acaranta/plex-media-server-exporter repository overview
plex-media-server-exporter
A better Prometheus exporter for Plex Media Server.
Usage
docker run ghcr.io/axsuul/plex-media-server-exporter
Metrics endpoint is served by default via http://localhost:9594/metrics.
These environment variables can be passed into the container (defaults are in parentheses):
PORT(9594)PLEX_ADDR(http://localhost:32400)- Plex Media Server address
PLEX_TOKEN- Plex Media Server token
PLEX_TIMEOUT(10)- How long to wait for Plex Media Server to respond
PLEX_RETRIES_COUNT(0)- How many times to retry failed Plex Media Server requests
METRICS_PREFIX(plex)- What to prefix metric names with
METRICS_MEDIA_COLLECTING_INTERVAL_SECONDS(300)- How often to throttle collection of media metrics which can take longer to complete depending on how large of a library you have
Metrics
Served by default via http://localhost:9594/metrics
# TYPE plex_up gauge
# HELP plex_up Server heartbeat
plex_up 1.0
# TYPE plex_info gauge
# HELP plex_info Server diagnostics
plex_info{version="1.29.2.6364-6d72b0cf6"} 1.0
# TYPE plex_media_count gauge
# HELP plex_media_count Number of media in library
plex_media_count{title="Movies",type="movie"} 19318.0
plex_media_count{title="Shows",type="show"} 2318.0
plex_media_count{title="Shows - Episodes",type="show_episode"} 66443.0
plex_media_count{title="Audiobooks",type="artist"} 17.0
plex_media_count{title="Music",type="artist"} 891.0
# TYPE plex_sessions_count gauge
# HELP plex_sessions_count Number of current sessions
plex_sessions_count{state="buffering",user_id="3",username="Tarantino"} 1.0
plex_sessions_count{state="paused",user_id="2",username="Scorsese"} 1.0
plex_sessions_count{state="playing",user_id="3",username="Tarantino"} 1.0
plex_sessions_count{state="playing",user_id="1",username="Hitchcock"} 2.0
# TYPE plex_audio_transcode_sessions_count gauge
# HELP plex_audio_transcode_sessions_count Number of current sessions that are transcoding audio
plex_audio_transcode_sessions_count{state="buffering",user_id="1",username="Hitchcock"} 1.0
plex_audio_transcode_sessions_count{state="paused",user_id="2",username="Scorsese"} 1.0
plex_audio_transcode_sessions_count{state="playing",user_id="3",username="Tarantino"} 1.0
# TYPE plex_video_transcode_sessions_count gauge
# HELP plex_video_transcode_sessions_count Number of current sessions that are transcoding video
plex_video_transcode_sessions_count{state="buffering",user_id="1",username="Hitchcock"} 1.0
plex_video_transcode_sessions_count{state="paused",user_id="2",username="Scorsese"} 1.0
plex_video_transcode_sessions_count{state="playing",user_id="3",username="Tarantino"} 1.0
# TYPE plex_media_downloads_count gauge
# HELP plex_media_downloads_count Number of current media downloads
plex_media_downloads_count{user_id="1",user_id="1",username="Hitchcock"} 1.0
plex_media_downloads_count{user_id="2",user_id="2",username="Scorsese"} 3.0
Grafana
Use this panel JSON file to import a Grafana dashboard that looks like
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