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Setting Up Your Lambda Function Metrics Dashboard Setting Up Your Lambda Function Metrics Dashboard

Last Updated: Feb. 16, 2023

Interested in using the Coralogix AWS Lambda Telemetry Exporter v.0.2.0 to collect and send us Lambda function metrics? This tutorial provides two methods for setting up a dashboard for monitoring a single Lambda function:

  • Import a pre-built dashboard to Granfana (recommended)
  • Manually create a dashboard that fits your specific needs

Import a Pre-Built Dashboard

STEP 1. Download the attached JSON file.

STEP 2. Import the file to Grafana as a pre-built dashboard.

Create a Dashboard

Use the example presented here to create a dashboard that fits your specific needs.

STEP 1. Create a new Coralogix – Grafana dashboard.

  • Select Grafana in the upper right-hand menu of your Coralogix dashboard.
  • Click Dashboard settings

STEP 2. Create a new variable

  • Select Variables in the left-hand menu > Click Add variable
  • Create a new variable with the input below > Click update
    • Name: faas_name
    • Type: Constant
    • Value: Input the Lambda function that you wish to monitor. (Using a constant will make it easy to replicate the dashboard for other functions in the future.)

STEP 3. Create panels.

  • Create an ‘Invocations’ panel. Click Add panel > Add empty panel
  • Set options:
    • Panel options > Title = Invocations
    • Legend > Legend mode = Hidden
    • Standard options > Unit = requests/sec (rps)
    • Standard options > Min = 0
  • Add queries:
    • sum(increase(faas_executions_total{faas_name="$faas_name"}[1m])) OR on() vector(0)
  • Create a ‘Durations’ panel (per invocation). Click Add panel > Add empty panel
    • Set options:
      • Panel options → Title = Durations (per invocation)
      • Standard options → Unit = milliseconds (ms)
      • Standard options → Min = 0
    • Add queries:
      • sum(increase(faas_init_duration_ms_sum{faas_name="$faas_name"}[1m])) / sum(increase(faas_invoke_duration_ms_count{faas_name="$faas_name"}[1m])) with Legend = Initialisation duration (averaged over all invocations)
      • sum(increase(faas_restore_duration_ms_sum{faas_name="$faas_name"}[1m])) / sum(increase(faas_invoke_duration_ms_count{faas_name="$faas_name"}[1m])) with Legend = Restoration duration (averaged over all invocations)
      • sum(increase(faas_invoke_duration_ms_sum{faas_name="$faas_name"}[1m])) / sum(increase(faas_invoke_duration_ms_count{faas_name="$faas_name"}[1m])) with Legend = Average invoke duration
      • sum(increase(faas_overhead_duration_ms_sum{cx_subsystem_name="lambda-telemetry-test"}[1m])) / sum(increase(faas_invoke_duration_ms_count{cx_subsystem_name="lambda-telemetry-test"}[1m])) with Legend = Average overhead (runtime after invoke) duration
  • Create an ‘Errors/Timeouts’ panel. Click Add panel > Add empty panel
    • Set options:
      • Panel options > Title = Errors/Timeouts
      • Standard options > Unit = requests/sec (rps)
      • Standard options > Min = 0
    • Add queries:
      • sum(increase(faas_errors_total{faas_name="$faas_name"}[1m])) OR on() vector(0) with Label = errors
      • sum(increase(faas_timeouts_total{faas_name="$faas_name"}[1m])) OR on() vector(0) with Label = timeouts
  • Create a ‘Memory Consumption’ panel. Click Add panel > Add empty panel
    • Set options:
      • Panel options > Title = Memory Consumption
      • Standard options > Unit = megabytes
      • Standard options > Min = 0
    • Add queries:
      • max(faas_mem_usage_MB{faas_name="$faas_name"}) with Label = maximum memory consumption
      • max(faas_mem_limit_MB{faas_name="$faas_name"}) with Label = available memory
  • Create a ‘Cold Invocations’ panel. Click Add panel > Add empty panel
    • Set options:
      • Panel options > Title = Cold Invocations
      • Standard options > Unit = requests/sec (rps)
      • Standard options > Min = 0
    • Add queries:
      • sum(increase(faas_init_duration_ms_count{faas_name="$faas_name"}[1m])) with Label = Cold invocations
      • sum(increase(faas_restore_duration_ms_count{faas_name="$faas_name"}[1m])) with Label = Restorations
  • Create an ‘Initialization / Restoration Duration’ panel. Click Add panel > Add empty panel
    • Set options:
      • Panel options > Title = Initialization / Restoration Duration
      • Standard options > Unit = milliseconds (ms)
      • Standard options > Min = 0
    • Add queries:
      • sum(increase(faas_init_duration_ms_sum{faas_name="$faas_name"}[1m])) / sum(increase(faas_init_duration_ms_count{faas_name="$faas_name"}[1m])) with Label = Cold invocations
      • sum(increase(faas_restore_duration_ms_sum{faas_name="$faas_name"}[1m])) / sum(increase(faas_restore_duration_ms_count{faas_name="$faas_name"}[1m])) with Label = Average restoration duration

STEP 4. Organize panels.

  • Click Add panel > Add new row
  • Set Title: Cold start
  • Adjust the panels as displayed in the image below

STEP 5. Enjoy your Lambda Function Dashboard!

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