RabbitMQ metrics

The following table lists the metrics that are gathered as output from RabbitMQ checks. Entries indicated as Featured metrics are high-visibility metrics that are displayed in the Operator Workspace Metric tab after an alert is generated. These metrics provide the operator with additional information to help them further explore the specified issue.

Tableau 1. metrics-rabbitmq-overview metrics

Metric type	Resource (name of specific database, where relevant)	Units	Metric type description
rabbitmq.queue_totals.messages.count		count	Provides metrics on the total number of messages (ready plus unacknowledged).
rabbitmq.queue_totals.messages.rate (featured metric)		rate / sec	Provides metrics on the total number of messages (ready plus unacknowledged)
rabbitmq.queue_totals.messages_ready.count		count	Provides metrics on the number of messages ready for delivery.
rabbitmq.queue_totals.messages_ready.rate		rate / sec	Provides metrics on the number of messages ready for delivery.
rabbitmq.queue_totals.messages_unacknowledged.count		count	Provides metrics on the number of unacknowledged messages.
rabbitmq.queue_totals.messages_unacknowledged.rate		rate / sec	Provides metrics on the number of unacknowledged messages.
rabbitmq.message_stats.deliver_get.count		count	Provides metrics on messages recently delivered to consumers.
rabbitmq.message_stats.deliver_get.rate (featured metric)		rate / sec	Provides metrics on messages recently delivered to consumers.
rabbitmq.message_stats.deliver_no_ack.count		count	Provides metrics on unacknowledged messages recently delivered to consumers.
rabbitmq.message_stats.deliver_no_ack.rate		rate / sec	Provides metrics on unacknowledged messages recently delivered to consumers.
rabbitmq.message_stats.publish.count		count	Provides metrics on recently published messages.
rabbitmq.message_stats.publish.rate		rate / sec	Provides metrics on the recently published messages.
rabbitmq.object_totals.channels.count		count	Provides metrics on the total number of channels.
rabbitmq.object_totals.connections.count (featured metric)		count	Provides metrics on the total number of connections.
rabbitmq.object_totals.consumers.count (featured metric)		count	Provides metrics on the total number of consumers.
rabbitmq.object_totals.exchanges.count		count	Provides metrics on the total number of exchanges.
rabbitmq.object_totals.queues.count (featured metric)		count	Provides metrics on the total number of queues.

Tableau 2. metrics-rabbitmq-queue metrics

rabbitmq.queue.{{QueueName}}.avg_egress_rate (featured metric)	Queue Name	count	Provides queue specific metrics on the rate at which unacknowledged message records enter RAM for the given queue.
rabbitmq.queue.{{QueueName}}.consumers	Queue Name	count	Provides queue specific metrics on the total consumers for the given queue.
rabbitmq.queue.{{QueueName}}.messages	Queue Name	count	Provides queue specific metrics on the total messages in the given queue.
rabbitmq.queue.{{QueueName}}.drain_time	Queue Name	count	Provides queue specific metrics on the message drain time for the given queue.