much for the suggestion.
@jesus-velez Glad to hear it works for you! 👍