Fix prometheus passthrough for existing value types (#3351)

plugins/inputs/prometheus/parser.go

@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ func Parse(buf []byte, header http.Header) ([]telegraf.Metric, error) {
 				} else {
 					t = time.Now()
 				}
-				metric, err := metric.New(metricName, tags, fields, t)
+				metric, err := metric.New(metricName, tags, fields, t, valueType(mf.GetType()))
 				if err == nil {
 					metrics = append(metrics, metric)
 				}
@@ -97,6 +97,17 @@ func Parse(buf []byte, header http.Header) ([]telegraf.Metric, error) {
 	return metrics, err
 }
 
+func valueType(mt dto.MetricType) telegraf.ValueType {
+	switch mt {
+	case dto.MetricType_COUNTER:
+		return telegraf.Counter
+	case dto.MetricType_GAUGE:
+		return telegraf.Gauge
+	default:
+		return telegraf.Untyped
+	}
+}
+
 // Get Quantiles from summary metric
 func makeQuantiles(m *dto.Metric) map[string]interface{} {
 	fields := make(map[string]interface{})

plugins/inputs/prometheus/prometheus.go

@@ -218,8 +218,16 @@ func (p *Prometheus) gatherURL(url UrlAndAddress, acc telegraf.Accumulator) erro
 		if url.Address != "" {
 			tags["address"] = url.Address
 		}
+
+		switch metric.Type() {
+		case telegraf.Counter:
+			acc.AddCounter(metric.Name(), metric.Fields(), tags, metric.Time())
+		case telegraf.Gauge:
+			acc.AddGauge(metric.Name(), metric.Fields(), tags, metric.Time())
+		default:
 			acc.AddFields(metric.Name(), metric.Fields(), tags, metric.Time())
 		}
+	}
 
 	return nil
 }

plugins/outputs/prometheus_client/prometheus_client.go

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"log"
 	"net/http"
+	"os"
 	"regexp"
 	"sort"
 	"strings"
@@ -15,6 +16,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/internal"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/outputs"
 	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
+	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus/promhttp"
 )
 
 var invalidNameCharRE = regexp.MustCompile(`[^a-zA-Z0-9_]`)
@@ -46,6 +48,7 @@ type PrometheusClient struct {
 	Listen             string
 	ExpirationInterval internal.Duration `toml:"expiration_interval"`
 	Path               string            `toml:"path"`
+	CollectorsExclude  []string          `toml:"collectors_exclude"`
 
 	server *http.Server
 
@@ -62,11 +65,26 @@ var sampleConfig = `
 
   ## Interval to expire metrics and not deliver to prometheus, 0 == no expiration
   # expiration_interval = "60s"
+
+  ## Collectors to enable, valid entries are "gocollector" and "process".
+  ## If unset, both are enabled.
+  collectors_exclude = ["gocollector", "process"]
 `
 
 func (p *PrometheusClient) Start() error {
 	prometheus.Register(p)
 
+	for _, collector := range p.CollectorsExclude {
+		switch collector {
+		case "gocollector":
+			prometheus.Unregister(prometheus.NewGoCollector())
+		case "process":
+			prometheus.Unregister(prometheus.NewProcessCollector(os.Getpid(), ""))
+		default:
+			return fmt.Errorf("unrecognized collector %s", collector)
+		}
+	}
+
 	if p.Listen == "" {
 		p.Listen = "localhost:9273"
 	}
@@ -76,7 +94,9 @@ func (p *PrometheusClient) Start() error {
 	}
 
 	mux := http.NewServeMux()
-	mux.Handle(p.Path, prometheus.Handler())
+	mux.Handle(p.Path, promhttp.HandlerFor(
+		prometheus.DefaultGatherer,
+		promhttp.HandlerOpts{ErrorHandling: promhttp.ContinueOnError}))
 
 	p.server = &http.Server{
 		Addr:    p.Listen,
@@ -243,11 +263,23 @@ func (p *PrometheusClient) Write(metrics []telegraf.Metric) error {
 			// Special handling of value field; supports passthrough from
 			// the prometheus input.
 			var mname string
+			switch point.Type() {
+			case telegraf.Counter:
+				if fn == "counter" {
+					mname = sanitize(point.Name())
+				}
+			case telegraf.Gauge:
+				if fn == "gauge" {
+					mname = sanitize(point.Name())
+				}
+			}
+			if mname == "" {
 				if fn == "value" {
 					mname = sanitize(point.Name())
 				} else {
 					mname = sanitize(fmt.Sprintf("%s_%s", point.Name(), fn))
 				}
+			}
 
 			var fam *MetricFamily
 			var ok bool

plugins/outputs/prometheus_client/prometheus_client_test.go

@@ -107,21 +107,69 @@ func TestWrite_SkipNonNumberField(t *testing.T) {
 	require.False(t, ok)
 }
 
-func TestWrite_Counter(t *testing.T) {
+func TestWrite_Counters(t *testing.T) {
-	client := NewClient()
+	type args struct {
-
+		measurement string
-	p1, err := metric.New(
+		tags        map[string]string
-		"foo",
+		fields      map[string]interface{}
-		make(map[string]string),
+		valueType   telegraf.ValueType
-		map[string]interface{}{"value": 42},
+	}
+	var tests = []struct {
+		name       string
+		args       args
+		err        error
+		metricName string
+		promType   prometheus.ValueType
+	}{
+		{
+			name: "field named value is not added to metric name",
+			args: args{
+				measurement: "foo",
+				fields:      map[string]interface{}{"value": 42},
+				valueType:   telegraf.Counter,
+			},
+			metricName: "foo",
+			promType:   prometheus.CounterValue,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "field named counter is not added to metric name",
+			args: args{
+				measurement: "foo",
+				fields:      map[string]interface{}{"counter": 42},
+				valueType:   telegraf.Counter,
+			},
+			metricName: "foo",
+			promType:   prometheus.CounterValue,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "field with any other name is added to metric name",
+			args: args{
+				measurement: "foo",
+				fields:      map[string]interface{}{"other": 42},
+				valueType:   telegraf.Counter,
+			},
+			metricName: "foo_other",
+			promType:   prometheus.CounterValue,
+		},
+	}
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			m, err := metric.New(
+				tt.args.measurement,
+				tt.args.tags,
+				tt.args.fields,
 				time.Now(),
-		telegraf.Counter)
+				tt.args.valueType,
-	err = client.Write([]telegraf.Metric{p1})
+			)
-	require.NoError(t, err)
+			client := NewClient()
+			err = client.Write([]telegraf.Metric{m})
+			require.Equal(t, tt.err, err)
 
-	fam, ok := client.fam["foo"]
+			fam, ok := client.fam[tt.metricName]
 			require.True(t, ok)
-	require.Equal(t, prometheus.CounterValue, fam.ValueType)
+			require.Equal(t, tt.promType, fam.ValueType)
+		})
+	}
 }
 
 func TestWrite_Sanitize(t *testing.T) {