Vault
Activity telemetry
Activity telemetry provides metric data about Vault behavior related to client usage, request volume and trends over a billing period.
Default metrics
vault.client.billing_period.activity Enterprise
| Metric type | Value | Description |
|---|---|---|
| gauge | clients | The number of distinct clients across all namespaces seen from the start of the current billing period to the current moment. |
Vault reports vault.client.billing_period.activity every 10 minutes.
vault.identity.entity.active.monthly
| Metric type | Value | Description |
|---|---|---|
| gauge | entities | The number of distinct entities (across all namespaces) that created a token during the past month. |
Vault reports vault.identity.entity.active.monthly at the start of each month
when client counting is enabled.
vault.identity.nonentity.active.monthly
| Metric type | Value | Description |
|---|---|---|
| gauge | non entities | The number of distinct non entities (across all namespaces) that created a token during the past month. |
Vault reports vault.identity.nonentity.active.monthly at the start of each month
when client counting is enabled.
vault.identity.entity.active.partial_month
| Metric type | Value | Description |
|---|---|---|
| gauge | entities | The number of distinct entities (across all namespaces) that created a token during the current month. |
Vault reports vault.identity.entity.active.partial_month periodically during
the month when client counting is enabled.
vault.identity.entity.active.reporting_period
| Metric type | Value | Description |
|---|---|---|
| gauge | entities | The number of distinct entities (across all namespaces) that created a token during the configured reporting period. |
Vault reports vault.identity.entity.active.reporting_period at the start of
each month when client counting is enabled.
vault.identity.nonentity.active.reporting_period
| Metric type | Value | Description |
|---|---|---|
| gauge | non entities | The number of distinct non entities (across all namespaces) that created a token during the configured reporting period. |
Vault reports vault.identity.nonentity.active.reporting_period at the start of
each month when client counting is enabled.
vault.identity.entity.alias.count
| Metric type | Value | Description |
|---|---|---|
| gauge | aliases | The number of identity entities aliases (per authN mount) currently stored in Vault |
Vault updates the alias count every usage_gauge_period interval.
vault.identity.entity.count
| Metric type | Value | Description |
|---|---|---|
| gauge | entities | The number of identity entity aliases (across all namespaces) currently stored in Vault. |
vault.identity.entity.creation
| Metric type | Value | Description |
|---|---|---|
| counter | number | The number of identity entities created across all namespaces. |
vault.identity.num_entities
| Metric type | Value | Description |
|---|---|---|
| gauge | entities | The total number of identity entities currently stored in Vault |
vault.identity.pki_acme.active.monthly
| Metric type | Value | Description |
|---|---|---|
| gauge | clients | The number of distinct ACME PKI clients during the past month |
Vault reports vault.identity.pki_acme.active.monthly at the start of each month
when client counting is enabled.
vault.identity.pki_acme.active.reporting_period
| Metric type | Value | Description |
|---|---|---|
| gauge | clients | The number of distinct ACME PKI clients during the configured reporting period |
Vault reports vault.identity.pki_acme.active.reporting_period at the start of
each month when client counting is enabled.
vault.identity.secret_sync.active.monthly
| Metric type | Value | Description |
|---|---|---|
| gauge | secrets | The number of distinct synced secrets that had at least one active association during the past month |
Vault reports vault.identity.secret_sync.active.monthly at the start of each month
when client counting is enabled.
vault.identity.secret_sync.active.reporting_period
| Metric type | Value | Description |
|---|---|---|
| gauge | secrets | The number of distinct synced secrets that had at least one active association during the configured reporting period |
Vault reports vault.identity.secret_sync.active.reporting_period at the start of
each month when client counting is enabled.
vault.core.activity.fragment_size
| Metric type | Value | Description |
|---|---|---|
| counter | number | Number of type objects observed by the local node |
The fragment size metric includes labels to indicate if the objects counted were entities or tokens.
vault.core.activity.segment_write
| Metric type | Value | Description |
|---|---|---|
| summary | ms | Time required to write activity log segments to storage |