external-dns/internal/gen/docs/metrics/main.go

/*
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you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

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See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
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*/

package main

import (
	"bytes"
	"embed"
	"fmt"
	"os"
	"reflect"
	"sort"
	"strings"
	"text/template"
	"unsafe"

	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"

	"sigs.k8s.io/external-dns/internal/gen/docs/utils"
	"sigs.k8s.io/external-dns/pkg/metrics"

	// the imports is necessary for the code generation process.
	_ "sigs.k8s.io/external-dns/controller"
	_ "sigs.k8s.io/external-dns/provider"
	_ "sigs.k8s.io/external-dns/provider/webhook"
)

var (
	//go:embed "templates/*"
	templates embed.FS
)

func main() {
	testPath, _ := os.Getwd()
	path := fmt.Sprintf("%s/docs/monitoring/metrics.md", testPath)
	fmt.Printf("generate file '%s' with configured metrics\n", path)

	content, err := generateMarkdownTable(metrics.RegisterMetric, true)
	if err != nil {
		_, _ = fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "failed to generate markdown file '%s': %v\n", path, err)
		os.Exit(1)
	}
	content = content + "\n"
	_ = utils.WriteToFile(path, content)
}

func generateMarkdownTable(m *metrics.MetricRegistry, withRuntime bool) (string, error) {
	tmpl := template.New("").Funcs(utils.FuncMap())
	template.Must(tmpl.ParseFS(templates, "templates/*.gotpl"))

	sortMetrics(m.Metrics)
	var runtimeMetrics []string
	if withRuntime {
		runtimeMetrics = getRuntimeMetrics(prometheus.DefaultRegisterer)
		// available when promhttp.Handler() is activated
		runtimeMetrics = append(runtimeMetrics, []string{
			"process_network_receive_bytes_total",
			"process_network_transmit_bytes_total",
		}...)
	} else {
		runtimeMetrics = []string{}
	}

	var b bytes.Buffer
	err := tmpl.ExecuteTemplate(&b, "metrics.gotpl", struct {
		Metrics        []*metrics.Metric
		RuntimeMetrics []string
	}{
		Metrics:        m.Metrics,
		RuntimeMetrics: runtimeMetrics,
	})

	if err != nil {
		return "", err
	}
	return b.String(), nil
}

// sortMetrics sorts the given slice of metrics by their subsystem and name.
// Metrics are first sorted by their subsystem, and then by their name within each subsystem.
func sortMetrics(metrics []*metrics.Metric) {
	sort.Slice(metrics, func(i, j int) bool {
		if metrics[i].Subsystem == metrics[j].Subsystem {
			return metrics[i].Name < metrics[j].Name
		}
		return metrics[i].Subsystem < metrics[j].Subsystem
	})
}

// getRuntimeMetrics retrieves the list of runtime metrics from the Prometheus library.
func getRuntimeMetrics(reg prometheus.Registerer) []string {
	var runtimeMetrics []string

	// hacks to get the runtime metrics from prometheus library
	// safe to do because it's a just a documentation generator
	values := reflect.ValueOf(reg).Elem().FieldByName("dimHashesByName")
	values = reflect.NewAt(values.Type(), unsafe.Pointer(values.UnsafeAddr())).Elem()

	switch v := values.Interface().(type) {
	case map[string]uint64:
		for k := range v {
			if !strings.HasPrefix(k, "external_dns") {
				runtimeMetrics = append(runtimeMetrics, k)
			}
		}
	}
	sort.Strings(runtimeMetrics)
	return runtimeMetrics
}