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Accessing Outline Server Performance Metrics

Outline provides detailed performance metrics through Prometheus, allowing you to gain deeper insights into your server's usage and health. This guide will walk you through the process of retrieving and viewing these metrics.

Important Note: This guide assumes you have a basic understanding of Prometheus and PromQL. If you're new to Prometheus, consider exploring its documentation and tutorials before diving into Outline's metrics.

Prerequisites​

  • Outline server with Prometheus enabled: Ensure that your Outline server has Prometheus metrics enabled. (This is usually the default configuration).

  • SSH access to your server: You'll need SSH access to forward the Prometheus port.

Instructions​

  1. Forward Prometheus Port

    Connect to your server using SSH and forward port 9090:

    ssh root@your_server_ip -L 9090:localhost:9090

  2. Access Prometheus Web Interface

    Open your web browser and navigate to: http://localhost:9090/graph Query Prometheus Metrics

  3. Use PromQL queries to retrieve the specific metrics you're interested in.

Example PromQL Queries​

Usage​

  • Data Bytes (by access key, protocol, and direction):

    increase(shadowsocks_data_bytes[1d])

  • Data Bytes (aggregated by access key):

    sum(increase(shadowsocks_data_bytes[1d])) by (access_key)

  • Data Bytes (for data limits calculation):

    sum(increase(shadowsocks_data_bytes{dir=~"c<p|p>t"}[30d])) by (access_key)

  • Data Bytes (by location, protocol, and direction):

    increase(shadowsocks_data_bytes_per_location[1d])

Active Access Keys​

sum(max(max_over_time(shadowsocks_data_bytes{access_key!=""} [1h])) by (access_key) > bool 0)

TCP Connections​

  • TCP Connections (by access key, location, and status):

    increase(shadowsocks_tcp_connections_closed[1d])

  • TCP Connections (by location):

    increase(shadowsocks_tcp_connections_opened[1d])

UDP​

  • UDP Packets (by location and status):

    increase(shadowsocks_udp_packets_from_client_per_location[1d])

  • UDP Associations (no breakdown):

    increase(shadowsocks_udp_nat_entries_added[1d])

Performance​

  • CPU Usage (by process):

    rate(process_cpu_seconds_total[10m])

  • Memory (by process):

    process_virtual_memory_bytes

Build Information​

  • Prometheus:

    prometheus_build_info

  • outline-ss-server:

    shadowsocks_build_info

  • Node.js:

    nodejs_version_info

The complete list of available metrics can be found in the outline-ss-server source code.